Benjamin Lee retweeted
The US Supreme Court is about to hear what may be the most significant case in the history of social media.
Join our Twitter Space tomorrow — Monday 20th February, 12h00 EST — with @Reddit's @BenL & @Wikimedia's @JacobLRogers55, to discuss the stakes.
via.maharaj.org/230 🎙
Benjamin Lee retweeted
The US Supreme Court will rule if social media platforms should be liable for content posted by users. Would this bring accountability or censorship?
🗓 Mon, 20 February 2023
⏰ 12h00 EST
🔗 via.maharaj.org/230
With Counsels for Reddit & Wikimedia: @BenL & @JacobLRogers55
ALT Speakers: Akaash Maharaj; Ben Lee; Jacob Rogers; Alex Dor Organisational sponsors: Reddit; Massey College at the University of Toronto; Wikimedia Foundation
Benjamin Lee retweeted
The Supreme Court will review Section 230, which shields social media platforms from liability for content they carry.
Does this threaten free expression or promise accountability?
Join our discussion with @Reddit's @BenL & @Wikimedia's @JacobLRogers55.
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Benjamin Lee retweeted
Great @techreview piece by @TateRyMo on how Gonzalez v Google could leave Reddit moderators liable. Great quotes by @BNonnecke & @BenL. Our amicus also argued that 230 protects recommendations by users--and that plaintiffs' argument would undermine that. technologyreview.com/2023/02…
Benjamin Lee retweeted
A new white paper on the risks of client-side scanning, by Hal Abelson, @rossjanderson, Josh Benaloh, @mattblaze, @joncallas, Whit Diffie, Susan Landau, Peter Neumann, Ron Rivest, Jeff Schiller, @schneierblog, @VTeagueAus, and @carmelatroncoso, and myself: cs.columbia.edu/~smb/papers/…
Benjamin Lee retweeted
Today, we're launching a new website with improved tools for our global community of trust and safety professionals. These resources were designed with our members in mind, but are open to anyone to use - safety, as they say, is everyone's job! (1/6)
tspa.info
Benjamin Lee retweeted
NEW: 70+ human rights groups including @PresenteOrg @Data4BlackLives @MPower_Change @swopbehindbars @accessnow @freepress @mediajustice @TransLawCenter sent a letter to Congress & the Biden/Harris admin warning lawmakers against gutting Section 230: fightforthefuture.org/news/2…
Benjamin Lee retweeted
“Really what you are doing is benefiting the largest companies by effectively placing a significant burden and cost on smaller companies.” —@benl wsj.com/articles/social-medi… – at Washington, DC
Benjamin Lee retweeted
NEW: I spoke to Reddit's general counsel @BenL ahead of today's Section 230 hearing about how smaller companies with different content moderation models could become collateral damage in the deeply politicized fight against Big Tech (and Twitter).
protocol.com/reddit-section-…
Benjamin Lee retweeted
Look carefully at what Twitter is saying to justify censoring the Biden story. If applied consistently, it’d mean that some of history’s most consequential journalism — the Pentagon Papers, WikiLeaks’ war logs, Snowden docs, Panama Papers, our Brazil Archive — would be banned.
Benjamin Lee retweeted
Reddit’s detailed study on hate is a step in the right direction. We encourage them to expand this study in the future for deeper insights and call on other social media companies to follow suit with detailed analysis of hate on their respective platforms. reddit.com/r/redditsecurity/…
Benjamin Lee retweeted
Excited to launch the Trust & Safety Professional Association a new, nonprofit, member-based org that will support the global community of professionals who develop + enforce principles & policies that define acceptable behavior online. #TSPA
More: tspa.info/
Benjamin Lee retweeted
Pleased to see @mwseibel has joined the @Reddit board. I’ve had the pleasure of working with him during my time at @ycombinator.
He is a strong leader who will make a great addition to the board.
Benjamin Lee retweeted
Brief just filed by @twitter and @reddit in support of our challenge to rule that requires millions of visa applicants to register their social media handles with State Dept. Challenge was filed by @knightcolumbia @BrennanCenter @TheDocSociety @IDAorg. knightcolumbia.org/content/t…
Benjamin Lee retweeted
Today we shared our Transparency Report for 2019. Read it here: rddt.co/mMfm50yuTNO
Benjamin Lee retweeted
And one this one issue where the media dropped bothsidesism, they ... picked the wrong side. What has struck me in conversations here is that many journalists still won't acknowledge that they did a bad thing; they were just reporting what "everyone" was saying 5/
Benjamin Lee retweeted
Lindsey Graham's Sneak Attack On Section 230 And Encryption: A Backdoor To A Backdoor? tdrt.io/hK6
Benjamin Lee retweeted
BREAKING: DC Court of appeals says our plaintiffs in Woodhull have standing to challenge FOSTA-SESTA as a First Amendment violation.
Benjamin Lee retweeted
Content moderation didn't begin on the "front page of the internet," but the most anonymous site in the world has perfected the art of checks and balances. #InternetWeek popm.ch/8rASrIR
