The Implications of Section 230 for Black Communities:
Black Communities and the Immunity of Platforms Regarding Third-Party Content
The first brief highlights how this immunity from liability for third-party content empowers Black communities by enabling free expression and fostering innovation, while also examining how the same immunity allows harmful practices to persist.
The Implications of Section 230 for Black Communities:
Opportunities and Challenges for Black Communities Due to Content Moderation
The second brief examines the nuances and legal implications of the statute, specifically how it affects platform moderation practices, including potential biases in content moderation that often disproportionately impact Black users.
The Implications of Section 230 for Black Communities:
The Impact of Section 230 Reforms on Black Communities
The third brief explores the implications of various Section 230 reform proposals with a focus on their unique impact on Black communities.
Meet the Author
Danielle A. Davis, Esq., is the director of Technology Policy at the Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies, where she leads the organization's Technology Policy program. Her primary areas of focus encompass broadband adoption and access, content moderation, and privacy issues. She brings a wealth of experience to her role as a highly accomplished attorney specializing in technology and telecommunications law, policy development, and civil rights advocacy.
Before assuming her current position, Danielle held the role of assistant general counsel at the Universal Service Administrative Company. In this capacity, she provided legal counsel related to the administration of the Affordable Connectivity Program and the USF Lifeline Program. Additionally, she served as a Tech and Telecom Policy counsel at the Multicultural Media, Telecom, and Internet Council. Here, she offered guidance on tech and telecom matters to leadership, managed the fellowship program, reviewed outgoing communications, and drafted and edited comments submitted to the FCC and NTIA.
Danielle's impressive academic background includes a Juris Doctor degree from Barry University, Dwayne O. Andreas School of Law, as well as a Bachelor of Science in General Economics and a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from Florida Atlantic University, where she graduated cum laude. She is an active member of the Florida Bar, the Federal Communications Bar Association (FCBA), and the International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP). Danielle also serves as a co-chair on the FCBA's Privacy and Data Security Committee.
These issue briefs stem from the original research co-authored by Spencer Overton, Patricia Roberts Harris Research Professor of Law at the George Washington University Law School and former Joint Center president, and Catherine Powell, Eunice Hunton Carter Distinguished Research Scholar, Professor of Law titled, “The Implications of Section 230 for Black Communities.” This research, sponsored by the Joint Center, is the first time Section 230 has been explored solely from a Black perspective.
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