Section 230
Joint Center Signs Letter Urging Policymakers to Oppose the Online Content Policy Modernization Act
The Joint Center signed a letter, addressed to Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Lindsey Graham (R-SC) and Ranking Member Dianne Feinstein (D-CA), urging them to oppose S.4632, the “Online Content Policy…
Joint Center to FCC: Don’t Facilitate Online Disinformation & Discrimination
Yesterday, the Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies submitted its analysis opposing the Trump Administration’s attempt to prod the Federal Communications Commission to adopt rules that would discourage platforms like Twitter…
Joint Center President Answers Additional Questions from Members of Congress on Disinformation and Section 230
Joint Center President Spencer Overton provided additional written responses to questions from Members of Congress after his testimony at the Subcommittee on Communications and Technology and the Subcommittee on Consumer…
Questions on Market Power & Discrimination for Tech CEOs Testifying Before Congress
On July 29, the CEOs of four major tech companies—Amazon’s Jeff Bezos, Apple’s Tim Cook, Google/Alphabet’s Sundar Pichai, and Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg—will testify before the U.S. House Judiciary Antitrust Subcommittee…
Joint Center President Testifies at Joint Congressional Hearing on Disinformation Online and Section 230
On June 24, Joint Center President Spencer Overton provided expert testimony at a joint congressional hearing entitled “A Country in Crisis: How Disinformation Online is Dividing the Nation.” During the…
Joint Center President Analyzes Key Issues Regarding Section 230 and the 2020 Election
Joint Center President Spencer Overton provided analysis on key issues regarding Section 230 and the 2020 election at the Knight Foundation and Gallup’s webinar to share new findings in their…
Joint Center President Joins Knight Foundation Panel on Free Expression and Misinformation Online
On June 17, Joint Center President Spencer Overton joined the Knight Foundation’s panel, “Free expression v. misinformation online: who decides?” Read Spencer’s opening remarks here. Other panelists included University of…
Joint Center President Presents on Section 230 and Why Social Media Platforms Do Not Have a License to Discriminate
On May 20, Joint Center President Spencer Overton presented at the Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights’ online convening on Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act. In his…
Joint Center President Publishes Article on Section 230 Entitled ‘State Power to Regulate Social Media Companies to Prevent Voter Suppression’
Joint Center President Spencer Overton published an article, State Power to Regulate Social Media Companies to Prevent Voter Suppression, in the University of California, Davis Law Review. Section 230 of…