The liability protections in Section 230 that make digital free speech possible have faced nearly constant threats from both sides of the aisle. Late last year, Sen. Josh Hawley introduced the Ending Support for Online Censorship Act that would require the government to certify that platforms were being neutral in their content moderation. Diane Katz, senior research fellow in regulatory policy at the Heritage Foundation, joins the show to discuss the challenges of assessing bias and the threats Hawley’s approach poses to free speech. For more, see her recent paper on the legislation.
#144: 5G and the Internet of Everything
#143: Trump's FCC
#142: Fake News and the Fairness Doctrine
#141: Trump's Tech Policy
#140: Comparing EU and US Tech Policy
#139: Make America Boom Again
#138: New York's Crackdown on Airbnb
#137: Cuba's Digital Future
#136: The Age of Emulation
#135: Bug Bounties
#134: California Regs on Self-Driving Cars
#133: Russian Hacking and Surveillance
#132: Indiana E-Cig Law Struck Down
#131: Uber Battles in Montreal, London
#130: The Future of Internet Governance
#129: Surveillance on Arab-Americans
#128: Mobile Money in Africa
#127: Rules of the Driverless Road
#126: Who Watches the Watchmen?
#125: An Economics-Free Zone
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