Social media, freedom of speech and the future of our democracy / edited by Lee C. Bollinger and Geoffrey R. Stone.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Bollinger, Lee C., 1946- editor.

Stone, Geoffrey R., editor.

Rosengarten Family Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Freedom of speech--United States.

Freedom of speech.

Social media--United States.

Social media.

Online hate speech--United States--Prevention.

Online hate speech.

Online hate speech--Law and legislation--United States.

Online hate speech--Law and legislation.

United States.

Physical Description:

xl, 404 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2022]

Summary:

"One of the most fiercely debated issues of the current era is what to do about 'bad' speech on the internet, primarily speech on social media platforms such as Facebook and Twitter. 'Bad' speech encompasses a range of problematic communications--hate speech, disinformation and propaganda campaigns, encouragement of and incitement to violence, limited exposure to ideas one disagrees with or that compete with preexisting beliefs, and so on. ... [T]he premise of the current debate is that the ubiquity and structure of this newest and most powerful communications technology magnifies these harms exponentially beyond anything we have encountered before. Some argue that, if it is left unchecked, the very existence of democracy is at risk."--Page xv.

"A broad explanation of the various dimensions of the problem of "bad" speech on the internet within the American context. One of the most fiercely debated issues of this era is what to do about "bad" speech-hate speech, disinformation and propaganda campaigns, and incitement of violence-on the internet, and in particular speech on social media platforms such as Facebook and Twitter. In Social Media, Freedom of Speech, and the Future of our Democracy, Lee C. Bollinger and Geoffrey R. Stone have gathered an eminent cast of contributors--including Hillary Clinton, Amy Klobuchar, Sheldon Whitehouse, Newt Minow, Cass Sunstein, Jack Balkin, Emily Bazelon, and others--to explore the various dimensions of this problem in the American context. They stress how difficult it is to develop remedies given that some of these forms of "bad" speech are ordinarily protected by the First Amendment. Bollinger and Stone argue that it is important to remember that the last time we encountered major new communications technology-television and radio-we established a federal agency to provide oversight and to issue regulations to protect and promote "the public interest." Featuring a variety of perspectives from some of America's leading experts on this hotly contested issue, this volume offers new insights for the future of free speech in the social media era." -- Publisher's description

Contents:

Opening statement / Lee C. Bollinger and Geoffrey R. Stone

Regulating harmful speech on social media : the current legal landscape and policy proposals / Andrew J. Ceresney, Jeffrey P. Cunard, Courtney M. Dankworth, and David A. O'Neil

Part one. An overview of the problem

Social media and First Amendment fault lines / David A. Strauss

A deliberate leap in the opposite direction : the need to rethink free speech / Larry Kramer

The disinformation dilemma / Emily Bazelon

A framework for regulating falsehoods / Cass R. Sunstein

Part two. Reforming section 230

The free speech industry / Mary Anne Franks

The golden era of free speech / Erwin Chemerinsky and Alex Chemerinsky

Section 230 reforms / Sheldon Whitehouse

Part three. Content moderation and the problem of algorithms

Algorithms, affordances, and agency / Renée Diresta

The siren call of content moderation formalism / Evelyn Douek

Free speech on public platforms / Jamal Greene

The limits of antidiscrimination law in the digital public sphere / Genevieve Lakier

Platform power, online speech, and the search for new constitutional categories / Nathaniel Persily

Strategy and structure : understanding online disinformation and how commitments to "free speech" complicate mitigation approaches / Kate Starbird

Part four. Other possible reforms

To reform social media, reform informational capitalism / Jack M. Balkin

Follow the money, back to front / Yochai Benkler

The First Amendment does not protect replicants / Lawrence Lessig

Social media, distrust, and regulation : a conversation / Newton N. Minow, Nell Minow, Martha Minow, and Mary Minow

Profit over people : how to make big tech work for Americans / Amy Klobuchar

Report of the Commission / Katherine Adams, Jelani Cobb, Martin Baron, Russ Feingold, Lee C. Bollinger, Christina Paxson, Hillary Clinton, and Geoffrey R. Stone

Concluding statement / Lee C. Bollinger and Geoffrey R. Stone.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 331-392) and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Rosengarten Family Fund.

Other Format:

Online version: Social media, freedom of speech, and the future of our democracy.

ISBN:

0197621090

9780197621097

9780197621080

0197621082

OCLC:

1268206194