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"We Don't Know What We Want": The Tug Between Rights And Public Health Online, Jonathan Zittrain
"We Don't Know What We Want": The Tug Between Rights And Public Health Online, Jonathan Zittrain
Duquesne Law Review
Twitter and Facebook boast billions of subscribers, many of whom are real people. The companies are also roundly hated, particularly by tech experts-at least those who follow them for something other than their stock performance.1 Objections to platforms' behavior are commonly expressed as amazement that they could be so obviously and consistently wrong in failing to police awful content their users post. There is also amazement about unobjectionable posts and comments from users that they take down.2 That, in turn, has led to pressure for regulatory initiatives to push the companies into doing what they so clearly ought …
The Tug Between Private And Public Power Online, Evelyn Douek
The Tug Between Private And Public Power Online, Evelyn Douek
Duquesne Law Review
Professor Zittrain's article describes, in his characteristically vivid and engaging way, one of the most consequential tugs of war of the internet age: the battle over the rules for what can and cannot be said online. The legal centerpiece of Zittrain's story is the Skokie case from the late 1970s, which held that Nazis had a First Amendment right to march in a Chicago suburb with a large population of Holocaust survivors.1 Zittrain calls the case "a near-perfect encapsulation of mainstream late twentieth century characterization of the right to free speech in America."2 And he's right-there is perhaps …
Platform Governance's Legitimate Dilemmas, Alicia Solow-Niederman
Platform Governance's Legitimate Dilemmas, Alicia Solow-Niederman
Duquesne Law Review
How can we govern if "we don't know what we want?"1 In characteristically engaging and thought-provoking fashion, Jonathan Zittrain's Essay interrogates our ongoing struggle to answer this thorny question.2 As Professor Zittrain exposes, governing social media firms like Twitter and Facebook is no easy feat.3 Part of the challenge is defining the problem itself: it's hard to diagnose what, exactly, "is so 'obviously' wrong" with social media today.4 Naturally, without a consensus on what is wrong, it is difficult, if not impossible, to make it right.
Covid-19 And Broadband Internet: Historic Government Funding In The Wake Of A Global Pandemic Poised To Bridge The Digital Divide, Kaitlin M. Kroll
Covid-19 And Broadband Internet: Historic Government Funding In The Wake Of A Global Pandemic Poised To Bridge The Digital Divide, Kaitlin M. Kroll
Duquesne Law Review
The COVID-19 pandemic impacted how Americans live, work, and learn. As the country returns to normalcy, reliable, fast internet connection is critical for Americans it is no longer a luxury, it is a necessity. While many Americans do not think twice about having internet connectivity, there are still many Americans who are unable to access or afford the internet, especially in rural communities and low-income households. In the wake of the pandemic, Congress allocated historic amounts of funding for broadband initiatives. The most substantial of which are the broadband allocations under the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act ("IIJA'). While the …