It’s Always Sunny for Section 230
Plus an FTC open meeting, two podcasts, and more…
Section 230: Ari and Berin sent lawmakers a letter on a congressional proposal to sunset Section 230—meaning that the law that created the Internet won’t be around anymore. What could replace it? No one knows—which is just a part of why the proposal deserves criticism. The letter was also quoted in Ars Technica.
FTC: In City Journal, Corbin examined FTC Chair Lina Khan’s effort to transform antitrust law into a vehicle for “shap[ing] the distribution of power and opportunity across our economy.” His piece was republished in RealClearMarkets and HotAir, and mentioned in this week’s GWU Regulation Digest newsletter.
At today’s FTC open meeting, Berin and Andy summarized our recent comments about the FTC’s proposal to expand its impersonation rule to cover AI systems if developers have “reason to know” that their systems might be misused for impersonation fraud. Berin focused on setting the right knowledge standard, while Andy covered whether and how Section 230(c)(1) covers AI.
Podcast: On the latest Tech Policy Podcast, Corbin interviewed Robert Atkinson, president of the Information Technology & Innovation Foundation, on his new book co-authored with David Moschella, Technology Fears and Scapegoats: 40 Myths About Privacy, Jobs, AI, and Today’s Innovation Economy.
Antitrust: On the latest episode of Rethinking Antitrust, Bilal talked with former FTC Chairman Tim Muris, and Howard Beales, a former Director of the FTC’s Bureau of Consumer Protection, to get their views about whether and how much the Commission has moved away from the antitrust consensus of the last 40 years. Subscribe to our new pod today!
This week, Bilal spoke at the American Economic Liberties 2024 Anti-Monopoly Summit. He argued against a wholesale revision of antitrust law and policy, instead advocating an improved competitive effects analysis through agency case selection and judicial decisions.
In City Journal, Ethan wrote about U.S.–E.U. antitrust “convergence,” which is usually a matter of making American law more like its less-competitive European counterparts.
We can probably think of a few better laws to sunset.