NTIA Fails to Address Content Moderation with App Ecosystem Report
Plus online discourse, digital surveillance, common carriage, and more
Content Moderation: Ari issued a statement and wrote a Twitter thread about the NTIA’s failure to address the actual issues raised by tech competition legislation in its report on Competition in the Mobile App Ecosystem.
Online Discourse: Ari sat down for an unscripted conversation on Convergence Live. He discussed what ails digital discourse, the importance of good-faith conversations, how Section 230 fosters free speech on the Internet, and why government regulation isn’t the answer to political polarization and misinformation.
Antitrust: Bilal was a panelist at the Mercatus Center’s 2nd Annual Antitrust Forum (skip to 1:57:05). He examined the spillover effects of the Digital Markets Act outside of Europe and how it negatively impacts consumers.
FCC: Yesterday, Jim filed reply comments in the FCC’s foreign programming proceeding arguing that the proposed rules would potentially lead broadcast stations to upload many thousands of unrelated confidential contracts, clogging the FCC’s database and making it impossible to determine whether a program sources from a foreign government.
Digital Surveillance and the CCP: Corbin’s latest essay in City Journal discusses the Chinese Communist Party’s attempts to maintain control with its sophisticated surveillance state. For more, see his previous articles and podcast on the subject.
Good Governance: In the Washington Examiner, Corbin explained what’s required for state action to rise to a First Amendment violation—and why it matters for the GOP’s new “weaponization” subcommittee.
Common Carriage: A summary article for Ari’s Broadband Breakfast panel highlights his argument that hysteria over algorithms is a misplaced moral panic and why social media platforms are not common carriers.
SCOTUS: On February 16, Corbin will speak at High Court Halftime: The U.S. Supreme Court’s October Term 2022 at Midpoint, hosted by Washington Legal Foundation. Register now.
Social Media: In light of Trump’s Facebook reinstatement, check out Corbin’s Bulwark essay (re-upped) on Facebook's Trump problem, its Oversight Board, and the chore of doing content moderation in the middle of a culture war.
How many spiders does it take to create an app?
None, they only design web sites!