Eric Goldman (OLD ACCOUNT)

On Tuesday morning, the Supreme Court will be hearing oral arguments in Gonzalez v. Google, a Section 230 case that could radically change the Internet.

To prepare for it, start with my Section 230 primer: http://bit.ly/410TKMc

Then, read my amicus brief in the case: http://bit.ly/3ktalY0

Feb 17, 2023 at 2:42amWeb
Show threadJune BlenderFeb 17, 2023
@ericgoldman Thanks so much for posting these links, especially for those of us who are not lawyers and wouldn't otherwise even know that this content was available.
Show threadHalf Cocked LawFeb 17, 2023
@ericgoldman When do I drink so that I don't think about how SCOTUS is going to fuck us all?
Show threadRedlineFeb 17, 2023
@ericgoldman An excellent brief!
Show threadTor Iver WilhelmsenFeb 17, 2023
@ericgoldman also check out Legal Eagle’s recent YouTube video on the subject.
Show threadTransitBikerFeb 17, 2023
@ericgoldman so companies are just allowed to operate with complete immunity, no matter what happens on their platform?
Show threadDaniel HoopsFeb 17, 2023
@TransitBiker @ericgoldman Immunity towards what random people use their platforms to say? Yes! And that's a good thing.
Show threadTransitBikerFeb 17, 2023
@danhoops @ericgoldman so if moderation teams of a platform refuse to take down a terrorist plot thread nothing happens to them?
Show threadDaniel HoopsFeb 17, 2023
@TransitBiker @ericgoldman Not legally, no. And that's the way it should be. Otherwise platforms would have to police everything ever posted. The people who should be punished are the people who write the threads. Assuming the speech fits into one of the well-established 1A exceptions
Show threadAndy LowryFeb 17, 2023
@TransitBiker @ericgoldman
Currently, yes. It's kind of like not holding cellphone providers responsible for burglars plotting a heist via cellphone.
Show threadGrandma BatesFeb 17, 2023
@ericgoldman If the Court decision in Gonzalez v. Google results in greater scrutiny for algorithmic suggestions, can the family members of people who fell down the Q-Anon rabbit hole have grounds to stop the production of links to such conspiracy sites or will the search companies be more reluctant to make them available in the first place?