Tim BernardMar 12, 2024
Excited to share my new white paper for Stanford's program on Platform regulation - it's a guide to all the different ways that legislators have been attempting to protect children from online harms, including the historical, philosophical, and political considerations. Happy to chat more about this with anyone who's interested to learn more! https://cyber.fsi.stanford.edu/news/legislative-approaches-combating-online-harms-children
Legislative Approaches to Combating Online Harms to Children

Show threadAdamMar 12, 2024
@TimBernard I'm inevitably reminded of
https://dw-news.dreamwidth.org/43698.html
( gory details at https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/68139317/2/2/netchoice-llc-v-yost/ ) which covers specific issues around a platform that aims to collect minimal information about their users.
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Show threadAdamMar 12, 2024
@TimBernard Denise Paolucci would almost certainly be a good person to talk to if you want to know more (and she's friendly and interested in outreach)
Show threadAdamMar 12, 2024
@TimBernard She assesses, and I agree, that the Ohio law is highly likely part of the anti-trans moral panic that the US (and the rest of the anglosphere) seems to be indulging in these days.
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@TimBernard oh, and also, just seen https://topspicy.social/@A_C_McGregor/112084139421124094 …
Alisdair Calder McGregor (@[email protected])

So a thing that's happening right now is that #Twitch has an automatic suspension system that operates on a "no smoke without fire" basis (because they are too cheap to employ human oversight in first response) and a bunch of scammers are abusing the system to knock popular Twitch streamers offline (usually at peak times) and attempt to extort money from them on a promise to stop (spoiler alert: they won't - if you pay the Danegeld you will never be rid of the Dane).

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Show threadTim BernardMar 13, 2024

@pseudomonas yeah, Twitch cut some good T&S people not long ago--and is now hiring again for some more ¯\(°_o)/¯

This is a great example of taking a risk-averse position that ends up causing bigger problems. Issues like this do make T&S fun though!