Interview with Jameel Jaffer of the Knight First Amendment Institute on how Congress can regulate social media platforms while abiding by the First Amendment
The Verge Nilay Patel
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@jameeljaffer
Jameel Jaffer
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ICYMI, my interview with @reckless @verge about how the social media companies are using and abusing the First Amendment. https://www.theverge.com/... https://twitter.com/...
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@jason_kint
Jason Kint
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@reckless ... It's not “substantially different” (added DAUs, MAUs, time spent as supporting metrics and some “meat” as court hinted). Same claims. Regardless my issue was your main point they failed to define the market - that's entirely not what court said. P23-26 1/2 https://s…
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@jason_kint
Jason Kint
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@reckless ... And I'm not trying to be a pain here but Facebook's lobby has worked hard to falsely reframe antitrust as failing to even define market and convince DC that instead it should focus on 230 regulation (which they know won't go far, super controversial and find FB lots…
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@reckless
Nilay Patel
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@jason_kint ... Case is active but Facebook's motion to dismiss original complaint was granted and the new complaint is substantially different. I think agree to disagree
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@jason_kint
Jason Kint
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@JameelJaffer ... Super interesting back and forth, thanks for it. Only one correction. The FTC lawsuit didn't fail. Nor because “they couldn't define the market.” Court permitted FTC to amend because they hadn't been clear on the metrics to be used to back up market power in tha…
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@jason_kint
Jason Kint
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@reckless ... My last point on this is 100% of Jameel's convo and your questions are super interesting and important nuance. You rightly challenge him on the nuance being established. And as someone very focused on FB accountability while protecting 1A, it's very interesting conv…
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@aaschapiro
Avi Asher-Schapiro
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“Facebook..has been out there saying to Congress that they want regulation...at the same time, they are going into these District Courts around the country saying, ‘any regulation would be unconstitutional.’” Great interview with @JameelJaffer: https://www.theverge.com/...
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@jameeljaffer
Jameel Jaffer
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I had a good conversation with @reckless about the ways in which social media companies are using and abusing the First Amendment. Listen here. via @verge https://www.theverge.com/...
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@marshacollier
Marsha Collier
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Can We Regulate Social Media Without Breaking the First Amendment? Jameel Jaffer, executive director of the Knight #FirstAmendment Institute, helps us answer the question #SocialMedia via @verge https://www.theverge.com/... https://twitter.com/...
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Nilay Patel
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Really enjoyed this Decoder conversation with @JameelJaffer about the tension between regulating social media and the First Amendment https://www.theverge.com/... https://twitter.com/...