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How Black communities shaped the internet An interview with Charlton McIlwain, author of Black Software Share this story As we’ve gone through the pandemic, I’ve been thinking about how much of our lives happen on screens and through software. We use software to connect with our friends, to play games, to move markets, and to catch criminals. Software isn’t eating the world; it’s eaten it. Today on Decoder, I’m talking to Charlton McIlwain, a professor of media, culture, and communic...

Need further assistance? Please call Member Services at 1-800-333-0663 What Congress Section 230 Debate Means for the Future of Online Speech CR explains how this provision of the Communications Decency Act protects online speech and why its become so controversial By Allen St. John

Fri, Feb 5th 2021 10:55am — Mike Masnick For the past few months weve been seeing a ton of terrible/ridiculous/awful/unconstitutional bills coming from mostly Republicans to try to wipe out or undermine Section 230. Most of those were focused on trying to force websites to do less content moderation. Now that the Democrats are back in power, it appears were going to be getting the opposite. Senator Mark Warner has introduced his new Section 230 reform bill, called the SAFE TECH Act ("Safegua...

How 1-800-Flowers.com became one of the biggest, clunkiest names in Valentine’s Day gifts Vox.com 2/4/2021 Melinda Fakuade © Getty Images Millions of roses will be sold this Valentine’s Day, and a big chunk of them will come from 1-800-Flowers.com. This Valentine’s Day, gift givers will spend $2.3 billion on flowers. With delivery more popular than ever in the pandemic, vibrant arrangements of red, pink, purple, and white will make their way to doorsteps across the co...

CompuServe Inc extended distributor liability to digital intermediaries that exercised little or no editorial control over third‐​party content, offering them the protections traditionally granted to newsstands and booksellers. This protected CompuServe from Cubby’s defamation claim, though it left open the possibility that CompuServe might have been liable for Rumorville’s defamation had it failed to act after being made aware of the defamatory content. In 1995, Stratton Oakmont Inc.,...

The huge search and social media platforms of the internet are reaching an inflection point. For decades they have been able to deflect attention from their role as content providers....

Read later Audio version Summary: Big Tech has been on the defensive lately, and for good reason. What was once perceived as a way to foster democracy has given way to algorithmic dystopia. But Facebooks algorithmic dangers are tied to an ad-server-based model we must dismantle. Rant time. Facebook is perfect for amplifying and spreading disinformation at lightning speed to global audiences. And it doesnt do this by accident. Its single motivation is to hold and grow its massive list of active...

Tech giant said in filings that the app was unwilling to remove violent content  It also looks to Section 230 - the law protecting social media platforms and much maligned by Trump - as a defense in scrubbing the site from the web Monday  Apple, GooglePlay and Amazon Web Services (AWS) removed Parler from their platforms following the January 6 riot where Trump fans stormed the Capitol  Parler on Monday announced plans to sue Amazon,  filing an 18-page lawsuit In their filing Amazon list ex...

Press release content from NewMediaWire. The AP news staff was not involved in its creation. 5 Best Cloud Storage Services Reddit Users Loved: Top Picks from Redditors for Online Data Storage & Cloud Backups Perform InsiderJanuary 10, 2021 GMT San Diego, California - ( NewMediaWire ) - January 10, 2021 - Is it worth subscribing to a cloud storage provider to backup and secure personal documents, photos and data? Online data storage companies offer to store and protect your documents ensuring me...

"Killing Zoe" is Generation Xs first bank caper movie, an ultra-violent screamfest about a soft-spoken American who gets involved with a gang of drugcrazed Parisian thieves and blunders into a hostage situation. It must have been even more exhausting to make this film than it is to watch it. But its made with a kind of manic joy that makes me suspect its writer-director, Roger Roberts Avary, might develop into a considerable filmmaker, once he thinks of something to say. The movie stars Eric St...