Section 230, which turned 25 years old this month, has played a central role in shaping the internet. Over the past year, Congress has introduced several proposals to change the law some of them drastic but the bills have often focused on a handful of very large tech companies like Facebook and Google. In reality, Section 230 has created a lot of the web as we know it.
On Monday, March 1st, we’re holding an event on Section 230 and the future of tech regulation. After a keynote from Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), I’ll be sitting down with Wikimedia Foundation general counsel Amanda Keton, Vimeo general counsel Michael Cheah, and writer and strategist Sydette Harry to discuss how changing Section 230 could change the web. For a broader sense of its impact, however, I also spoke to a range of companies, nonprofits, legal experts, and others with a stake in preserving or reforming the law.
December 15, 2020 5:48 PMLegal
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SAN FRANCISCO The Erotic Service Providers Legal Education and Research Project (ESPLERP) has called upon sex workers, their families, friends and allies, and in fact all of the world s citizens to observe Thursday, Dec. 17, as the International Day to End Violence Against Sex Workers (IDEVASW), an annual global event that aims to call attention to the violence faced by sex workers because of their criminalized status.
San Francisco Bay Area sex worker groups will be coming together virtually on Dec. 17 to call for the remembrance of sex worker victims, and to call for the decriminalization of sex work and the repeal of California’s prostitution statute, Statute 647(b) of the California Penal Code, which violates sex workers constitutional privacy rights. To join the virtual gathering End Violence Against Sex Workers: Decriminalization, Justice & Compensation, RSVP at this link.