The Supreme Court Could Determine the Future of Social Media Content Moderation
The Supreme Court will hear arguments for two cases that could determine the fate of social media content moderation.
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The Supreme Court will hear arguments for two cases that could determine the fate of social media content moderation.
(This is a preview of a piece I'm working on for Signal360, to be published next week.) "The US litigates, the EU legislates." That's what one confidential source told me when I asked about the Digital Services Act and the Digital Markets Act, the European Union’s twin set of Internet regulations coming into force this…
The high court will weigh in on whether companies like Facebook, YouTube and Twitter are allowed under the law to remove content that violates their rules.
New EU rules require social media platforms to take down flagged posts within 24 hours – and modelling shows that’s fast enough to have a dramatic effect on the spread of harmful content.
The cases call into question whether social media platforms should take responsibility for their users' posts.