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Tag: Censorship

Posted on May 19, 2022May 19, 2022 Social Media

The short and sorry history of online content moderation – NJSBA CLE panel presentation

I told you I was doing this here. And it was loads of fun! Read more

Posted on May 17, 2022May 17, 2022 Law Practice and Profession

All things in moderation

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Posted on April 19, 2022 Free Expression

They killed South Park?

Discussion about censorship and moral cowardice is brewing at Dean’s World. Originally posted 2010-11-02 11:55:32. Republished by Blog Post Promoter Read more

Posted on February 10, 2022February 18, 2022 IP Overreaching

Censorious fools

Cory Doctorow writes about how abuse of the copyright laws — using them as a method of privatized censorship — does creators of protected works... Read more

Posted on June 17, 2021June 28, 2021 Free Expression

Ideological purity

Yahoo News: Chinese Communist Party chief Hu Jintao has vowed to “purify” the Internet, state media reported on Wednesday, describing a top-level meeting that discussed... Read more

Posted on June 17, 2021 Free Expression

Best of 2007: Ideological purity

First posted on January 24, 2007. Yahoo News: Chinese Communist Party chief Hu Jintao has vowed to “purify” the Internet, state media reported on Wednesday,... Read more

Posted on June 17, 2021 Free Expression

Speech and — more? — speech re Russ Feingold

Don’t say they’re anything but — what’s the term? — “fair and balanced” over at Randazza’s Legal Satyricon blog when it comes to the post-mortem... Read more

Posted on June 17, 2021 Section 230

The Section 230 Illusion

My first contribution to the newly reconfigured Human Events: NEW: The Section 230 Illusion. Publisher or Platform? What if it doesn’t matter? Check out the... Read more

Posted on June 2, 2021 Free Expression

Speaking of prior restraint!

We toyed a little bit with the very big idea of prior restraint in constitutional law about a week ago. Now Clarice Feldman writes about... Read more

Posted on May 25, 2021 Fair Use

Streisand walks again

Lawyer, media critic and intrepid blogger Patterico reports all about a compelling illustration of the Streisand Effect in his life — and, as you will see,... Read more

Posted on October 17, 2019October 17, 2019 Digital Rights Management

Persia purge

Remember how assiduously copyright owners went after services that made Hollywood entertainment "family friendly" against creators' wishes? Now do Iran. Read more

Posted on January 28, 2019January 28, 2019 Social Media

16 hours in Twitter purgatory

I was locked out of Twitter because of a "glitch." Not. As long as it doesn't happen to you, right? And it can't happen to you. Read more

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The question of whether consumers are likely to be confused is the signal inquiry that determines if a trademark infringement claim is valid. I write here about trademark law, copyright law, brands, free speech (mostly as it relates to the Internet and social media). That may sound like a lot, but it's just a blog.

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