Notices by Eric Goldman ☑ (he/him) (ericgoldman@mastodon.lawprofs.org)

I uploaded my Internet Law course's slide deck (350+slides) to my Google Drive, & I then occasionally share it with other interested academics. Today, Google's filters decided that my file is a phishing attack. Content moderation is hard

How fragile is Internet Law today? We're literally just one Justice Alito hissy-fit away from widespread government censorship of the Internet https://www.techdirt.com/2024/08/02/justice-alito-almost-messed-up-the-internet-then-he-threw-a-temper-tantrum/ 🤐

If you think "Big Tech's" litigation will vanquish the tsunami of misguided state laws regulating the Internet, you are living an outdated fantasy https://www.techdirt.com/2024/07/25/the-messy-reality-behind-trying-to-protect-the-internet-from-terrible-laws/

I spoke with @mmasnick regarding my "Generative AI is Doomed" paper

Podcast: https://www.techdirt.com/2024/05/14/techdirt-podcast-episode-391-generative-ai-is-doomed/
Paper: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4802313

New KOSA-related meme

U.S. law protects Twitter's freedom to suspend users for any reason (ignoring FL/TX) https://bit.ly/3gAb3OA If Musk wants to suspend capriciously, he has the legal power to do so (but users may flee). In contrast, it's probably not OK to mischaracterize links to competitors