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Social Media, Freedom of Speech, and the Future of our Democracy

Social Media, Freedom of Speech, and the Future of our Democracy

Author: Lee C. Bollinger; Geoffrey R. Stone
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 9780197621097

Published In: January 2023
Format: Paperback
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Hardback Edition ISBN: 9780197621080

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A broad explanation of the various dimensions of the problem of "bad" speech on the internet within the American context.

One of the most fiercely debated issues of this era is what to do about "bad" speech-hate speech, disinformation and propaganda campaigns, and incitement of violence-on the internet, and in particular speech on social media platforms such as Facebook and Twitter. In Social Media, Freedom of Speech, and the Future of our Democracy, Lee C. Bollinger and Geoffrey R. Stone have gathered an eminent cast of contributors—including Hillary Clinton, Amy Klobuchar, Sheldon Whitehouse, Mark Warner, Newt Minow,Tim Wu, Cass Sunstein, Jack Balkin, Emily Bazelon, and others—to explore the various dimensions of this problem in the American context. They stress how difficult it is to develop remedies given that some of these forms of "bad" speech are ordinarily protected by the First Amendment. Bollinger and Stone argue that it is important to remember that the last time we encountered major new communications technology-television and radio-we established a federal agency to provide oversight and to issue regulations to protect and promote "the public interest." Featuring a variety of perspectives from some of America's leading experts on this hotly contested issue, this volume offers new insights for the future of free speech in the social media era.

Acknowledgments

List of Contributors

Opening Statement

Lee C. Bollinger and Geoffrey R. Stone

Regulating Harmful Speech on Social Media: The Current Legal Landscape and Policy Proposals

Andrew J. Ceresney, Jeffrey P. Cunard, Courtney M. Dankworth and David A. O'Neil

Part One: An Overview of the Problem

1. Social Media and First Amendment Fault Lines

David A. Strauss

2. A Deliberate Leap in the Opposite Direction: The Need to Rethink Free Speech

Larry Kramer

3. The Disinformation Dilemma