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Month: October 2017

Black-and-white photo, circa 1900, showing a group of men standing around a mound of dead rats
Censorship, Freedom of Speech, Media, News

Reddit Censors Nazis and Other Right-Wing Groups in an Attempt to Purge Violent Content

Stephen Lemons/October 31, 2017February 21, 2018

In Reddit’s ongoing effort to become the grownup alternative to 4chan, the online bulletin board once again has declared war on the trolls in its midst, updating its policy on inciting violence and censoring subreddits that promote Nazism along with…

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a collage of screenshots and other images related to 1-800-LAW-FIRM
Media, Required Reading, Section 230

Ominous Parallels Between Support-to-Terrorists Laws and Support-to-Sex-Traffickers Laws

Stephen Lemons/October 30, 2017February 27, 2018

As the Stop Enabling Sex Traffickers Act of 2017 (SESTA) wends through Congress, technology-law professor Eric Goldman is the modern-day equivalent of Cassandra warning her fellow Trojans about the wisdom of keeping that big wooden horse around. In Greek mythology, Cassandra was cursed…

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photo of Giorgione's Sleeping Venus (1508-10) reclining nude, with a pink masquerade mask photoshopped over the face
Media, Privacy, Required Reading

Facebook Knows Your Darkest Secret (And It’s About to Tell Your Friends)

Alex F. Levy/October 27, 2017November 30, 2017

People’s standards of privacy vary, both online and off. Facebook offers a variety of choices in this regard: You may, for instance, keep your family photos off-limits to the general public or specifically block your nonconfrontational, sports-loving cousins from reading your latest…

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archival black-and-white photo depicting two men playfully shouting at one another through megaphones; from the National Archives of Norway, shot at a soccer game in 1955
First Amendment, Required Reading

Campus Lefties Fight “Fascism” with…Fascism

Stephen Lemons/October 26, 2017November 30, 2017

Like alt-right twentysomethings addicted to Pepe the Frog memes, tiki-torch parades, and hatin’ on Jews, campus lefties have morphed into their own pernicious platoon, recognizable from its liberal use of clenched fists, bullhorns, and the occasional riot to shut down…

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A September 2011 photo of an arrest during the second national wave of Operation Cross Check, an effort by ICE to arrest and deport undocumented immigrants with criminal records
Required Reading, Section 230

Techdirt’s Tim Cushing Warns of SESTA Mission Creep

Stephen Lemons/October 25, 2017November 30, 2017

If you’ve been following the advance of the Stop Enabling Sex Traffickers Act (SESTA) through the U.S. Senate, you’re aware that the legislation threatens to rip a hole through the legal principle that has kept the internet free and thriving: i.e., that interactive…

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Tweet from photographer Deborah Copaken on October 15, 2017: "#MeToo, too many times to count. With photographic evidence, even." (includes two photographs of men graphically harassing Copaken, taken from her 1988 master's thesis, "Shooting Straight")
First Amendment, Media, Required Reading

Facebook’s Censorship Robots Cut Both Ways

Alex F. Levy/October 24, 2017November 30, 2017

Last Sunday, October 15, in the wake of bombshell reports detailing allegations of sexual harassment and assault against Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein, the actress Alyssa Milano tweeted an invitation: “If you’ve been sexually harassed or assaulted write ‘me too’ as a reply…

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Attorney Louis Sirkin argues before a three-judge appellate panel in Erotic Services Provider Legal Education and Research Project (ESPLERP) v. Gascon
First Amendment, News, Sex Work

Federal Appeals Court Weighs Challenge to California’s Prostitution Statute

Stephen Lemons/October 20, 2017December 8, 2017

During a hearing in federal court in San Francisco on Thursday, attorney Louis Sirkin argued that consenting adults have a “fundamental right” under the U.S. Constitution’s 14th Amendment to engage in commercial sex. Talk about things you don’t hear every…

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Two views of Craigslist's former world headquarters in San Francisco's Sunset District
Backpage, Required Reading, Sex Work

New Study Claims Craigslist’s Erotic Services Section Reduced Female Homicides by 17 Percent

Stephen Lemons/October 19, 2017December 8, 2017

Sex workers have argued that the removal of adult listings sections from sites like Craigslist and Backpage makes their occupation more hazardous. Now they have more than anecdotal evidence to back up their claims. In an article published recently on Huffington…

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White House photo of President Donald Trump's January 20, 2017, inauguration
First Amendment, Required Reading

In Going After NBC, Trump Violated the First Amendment, Writes Trevor Timm

Stephen Lemons/October 16, 2017November 30, 2017

As puerile as President Donald “Fucking Moron” Trump might be, he’s is a veritable savant when it comes to pushing the limits of what political scientists call “the Overton Window.” Named for the man who coined the concept in the…

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Screenshot of Facebook's chief security officer, Alex Stamos, testifying before a U.S. Senate subcommittee in May 2014. Stamos was head of security for Yahoo at the time.
Media, News

Be Careful What You Wish For When It Comes to “Fake News,” Cautions Facebook CSO Alex Stamos

Stephen Lemons/October 14, 2017October 13, 2017

As the U.S. Department of Justice’s special counsel Robert Mueller and both houses of Congress  continue to investigate Russian meddling in the 2016 election and the country’s use of social-media platforms such as Facebook to influence America’s internal politics, the…

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           Required Reading

  1. Lacey/Larkin Statement on Trial
  2. Major Points on Lacey/Larkin Case 
  3. The Senate Accused Them of Selling Kids for Sex. The FBI Raided Their Homes. Backpage.com’s Founders Speak for the First Time., Elizabeth Nolan Brown, Reason, 8/21/18.
  4. The War on Backpage.com Is a War on Sex Workers, 38-minute Reason documentary, 6/26/19.
  5. Seventh Circuit Appeals Court Judge Richard Posner’s decision in Backpage v. Dart,11/30/15.
  6. Inside Backpage’s Vicious Battle With the Feds, Christine Biederman, WIRED cover story, 6/18/19.
  7. Feds Bungled Preservation of Server Evidence in U.S. v. Lacey and Larkin, Front Page Confidential, 10/8/2019.
  8. Real Men Get Their Facts Straight, The Village Voice, 6/29/11.
  9. How John and Cindy McCain Came to Hate Michael Lacey and Jim Larkin, Front Page Confidential, 9/17/18.
  10. Backpage’s Victories in Federal and State Courts, Front Page Confidential, July 11, 2022

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