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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
