Ari Cohn
Free Speech Counsel
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Letter
Section 230 and the American Innovation and Choice Online Act
We write to address Rep. Cicilline’s June 15, 2022, response to your letter of June 14, in whichyou expressed well-founded concerns that the American Innovation and Choice Online Act(AICOA)—specifically Section 3(a)(3)—would be used to subvert or attack contentmoderation. While none of Rep. Cicilline’s[...]
Ari Cohn and Berin Szóka
September 23, 2022
Appearance
Broadband Breakfast on June 1, 2022 — The Supreme Court, Social Media and the Culture Wars
The Supreme Court on Tuesday blocked a Texas law banning social media companies from removing posts based on views expressed. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tM23N5ih1N0 See “Experts Reflect on Supreme Court Decision to Block Texas Social Media Bill,” Broadband Breakfast, June 2, 2022. Our Broadband[...]
Ari Cohn
June 1, 2022
Letter
Has Congress really thought through its latest antitrust proposals?
Americans should be able to trust that their members of Congress will consider all the implications of the bills they write. On February 2, we wrote the Senate Judiciary Committee two letters warning them that the Open App Markets Act would have serious effects on users’ online[...]
Berin Szóka and Ari Cohn
May 10, 2022
Opinion Piece
Musk, Twitter, Bluesky & The Future Of Content Moderation (Part II)
What Objectives Should Guide Content Moderation? Even existing alternative social media networks claim to offer the kind of neutrality that Musk contemplates—but have failed to deliver. In June 2020, John Matze, Parler’s founder and then its CEO, proudly declared the site to be an “a[...]