ACCOUNT(ABILITY) SUSPENDED: who governs online speech?
In this episode
With President Trump now banned from many of the world’s largest tech platforms, we’re exploring who should decide what is acceptable online speech. Do tech CEOs have too much power over the public conversation? Yaël Eisenstat explains how her time working at Facebook left her convinced that we need more accountability of Big Tech. Then Professor Lorna Woods talks us through her proposal to regulate tech platforms like public spaces.
Plus comedian Tom Allen on his fab new memoir, ‘No Shame’.
Guests
Yaël Eisenstat (@YaelEisenstat), former CIA officer and national security advisor to Joe Biden
Lorna Woods, professor of internet law at the University of Essex
Tom Allen (@tomallencomedy), comedian and actor
More info
USA
NYT: Twitter's Ban on Trump Shows Where Power Now Lies (Jan 2021)
The Atlantic: Trump Is Banned. Who Is Next? (Jan 2021)
FT: Donald Trump shows the US needs a European approach to online regulation (Jan 2021)
Jack Dorsey: Banning Trump - Twitter thread (Jan 2021)
Yael Eisenstat: How to Hold Social Media Accountable for Undermining Democracy (Jan 2021)
Yael Eisenstat: TED: Dear Facebook, this is how you're breaking democracy (Aug 2020)
Yael Eisenstat: Section 230 Revisited: Web Freedom vs Accountability (May 2020)
UK and EU
BBC: EU Digital Services Act set to bring in new rules for tech giants (Dec 2020)
Lorna Woods: Online harm reduction – a statutory duty of care and regulator (April 2019)
Lorna Woods: Online Harms: The Way Forward (Dec 2020)
Guardian: Online harms bill: firms may face multibillion-pound fines (Dec 2020)