There are way too many lawyers in tech policy punditry and it leads us to frustrating intellectual dead ends. You see this in privacy, monopoly, the encryption wars, copyright, and especially Republican attacks on social media. Lawyers don't know how to analyze or discuss power.
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The first question a lawyer asks is "what are the rules?", which in a power dynamic concedes the entire issue to your opponent. Tech people are notorious and rightly criticized for saying "we'll code our own rules," but at least that's effective. The lawyerly response is not.pic.twitter.com/Q9lylqfdBE
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Analysis of the social impact of technology in the US today consists of a bunch of academics and lawyers poring over the rulebook for Calvinball, plus venture capitalists trying to figure out how to safely discuss eugenics. And this fine bookmarking site, of course. Use Pinboard!
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Furore as a business.
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I just had an argument with a lawyer who told me the real problem was tech companies not following policies consistently. *If only* there were a machine scripted policy!
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I am less interested in the exact order given, which I doubt will stand long in courts, but that shutting down the section 230 loophole just got a lot more mainstream, and we might see actual followup legislation.
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