Julio Sharp-Wasserman on Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act
Release Date: 03/16/2019
How Experts View the Legal System’s Use of Scientific Evidence (2024 Symposium Edition Episode 6)
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Judicial Innumeracy (2024 Symposium Edition Episode 5)
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This is the fifth episode of six in the special “Symposium Edition Podcast” of STLR Conversations. We are sharing the recordings of our symposium on “Judging Science,” which explores how the judiciary assesses and incorporates scientific and expert testimony in the US legal system. Today, we are listening to Chancellor and Dean of UC Law San Francisco, David Faigman, present on “Judicial Innumeracy.” His work will be published in the upcoming Vol. 26 No. 2, “Symposium Edition,” of the Columbia Science and Technology Law Review in the spring.
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Judicial Approaches to Acknowledged and Unacknowledged AI Generated Evidence (2024 Symposium Edition Episode 4)
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This is the fourth episode of six, in the special “Symposium Edition Podcast” of STLR Conversations. We are sharing the recordings of our symposium on “Judging Science,” which explores how the judiciary assesses and incorporates scientific and expert testimony in the US legal system. Today, we are listening to Professor Maura Grossman from Osgoode Hall Law School present on “Judicial Approaches to Acknowledged and Unacknowledged AI Generated Evidence.” Professor Grossman collaborated on this work with Judge Paul Grimm of Duke Law School, who was unable to join today....
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Juries Judging Science (2024 Symposium Edition Episode 3)
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The Replication Crisis (2024 Symposium Edition Episode 2)
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This is the second episode of six in the special “Symposium Edition Podcast” of STLR Conversations. We are sharing the recordings of our symposium on “Judging Science,” which explores how the judiciary assesses and incorporates scientific and expert testimony in the US legal system. Today, we are listening to Professor Edith Beerdsen from Temple University Beasley School of Law present on “The Replication Crisis.” Her work will be published in the upcoming Vol. 26 No. 2, “Symposium Edition,” of the Columbia Science and Technology Law Review in the spring.
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Expert Histories (2024 Symposium Edition Episode 1)
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This is the first episode of six in the special “Symposium Edition Podcast” of STLR Conversations. We are sharing the recordings of our symposium on “Judging Science,” which explores how the judiciary assesses and incorporates scientific and expert testimony in the US legal system. Today, we are listening to Professor Edward Cheng from Vanderbilt Law School present on “Expert Histories.” His work will be published in the upcoming Vol. 26 No. 2, “Symposium Edition,” of the Columbia Science and Technology Law Review in the spring.
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Biometric Data: Uses and Dangers (Part 2)
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Biometric Data: Uses and Dangers (Part 1)
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This is part one of two in the STLR Podcast's series on "Biometric Data: Uses and Dangers." In this episode we speak with Professor Matthew Kugler of Northwestern University’s Prtizker School of Law about biometric data privacy issues, and legislative responses. In part two, we will speak with Professor Andrew Murray of the London School of Economics about how AI affects our autonomy in the biometric context, and how accompanying harms can be mitigated by different regulatory approaches. Soundtrack by Diverse Music.
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Prof. Alicia Solow-Niederman -- Do Cases Generate Bad AI Law? (2023 Symposium Edition Episode 6)
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Prof. Paul Ohm -- Focusing on Fine-Tuning: New Pathways for Fixing What Is Wrong with Generative AI (2023 Symposium Edition Episode 5)
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This is the fifth episode of six in the special 2023 Symposium Edition Podcast of STLR Conversations. We are sharing the recordings of our Symposium titled “Accountability and Liability in Generative AI: Challenges and Perspectives." Author: Paul Ohm, Professor of Law, Georgetown University Law Center Commentator: Timothy Wu, Julius Silver Professor of Law, Science and Technology, Columbia Law School Moderator: Amanda Orbuch, Columbia Law School, J.D. ’24 A link to slides will be posted here when available.
info_outlineThis episode features Sam Matthews, STLR Executive Submissions Editor, talking with Julio Sharp-Wasserman, about his recently published note on Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act.
Section 230 prevents some online intermediaries, such as operators of websites, from being sued for the actions of third parties. For example, if someone uploads a defamatory video to YouTube, the person being defamed could sue the creator of the video, but couldn’t sue YouTube itself. Although many people argue that this law is what allows the internet to exist at all, Julio argues that, in the specific context of speech torts, there are other protections for online intermediaries, and the results of lawsuits against them might be the same, even if Section 230 didn’t exist.
Julio’s article can be found in our most recent issue. To find that article, and all our content examining the intersection of science, technology, and the law, visit our website, STLR.org.
Opening and Closing Themes by Jonathan Coulton ("The Future Soon" and "Ikea")