Benjamin Lee

The US Supreme Court is about to hear what may be the most significant case in the history of social media. Join our Twitter Space tomorrow — Monday 20th February, 12h00 EST — with @Reddit's @BenL & @Wikimedia's @JacobLRogers55, to discuss the stakes. via.maharaj.org/230 🎙

The US Supreme Court will rule if social media platforms should be liable for content posted by users. Would this bring accountability or censorship? 🗓 Mon, 20 February 2023 ⏰ 12h00 EST 🔗 via.maharaj.org/230 With Counsels for Reddit & Wikimedia: @BenL & @JacobLRogers55

The Supreme Court will review Section 230, which shields social media platforms from liability for content they carry. Does this threaten free expression or promise accountability? Join our discussion with @Reddit's @BenL & @Wikimedia's @JacobLRogers55. twitter.com/i/spaces/1mnGe…

Great @techreview piece by @TateRyMo on how Gonzalez v Google could leave Reddit moderators liable. Great quotes by @BNonnecke & @BenL. Our amicus also argued that 230 protects recommendations by users--and that plaintiffs' argument would undermine that. technologyreview.com/2023/02/01/106…

We're hiring @reddit! boards.greenhouse.io/reddit/jobs/45…

Our team @reddit is growing! We're looking for a contracts manager and a variety of counsel roles: redditinc.com/careers/

A new white paper on the risks of client-side scanning, by Hal Abelson, @rossjanderson, Josh Benaloh, @mattblaze, @joncallas, Whit Diffie, Susan Landau, Peter Neumann, Ron Rivest, Jeff Schiller, @schneierblog, @VTeagueAus, and @carmelatroncoso, and myself: cs.columbia.edu/~smb/papers/bu…

Jessica Ashooh Director of Policy for @reddit "Participatory nature of Reddit helps build a culture of engagement that carries offline as well" she notes they have made efforts to bring online voices offline as well

Today, we're launching a new website with improved tools for our global community of trust and safety professionals. These resources were designed with our members in mind, but are open to anyone to use - safety, as they say, is everyone's job! (1/6) tspa.info

The @dtspartnership is looking for an Executive Director. dtspartnership.org/executive-dire…

Long road to Supreme Court's decision on fair use of APIs. supremecourt.gov/opinions/20pdf…

NEW: 70+ human rights groups including @PresenteOrg @Data4BlackLives @MPower_Change @swopbehindbars @accessnow @freepress @mediajustice @TransLawCenter sent a letter to Congress & the Biden/Harris admin warning lawmakers against gutting Section 230: fightforthefuture.org/news/2021-01-2…

The Internet works. theinternet.works

“Really what you are doing is benefiting the largest companies by effectively placing a significant burden and cost on smaller companies.” —@benl wsj.com/articles/socia…

Our public policy team @Reddit is growing! boards.greenhouse.io/reddit/jobs/24…

NEW: I spoke to Reddit's general counsel @BenL ahead of today's Section 230 hearing about how smaller companies with different content moderation models could become collateral damage in the deeply politicized fight against Big Tech (and Twitter). protocol.com/reddit-section…

Look carefully at what Twitter is saying to justify censoring the Biden story. If applied consistently, it’d mean that some of history’s most consequential journalism — the Pentagon Papers, WikiLeaks’ war logs, Snowden docs, Panama Papers, our Brazil Archive — would be banned.