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Daphne Keller

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Daphne Keller

@daphnehk

Platform Regulation Director, Stanford Cyber Policy Center. Former Google AGC. This is roughly my zillionth rodeo.

San Francisco, CA

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Joined October 2009

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Daphne Keller
@daphnehk
Sep 13, 2018
We imagine that platforms can bring the whole sprawling chaos of human behavior into compliance with the law. Make our lives policeable, and policed, to a degree no govt in history could have imagined. Not only do we seem to think it's possible– we think it's a good idea.
Daphne Keller
@daphnehk
Dec 21, 2022
Good lord, people. Learn the difference between censorship and surveillance. The govt was paying Twitter for *surveillance*. Twitter could not say no. It was compelled by a court order. If you have a problem with this, it’s a problem with the law. Not with Twitter.
techdirt
@techdirt
Dec 20, 2022
No, The FBI Is NOT ‘Paying Twitter To Censor’ techdirt.com/2022/12/20/no-…
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Daphne Keller
@daphnehk
Jul 30, 2021
Something terrible is happening in Canadian Internet law, and the people who care in the rest of the world are mostly stretched too thin to pay attention. We’re counting on people like @mgeist, @EmilyLaidlaw, @tamir_i, and @vivekdotca to somehow fix it. 1/
Daphne Keller
@daphnehk
May 14, 2021
What if we all just refused to bluebook
Daphne Keller
@daphnehk
Aug 9, 2021
Speaking as someone who has litigated and lost on this exact issue in three countries (UK, Germany, France), I feel confident in saying the firm refusal to filter for new things beyond CSAM doesn’t mean much in the face of state power.
Daphne Keller
@daphnehk
Feb 22, 2021
When you write about the Internet as if it were only Facebook, Google, and Twitter, you help to create that version of the Internet.
Daphne Keller
@daphnehk
Feb 8, 2022
It is so depressing that the EARN IT Act is barreling its way through Congress despite its many very clear, very important problems. Here are some.
Daphne Keller
@daphnehk
Feb 25, 2022
This is why protecting encryption from bills like EARN IT is not some dry, wonkish issue. Encryption protects brave and vulnerable people all over the word.
Matthew Prince 🌥
@eastdakota
Feb 24, 2022
Spike in use of Signal (messaging app) in Ukraine in the last 24 hours. Smaller but significant increase in the use of Telegram as well.
Daphne Keller
@daphnehk
Apr 1, 2021
The meme that “platforms algorithmically amplify polarizing content because engagement drives ad revenue” has gotten seriously out of hand. Someone needed to burst that bubble. It’s such a bummer that the someone is Facebook VP Nick Clegg. 1/ nickclegg.medium.com/you-and-the-al…
Daphne Keller
@daphnehk
Oct 25, 2021
This remark should be a giant red flag about laws that would effectively require every potential competitor to make investments only Facebook can afford, in pursuit of results that only Facebook believes it has achieved.
issie lapowsky
@issielapowsky
Oct 25, 2021
Replying to @issielapowsky
"We should want every other company in our industry to make the investment, and achieve the results, that we have," Zuck said.
Daphne Keller
@daphnehk
May 28, 2020
Strong words from FCC Commissioner Jessica Rosenworcel on the 230 Executive Order. fcc.gov/document/state…
Daphne Keller
@daphnehk
Nov 18, 2020
Here is a public copy of the syllabus from my 2020 Platform Regulation class at Stanford. All reading material is public, including my teaching edits of some of the longer cases. docs.google.com/document/d/1yC… Teaching remotely was hard, but my students were awesome.
docs.google.com
2020 Platform Regulation Syllabus - Public Copy
Here is my syllabus from the Fall 2020 Platform Regulation class, and links to readings. In many cases the links go to teaching edits I made for class purposes. Please feel free to re-use whatever is...
Daphne Keller
@daphnehk
Mar 16, 2022
The important part of this story isn’t that Russia strong-armed Apple and Google into terrible, human-rights damaging concessions. That was kind of obvious. It’s that no US or EU officials cared or objected. There were basically no consequences.
Putin’s prewar moves against U.S. tech giants laid groundwork for crackdown on free expression
From washingtonpost.com
Daphne Keller
@daphnehk
May 28, 2020
To aid in this endeavor, here is my color coded and annotated copy of the Executive Order in CDA 230 and platforms.
Daphne Keller
@daphnehk
May 28, 2020
Reporting on this should distinguish between (1) handwaving, atmospherics, general distraction; (2) purported mandates that would require ignoring courts and congress; (3) any remaining tidbits with legal effect. Experts are focused on (3). If press focuses on (1), we all lose.
docs.google.com
DRAFT EO on Platforms
A Quick Take on the May 27 Draft Executive Order on Platforms and CDA 230 Annotated FINAL version is now here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1j_ZU9OUkvA5teWSC2_iQx61eB1rzbTjN55AqzmIP1c0/edit# A...