Section 230

• The pandemic in social media

  08 October 2020

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  Justice Carpio explains how social media became its own “pandemic” of hate speech and disinformation during COVID‑19 and calls for laws requiring real‑name identities online to curb anonymous abuse and protect democratic discourse.

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