Extremely good thread. And the thrust of it is applicable to a wide number of other bad things online.

Pretty damn impressive Thanks Darren Lu Reddit, Inc.

Great piece here from Issie. Also worth noting: Snap lost a 230 case *this year* (as well as one back in 2018) about the speed filter that Thomas/Divine mention. The legal argument they put forth isn't even a good one. See: cdn.ca9.uscourts.gov/datastore/opin… and efast.gaappeals.us/download?filin…

I simply cannot wrap my head around this.

This is a great read on the current state of 230 litigation from one of the smartest CoMo experts I've ever worked with. At least 2/3 of the smart things I've ever said about 230 we're originally thought of by Elizabeth Banker. Chamber of Progress is lucky to have her!

Biden FCC nominee Gigi Sohn has run into a hilarious divide: old-guard Republicans captured by telcos don't like her, but right-wing media companies like NewsMax and OANN are supporting her, because the telcos threaten them as well. Makena Kelly reports: theverge.com/2021/11/17/227…

It's always cool to see the culmination of literally YEARS of work from your friends. Check out Dan's paper below:

Comms is just yelling synonyms to each other for 20 minutes until someone says "uuhhh yeah I guess that one works"

Glad Dwight Schrute was finally able to make this happen for all of us.

Super jazzed to keep growing at HPS with an incredibly smart and talented group of folks!

Legitimately no better feeling in the world than getting to inbox zero for the first in 2021 right before break. Please, no more emails until 2022.

With a win in Nov. and a bit of help from Dems, the GOP could conceivably repeal 230. But it's the First Amendment that protects Twitter's moderation decisions. Repealing 230 can force platforms into the courtroom. It can't force them to carry material they don't want to carry.

A new CDC analysis found that severe illness and death from Covid were extremely rare in vaccinated people. Among 1,228,664 fully vaccinated people across the US, 185 (0.015%) had severe illness and 36 (0.0033%) died. Covid vaccines are extremely safe and remarkably effective.

Check out what my extremely smart and talented friend Sukrit Singh does for a living!

The walk home from Mall Fireworks was genuinely better than the Actual Mall Fireworks this year. So many fireworks going off in the street!

The SCOTUS' Running of the Interns will be C-SPAN EXTREME's super bowl.

There are few people I've learned more from (and enjoyed working with!) than Tony. I'm incredibly grateful for his mentorship over the years and I know the whole Penta crew is really going to miss him!

Freedom of speech ≠ freedom of reach

I think we can all agree during this difficult time for the internet that Matt Levine is doing the absolute best work of his career this year. #moneystuff

Ben, issie lapowsky, and the rest of the Protocol crew are some of the smartest folks on the tech policy beat. This is such a bummer.