Jessica Melugin

1 week ago | cei.org | Jessica Melugin |Ryan Young

On Thursday, a federal court ruled that Google violated antitrust law by maintaining a monopoly over online advertising. CEI experts caution about the precedent and ramifications of this decision for consumers and US competitiveness online. CEI Director of the Center for Technology and Innovation Jessica Melugin:“Abandoning the consumer welfare standard by finding Google guilty when there’s no proof of harm to consumers risks more than just setting bad precedent.

1 week ago | cei.org | Jessica Melugin

The fifth episode of Otherwise Objectionable, the narrative-driven podcast that tells the true story of Section 230 of the 1996 Telecommunications Act, recounts how the Supreme Court struck down Sen. James Exon’s (D-NE) Communications Decency Act due to First Amendment concerns. NARRATOR: We ended last episode with lawmakers Chris Cox and Ron Wyden getting their bill passed as part of the 1996 Telecommunications Act.

2 weeks ago | cei.org | Jessica Melugin

The fourth episode of Otherwise Objectionable, the narrative-driven podcast that tells the true story of Section 230 of the 1996 Telecommunications Act, picks up in the mid-1990s with a heated debate in the United States Senate over, well, objectionable content on the internet. A bill intended to keep smut off the internet threatens to undo everything Representatives Christopher Cox and Ron Wyden have proposed.

3 weeks ago | washingtonexaminer.com | Jessica Melugin

Any decent adult, whether a parent or not, knows the threats to minors that lurk online. No graphic details are needed here about the internet horrors that tech-savvy children can easily stumble upon or, depending on their age, seek out themselves. Yet, proposed remedies to shield minors from online sex, violence, and the like are complicated.

3 weeks ago | cei.org | Jessica Melugin |Ryan Smith

The third episode of Otherwise Objectionable, the narrative-driven podcast that tells the true story of Section 230 of the 1996 Telecommunications Act, moves beyond the earliest days of the internet to the beginning of the Dotcom Era. Spam makes its first appearance on early internet forums, angering the small online community. Dueling lawsuits leave early web companies with a massive question: can they moderate speech without getting sued off the face of the earth?