March 10: Trump v. Twitter: The Impact of Market Power on Political Speech

Following the assault on the U.S. Capitol, Twitter, YouTube, Instagram and Facebook banned Donald Trump and thousands of right-wing extremists from use of their platforms. Other technology companies withdrew services to Parler, effectively removing the right-wing social media network from the internet. 

In doing so, these companies were able to shut-down many right-wing information networks, a leading node of which was the highest ranking national executive in the United States. These decisions were designed to diminish risk of potential, civil unrest, and even violence. 

This lead off session in a four-part series explores whether these actions were a tangible use of market dominance and the implications that has for the market position of social media and technology to control speech and to impact civil society in unanticipated ways.
Title:
Trump v. Twitter: The Impact of Market Power on Political Speech
Webinar Date+Time:
Wednesday, March 10, 2021 1:00 PM to 2:00 PM
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By:
NYU Law School's Center on Civil Justice
Speakers:

Chris Seeger and Elizabeth Burch

Credit:

• New York: Each panel in this series has been approved for one New York State CLE credit in the Areas of Professional Practice category.
• Other Jurisdictions: You may be able to Self-Apply, depending on the rules of your jurisdiction.

This is the first hour in a four part Antitrust Series: 

• Part 2: Data as Market Power: Barriers to Entry from Big Data
  Wednesday, March 24 1:00 PM to 2:00 PM ET
• Part 3: Regulation, Antitrust and Beyond: Tools for Responding to the Platform Economy
  Wednesday, April 7 1:00 PM to 2:00 PM ET 
• Part 4: Health Care Consolidation
  Wednesday, April 21 1:00 PM to 2:00 PM ET

Links to these will be provided when available.

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