Policing Content in the Quasi-Public Sphere
@jilliancyork
Gary Chapman International School on Digital TransformationPorto, Portugal, July 2011
The Quasi-Public Sphere
Private companies, quasi-public spaces
We treat these spaces as public
Terms of Use are proprietary
The Privatization of Our Publics
Marsh v. Alabama (1946), United States
Supreme Court: “Owners and operators of a company town could not prohibit the distribution of religious literature in the town's business district because such expression was protected by the First and 14th amendments.”
New Jersey Coalition Against War in the Middle East v. J.M.B. Realty Corp. (1994)
Established the right of individuals to hand out protest literature in one of the state’s shopping malls. The Coalition, which had been asked to leave various New Jersey malls on account of their trespassing, took their fight to court and won, based on the assertion that the mall owners “have intentionally transformed their property into a public square or market, a public gathering place, a downtown business district, a community.
Community Policing
Case: Facebook and Sayeb Sala7
Case: Name Identity
Case: Name Identity
Identity on Facebook
Bad Links?
Flickr and Maarten Dors
Results! Robust Community Guidelines
3arabawy and Flickr
YouTube and Context
Case: YouTube and Graphic Content
More info: http://is.gd/k25Yar
Solutions?
Built in human rights
Is community policing the answer?
Better community guidelines
Robust processes for users