Ashutosh Bhagwat is a Distinguished Professor and the Boochever and Bird Endowed Chair at the University of California, Davis School of Law. Professor Bhagwat is the author of Our Democratic First Amendment (2020) and The Myth of Rights (2010). He is also a member of the American Law Institute.

• Introduction: Social Media as the Mirror of Our Times; 1. The Conservative War: Social Media as Censors; 2. The Progressive War: Social Media as Enablers; 3. The Data War: Social Media Kills Privacy; 4. Social Media Platforms as Common Carriers; 5. Social Media as the New Gatekeepers; 6. Making Social Media Pay for Its Sins (i.e., Repeal Section 230); 7. Privacy, Big Data, and Free Speech; 8. Some Ways Forward.

'In response to widespread but unproven assumptions that social media is harming society, governments are regulating social media in a variety of ways. Prof. Bhagwat brings a clear-eyed sensibility to reviewing those efforts, repeatedly demonstrating how censorship 'solutions' are often worse than the problems regulators seek to redress.' Eric Goldman, Professor, Santa Clara University School of Law and Co-Director, High Tech Law Institute

Ashutosh Bhagwat is a Distinguished Professor and the Boochever and Bird Endowed Chair at the University of California, Davis School of Law. Professor Bhagwat is the author of Our Democratic First Amendment (2020) and The Myth of Rights (2010). He is also a member of the American Law Institute.

• Introduction: Social Media as the Mirror of Our Times; 1. The Conservative War: Social Media as Censors; 2. The Progressive War: Social Media as Enablers; 3. The Data War: Social Media Kills Privacy; 4. Social Media Platforms as Common Carriers; 5. Social Media as the New Gatekeepers; 6. Making Social Media Pay for Its Sins (i.e., Repeal Section 230); 7. Privacy, Big Data, and Free Speech; 8. Some Ways Forward.

'In response to widespread but unproven assumptions that social media is harming society, governments are regulating social media in a variety of ways. Prof. Bhagwat brings a clear-eyed sensibility to reviewing those efforts, repeatedly demonstrating how censorship 'solutions' are often worse than the problems regulators seek to redress.' Eric Goldman, Professor, Santa Clara University School of Law and Co-Director, High Tech Law Institute

Ashutosh Bhagwat is a Distinguished Professor and the Boochever and Bird Endowed Chair at the University of California, Davis School of Law. Professor Bhagwat is the author of Our Democratic First Amendment (2020) and The Myth of Rights (2010). He is also a member of the American Law Institute.

• Introduction: Social Media as the Mirror of Our Times; 1. The Conservative War: Social Media as Censors; 2. The Progressive War: Social Media as Enablers; 3. The Data War: Social Media Kills Privacy; 4. Social Media Platforms as Common Carriers; 5. Social Media as the New Gatekeepers; 6. Making Social Media Pay for Its Sins (i.e., Repeal Section 230); 7. Privacy, Big Data, and Free Speech; 8. Some Ways Forward.

'In response to widespread but unproven assumptions that social media is harming society, governments are regulating social media in a variety of ways. Prof. Bhagwat brings a clear-eyed sensibility to reviewing those efforts, repeatedly demonstrating how censorship 'solutions' are often worse than the problems regulators seek to redress.' Eric Goldman, Professor, Santa Clara University School of Law and Co-Director, High Tech Law Institute