Jeff Kosseff
@jkosseff.bsky.social
Associate Professor of Cybersecurity Law, US Naval Academy. Views my own and do not represent DOD, Navy, or USNA. jeffkosseff.com
Our book has a cover and I love it! Coming in April 2026.
July 29, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Our book has a cover and I love it! Coming in April 2026.
The webpage for our forthcoming book! www.press.jhu.edu/books/title/...
The Future of Free Speech
Reversing the Global Decline of Democracy's Most Essential Freedom
www.press.jhu.edu
July 3, 2025 at 10:15 PM
The webpage for our forthcoming book! www.press.jhu.edu/books/title/...
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Can't think of a time when I have heard a lawyer discussing platform liability use the phrase "the 26 words."
Don't know why they would. Easier to just say "two thirty."
Don't know why they would. Easier to just say "two thirty."
May 31, 2025 at 4:56 PM
same
Have you been sent here from another planet to destroy me?
There are countries where hate speech is regulated just like speech in this country. There is no such thing as free speech. Fire in the theater. We could develop a body of Law and model it on those successes
May 26, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Have you been sent here from another planet to destroy me?
Countries routinely use hate speech laws to punish political dissent and criticism of public officials.
Hate speech is regulated in many countries democracies in the world, and as far as I can tell, it does not impair or impede free speech. Unlike some other kinds of speech, this is not difficult to classify.
May 26, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Countries routinely use hate speech laws to punish political dissent and criticism of public officials.
ah, I’ve missed Bluesky
hate speech is not free speech
May 25, 2025 at 4:13 PM
ah, I’ve missed Bluesky
It doesn’t need to be this way.
May 24, 2025 at 7:17 PM
It doesn’t need to be this way.
The fourth edition of Cybersecurity Law will be published on Oct. 14! A new chapter on Internet of Things, along with many new sections on topics such as CIRCIA, the SEC cybersecurity regs, geofence warrants, and the impact of Van Buren on CFAA litigation.
March 25, 2025 at 2:44 PM
The fourth edition of Cybersecurity Law will be published on Oct. 14! A new chapter on Internet of Things, along with many new sections on topics such as CIRCIA, the SEC cybersecurity regs, geofence warrants, and the impact of Van Buren on CFAA litigation.
So this is concerning, especially because last year SCOTUS denied cert in a case challenging the constitutionality of criminal defamation laws. www.foxnews.com/us/proposed-...
Proposed Idaho state law could make some lies a felony crime with prison time
Idaho House Speaker Mike Moyle introduced a bill to make it a felony crime to knowingly spread malicious lies about someone.
www.foxnews.com
February 26, 2025 at 1:27 PM
So this is concerning, especially because last year SCOTUS denied cert in a case challenging the constitutionality of criminal defamation laws. www.foxnews.com/us/proposed-...
So this happened last night.
February 24, 2025 at 12:04 PM
So this happened last night.
Pretty amazing that 60 Minutes does an entire segment about Germany prosecuting people for online posts and does not include even one voice raising free speech concerns. The segment looks like it was produced by the German government. www.cbsnews.com/news/policin...
Posting hateful speech online could lead to police raiding your home in this European country
In the U.S., most of what we say online, even if it's hate filled, is protected by the First Amendment as free speech. But in Germany, prosecutors and cops police the internet.
www.cbsnews.com
February 17, 2025 at 12:14 PM
Pretty amazing that 60 Minutes does an entire segment about Germany prosecuting people for online posts and does not include even one voice raising free speech concerns. The segment looks like it was produced by the German government. www.cbsnews.com/news/policin...
Who knows if TikTok will remain back
online or who will own it in the long run. But Friday’s Supreme Court opinion will cause enduring damage to the First Amendment.
online or who will own it in the long run. But Friday’s Supreme Court opinion will cause enduring damage to the First Amendment.
January 19, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Who knows if TikTok will remain back
online or who will own it in the long run. But Friday’s Supreme Court opinion will cause enduring damage to the First Amendment.
online or who will own it in the long run. But Friday’s Supreme Court opinion will cause enduring damage to the First Amendment.
Still amazed that SCOTUS didn’t even try to hide the censorship motivation.
January 19, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Still amazed that SCOTUS didn’t even try to hide the censorship motivation.
You realize that you are saying this on social media?
There is more to life than social media. Go touch grass. Talk to a real human.
January 19, 2025 at 2:13 PM
You realize that you are saying this on social media?
This free speech mess was brought to you by all three branches of government. Great job, guys.
January 19, 2025 at 1:25 PM
This free speech mess was brought to you by all three branches of government. Great job, guys.
There is another important TikTok case at SCOTUS. TikTok likely will file a cert petition in Anderson v. TikTok, a Third Circuit opinion that narrowly construed Section 230. TikTok has retained Paul Clement and received an extension to file until Feb. 20.
January 18, 2025 at 12:53 PM
There is another important TikTok case at SCOTUS. TikTok likely will file a cert petition in Anderson v. TikTok, a Third Circuit opinion that narrowly construed Section 230. TikTok has retained Paul Clement and received an extension to file until Feb. 20.
Breyer’s latest HLR article reminds me why I am thankful for the writing styles of Kagan and Barrett.
January 11, 2025 at 10:28 PM
Breyer’s latest HLR article reminds me why I am thankful for the writing styles of Kagan and Barrett.
Someone should write a book about why this is wrong.
Anyhoo, he kicks it off with a very bad misunderstanding of the 1st Amendment and the whole "fire in a crowded theater" thing. cc: @kenwhite.bsky.social @jkosseff.bsky.social
Not only is this wrong, it's meaningless. He runs a private platform and isn't Congress. Does he not have ANY 1A lawyers?
Not only is this wrong, it's meaningless. He runs a private platform and isn't Congress. Does he not have ANY 1A lawyers?
January 11, 2025 at 12:52 AM
Someone should write a book about why this is wrong.
Francisco did an excellent job but it really seems like TikTok will lose and it won’t be close.
January 10, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Francisco did an excellent job but it really seems like TikTok will lose and it won’t be close.
I’ll allow
LA County tried to send out an alert about the Kenneth fire, and instead they shouted "fire!" in the entire crowded metro area. @kenwhite.bsky.social
January 10, 2025 at 1:30 AM
I’ll allow
A reminder that the Jan. 10 Supreme Court argument is not the only incredibly important TikTok issue at the Court. TikTok has until Jan. 21 to file a cert petition in the Anderson case, in which the Third Circuit sharply diverged from other circuits’ interpretation of Section 230.
January 5, 2025 at 6:02 PM
A reminder that the Jan. 10 Supreme Court argument is not the only incredibly important TikTok issue at the Court. TikTok has until Jan. 21 to file a cert petition in the Anderson case, in which the Third Circuit sharply diverged from other circuits’ interpretation of Section 230.
The international version of TikTok is unavailable in China because the Chinese government heavily censors speech. Not sure if this should be the model for US tech policy.
January 4, 2025 at 8:53 PM
The international version of TikTok is unavailable in China because the Chinese government heavily censors speech. Not sure if this should be the model for US tech policy.
I will permit it if someone says that a group of fifth graders singing Wicked songs at the top of their lungs when he is trying to work is like shouting fire in a crowded theater.
January 4, 2025 at 8:37 PM
I will permit it if someone says that a group of fifth graders singing Wicked songs at the top of their lungs when he is trying to work is like shouting fire in a crowded theater.