The law helps companies like Facebook remove hate speech - so why does Cohen want it to go away?
By Casey Newton
"I'm one of the last people you'd expect to hear warning about the danger of conspiracies and lies," the actor and comedian Sacha Baron Cohen said today in an op-ed in the Washington Post, adapted from last week's viral speech about the dangers of social networks at an Anti-Defamation League conference.
In fact, Baron Cohen is exactly the sort of person I'd expect to be warning us about social networks. As a rich celebrity who has no need for the free communication tools they provide, and who can thrive without relying on the promotional benefits that come with active use of the platforms, blasting Big Tech costs Baron Cohen nothing.