Musk, Meta, and the Future of Online Speech

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BIO:
Our speaker this month is Shane Rusing. Shane is an attorney and founder based in Austin. He’s passionate about the First Amendment, online speech, and utilizing technological solutions to help preserve digital liberties. His current projects focus on decentralized social protocols and DAO’s. In his free time, you can find him playing soccer, pickleball, or lounging at one of Austin’s many spring fed pools.

TALK SUMMARY:
Between SESTA/FOSTA, the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals upholding Texas' HB 20 in Netchoice v. Paxton, and the Supreme Court deciding Gozalez v. Google this term, Section 230 seems as distant as that small town in your rearview driving through west Texas. Please join EFF-Austin and Attorney Shane Rusing for a discussion on all things Section 230 and online speech. We’ll cover the latest in state and federal legislation as well as the implications of Musk’s Twitter bid. Lastly, we’ll touch on decentralized protocols and some of the technological solutions that hope to alleviate the stranglehold “big tech” has over internet users.

HOW TO ATTEND:
Capital Factory is located at 701 Brazos Street, on the 1st floor of the Omni Hotel. We are in the JohnnyFive meeting room. To locate JohnnyFive, look for a small Cap Factory meeting room space near the elevators on the 1st floor of the Omni, nearish to the security desk. You can also ask the desk attendee in Voltron, Suite 150, Capital Factory's main event room off the Omni lobby. You may also message us on this event or message us at @EFFaustin on Twitter if you are having trouble finding us.

Talk will be livestreamed at https://www.youtube.com/user/austintechlive and will later be archived at https://www.youtube.com/user/effaustin. Questions for the speaker from virtual attendees may be submitted via the livestream chat or our twitter account, @EFFaustin. Note that our speaker is speaking remotely, so you might prefer to attend remotely via the following Zoom link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83274282763 with passcode 012249.

Parking for the Omni Garage can be validated at the Capital Factory front desk inside room Voltron, Suite 150, reducing the cost from $18 to $7. Attendees must park after 5pm and leave before 10pm to receive the discount, otherwise they will be charged full price, which is $3 for every 20 minutes. Affordable street park is also available nearby. Details: https://capitalfactory.com/parking/

AFTER PARTY:
Join us for the discussion from 7:00PM-9:00PM, followed by drinks and camaraderie from 9:00PM-10:00PM in the Omni Hotel lobby.