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Press coverage about Neil Fried of DigitalFrontiers Advocacy

Oct. 27, 2020|Protocol—The hardest questions tech CEOs could be asked at the Section 230 hearing

"Narrowing Section 230 immunity doesn't mean platforms will automatically be held liable. Victims still must prove their case. If they have a credible claim they've been harmed at the hands of platforms, why should victims be denied an opportunity for justice?"

Aug. 11, 2020|Bloomberg Businessweek—Washington’s Knives Are Out for Big Tech’s Social Media Shield

“Measures that focus on consensus goals such as reducing harm to children or suppressing illegal content may have the best chance of success. ‘That seems to be where the real momentum is,’ says Neil Fried, former counsel on the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. ‘There’s a lot of people that are concerned about hate speech and bias and fake news, but those I think are going to take longer to sort out.’”

June 25, 2020|Communications Daily—Democrats, GOP Attack CDA Section 230 at House Commerce Hearing

“Congress should restore a duty of care online, requiring platforms to take good faith steps as a condition of receiving Section 230 protections, testified DigitalFrontiers Advocacy Principal Neil Fried. This would better protect users and address competition concerns, he said.”

June 24, 2020|Law360—Advocates Link Tech Liability Shield To Civil Rights

“To mitigate the tension between content moderation and free speech, Neil Fried, an advocate with Digital Frontiers, suggested that Congress could condition Section 230 protection on websites demonstrating that they take ‘reasonable, good-faith steps to curb illicit activity.’”

July 6, 2019|TorrentFreak—MPAA Wants U.S. Govt. to Prosecute Streaming Piracy Operations

“‘Although the U.S. government does not take many such actions, those they do can have a greater deterrent effect than civil suits because criminal cases bring more attention, along with the possibility of jail time for convicted culprits,’ Fried notes.


“‘Indeed, a 2012 U.S. action against Megaupload—then the largest piracy ‘cyberlocker,’ accounting for 4 percent of all internet traffic—increased lawful digital sales by 6.5 to 8.5 percent for three major studios in 12 countries,’ he adds, citing an academic study from an MPAA funded research group.”

March 7, 2018|ITIF—Unboxing the Piracy Threat of Streaming Media Boxes

“To begin, Neil Fried, senior vice president of federal advocacy and regulatory affairs at the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA), emphasized that the creative community has embraced the Internet because it provides so much access to content. However, those who work in the film industry are hurt by these easily accessible illegal streaming sites. To illustrate their accessibility, Fried pulled out a “pirate box” and played several live cable channels and films, including The Devil Wears Prada and Forrest Gump, two movies produced by co-panelist Wendy Finerman, an independent film and television producer.”

Nov. 1, 2017|The Hill—Top Lobbyists 2017: Associations

“Fried, a former House Energy and Commerce Committee lawyer, brings nearly a decade of Capitol Hill experience to an industry that is being transformed by the proliferation of digital streaming services.”

Jan. 15, 2016|The Hollywood Reporter—MPAA Urges FCC Not to Regulate Availability of Online Content

“‘Under the First Amendment, it is the speaker and the audience acting in the free market — not the government — that determines what is said and heard, as well as how it is communicated,’ wrote Neil Fried, MPAA senior vp government and regulatory affairs.”

Aug. 1, 2013|Deadline—MPAA Hires Away Energy and Commerce Committee Chief Counsel

“WASHINGTON- The Motion Picture Association of America, Inc.(MPAA) today announced that Neil Fried has joined the organization as a Senior Vice President, Government and Regulatory Affairs. In this capacity, Fried will oversee all of the Association’s Federal and Regulatory Affairs efforts in Washington.”

April 18, 2013|NationalJournal—Neil Fried, Majority Chief Counsel, Communications and Technology

“Neil Fried came to Washington without a shred of telecom experience. Now, he’s counted as one of the top tech-policy experts in government—so much so that he was considered for chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, according to industry analysts.”

Jan. 27, 2012|Roll Call—Technology: Five Hill Aids to Know

“One of the few must-do pieces of legislation this year is the yearlong extension of the payroll tax cut, probably while also extending jobless benefits and the current Medicare payment rate for doctors.


“None of those is a technology issue, but Fried will be a player in the deal-making nonetheless because the negotiators are eager to find ways to offset the package’s cost and are eyeing $6 billion to $16 billion from auctioning slices of the broadcast spectrum to wireless Internet service providers.”

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