In April 2018, the OAS’ Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Expression and the UN’s Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of the right to freedom of opinion and expression issued a joint communication to the Argentinean Government in support of the bill on intermediary liability. This bill...
Legislative Proposals 1865-S-2015 and 942-S-2016 were discussed together as a joint Proposal, which was approved by the Senate in 2016. This project states that ISPs should not be liable for content created by third parties, unless they are duly notified by a judicial order of the removal or...
Argentina has opened a public consultation at Plataforma Justicia 2020 to update its Data Protection Law. This Platform offered civil society the possibility to submit contributions, suggestions and comments in order to improve the design, performance and evaluation of public policies. Moreover...
(with Paula Vargas)
On October 29, the Argentine Supreme Court issued a landmark decision on intermediary liability in the case “R.M.B c/Google y ot. s/ Ds y Ps (Fallo R.522.XLIX.)”. As reported in a previous blog post, the case discussed the question whether search engines are liable for linking...
Today, the Argentine National Communications Commission (NCC) ordered Internet Service Providers to block access to The Pirate Bay websites in the country within five days. The blocking order complied with an injunction issued by the District Court No. 64 in Buenos Aires in a case initiated by the...