On March 6, 2018, Wikimedia released its eighth transparency report, which highlighted that it received 343 requests to "alter or remove project content", of which none were granted.
Read more at I&J Retrospect.
On February 27, 2018, the US House of Representatives passed the Allow States and Victims to Fight Online Sex Trafficking Act (FOSTA), which would make websites criminally liable for hosting content linked to sex-trafficking.
Read more at the I&J Retrospect.
The House on Tuesday passed an online sex trafficking bill in a broad, bipartisan vote that many in the tech industry worry could undermine legal protections afforded to internet platforms. Read more at The Hill.
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On February 9, 2018, YouTube announced in a blogpost that it would implement new policies regarding content "harmful to viewers, others in the YouTube community, or advertisers".
Read more at the I&J Retrospect.
On February 1, 2018, the US Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit issued its decision in the BMG v. Cox case, ruling that the ISP Cox was not protected by the safe harbor provisions of article 512 the Digital Millennium Copyright Act - which protects ISPs from liability for copyright-infringing...
On Wednesday the Senate commerce committee unanimously voted to send the “Stop Enabling Sex Traffickers Act of 2017” (SESTA) to the Senate floor. From Foreign Policy.