January 2018 WILMap Updates

The media and political debate continues to rage: should new obligations be put on online platforms and other internet intermediaries to try to limit the availability of unlawful content online, See details

Supreme Court of India has issued notice in a public interest litigation petition filed by Pallav Mongia, an Advocate-on-Record at the Supreme Court which seeks a direction “to prohibit transfer See details

Russia will block access to Facebook next year unless the social network complies with a law that requires websites which store the personal data of Russian citizens to do so See details

The Russian government continues to enforce stringent measures in order to block its national consumers from accessing unlicensed international betting operator services. From SBC News. See details

Spanish police this morning raided the offices of .cat gTLD registry Fundació puntCAT, just days after demanding the company shut down any domains referring to a forthcoming referendum. From Domain. See details

China has largely blocked the WhatsApp messaging app, the latest move by Beijing to step up surveillance ahead of a big Communist Party gathering next month. From The New York See details

Facebook said on Wednesday its efforts to fight fake news during Germany’s national elections included taking down tens of thousands of fake profiles in the final month of the campaign. See details

In a long-awaited decision, a majority of the Full Court of the South Australian Supreme Court has dismissed Google's appeal against a decision that it defamed an individual, Dr Janice See details

Tech giants Microsoft, Facebook, Twitter and Google have agreed to do more to remove extremist content within hours of it being posted. From BBC News. See details

Twitter this afternoon publicly posted its schedule for instituting fixes and changes to longstanding abuse and harassment issues that have plagued the social network for years. From The Verge. See details