March 2019 WILMap Updates

The Singapore government announced that it will be amending the Copyright Act to update its copyright regime in an effort to support creators and users of video content. A critical

News Empirical Evidence of “Over-Removal” by Internet Companies under Intermediary Liability Laws October 12, 2015 The "Over-Removal" Issue Most intermediaries offer legal “Notice and Takedown” systems – tools for people

This paper revisits current debates on the liability of internet intermediaries in India, in the context of violence against women online. Internet intermediaries can be described as entities that facilitate

In a very interesting move that received little attention during the holiday season, Facebook has banned talking about sex on its platform. This includes “dirty talk” and “sexual slang”. From

The Ministry of Information and Communications (MIC) is considering preventing cash flowing into hatred advertising on Facebook and collecting taxes to deal with the social network’s violations of laws in

Under current US law, digital services and platforms like Facebook and Twitter are protected from liability for the content that users post to their networks, so they can’t be sued

Venezuela has blocked access to Wikipedia, the free online encyclopedia, becoming only the second country after Turkey to do so, an internet watchdog claimed Sunday. From Haaretz .

One of the most important principles underpinning the Internet is that if you say something illegal, you should be held responsible for it—not the owners of the site or service

A federal judge has dismissed lawsuits seeking to hold Facebook , Google and Twitter liable to victims of the December 2015 mass shooting in San Bernardino, California, for letting the

Last week, the Indian government proposed sweeping changes to the legal protections for “intermediaries”, which affect every internet company today. From CIOL .

The European Union has announced a package of measures intended to step up efforts and pressure on tech giants to combat democracy-denting disinformation ahead of the EU parliament elections next

In a glass conference room at its California headquarters, Facebook is taking on the bonfires of hate and misinformation it has helped fuel across the world, one post at a

Before Facebook, Vu Kim Chi thought something was lacking in her job, which is to promote the economy in and around Vietnam's famed Ha Long Bay. Posting updates to her

Apple’s transparency report just got a lot more — well, transparent. For years, the technology giant released a twice-a-year report on the number of government demands it received. From TechCrunch

Facebook, the world’s largest social media company, has shown yet again that it does not deserve our trust. From EFF .

You may recall that last year, the video hosting website Veoh had a big win when a court ruled that the site was protected by DMCA safe harbors from infringement

In late 2016 and early 2017, hundreds of strangers began showing up at Matthew Herrick’s home and work in New York City, looking for sex. From The Outline ,

Automattic, the US tech group that owns web design company WordPress, and a little known academic research platform are at the centre of a long-running battle with the UK government

Rep. Johnny Rye (R-Trumann) filed a bill this morning that would allow civil legal action against social media companies that "delete or censor" content posted by users. From Arkansas Times

The revision of EU’s Audiovisual Media Services Directive (AVMSD), adopted earlier this month after a legislative journey of more than two years, introduces (among other things) a completely new element

This is another 1-800 LAW FIRM lawsuit against social media providers for allegedly materially supporting terrorists. Like the others, it fails. In light of the Ninth Circuit’s Fields opinion ,