May 23, 2019
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China to draw up tighter rules on personality rights
April 23, 2019
Following years of hot debates on whether to accentuate Personality Right as an independent provision in the Civil Code, China’s legislative body is now giving the draft a second reading
‘Small platforms’ are the target of online terrorist content regulation, MEP says
February 19, 2019
The EU is taking regulatory measures to clamp down on the dissemination of terrorist content online. In the European Parliament, the file is being dealt with by the Civil Liberties
India Proposes Chinese-Style Internet Censorship
February 14, 2019
India’s government has proposed giving itself vast new powers to suppress internet content, igniting a heated battle with global technology giants and prompting comparisons to censorship in China. From The
Mozilla Foundation fellow weighs in on flawed EU Terrorist Content regulation
February 13, 2019
A s we’ve noted previously , the EU’s proposed Terrorist Content regulation would seriously undermine internet health in Europe, by forcing companies to aggressively suppress user speech with limited due
On WhatsApp, Rumours, and Lynchings
February 9, 2019
Technology offers new, lightning-fast paths for rumours to travel. It lends new meaning to that old chestnut: “a lie can travel halfway around the world while the truth is putting
Facebook is reckoning with its role in “a textbook example of ethnic cleansing”
February 7, 2019
By its own admission, Facebook has a Myanmar problem. Social media users in the country used the platform to incite violence against the Rohingya, a mostly Muslim minority group in
#NAMApolicy on Safe Harbor: Should different sizes or categories of intermediaries be regulated differently?
February 7, 2019
A participant at MediaNama’s discussion in Bangalore on the Indian governments changes to Safe Harbor argued that the way the rules are framed, “are encouraging over-compliance. Before Shreya Singhal, it
Intermediary liability: Un-safe harbour?
February 6, 2019
The ministry of electronics and information technology (MeitY) proposed certain key changes to regulations governing intermediary liability in India during the last week of December 2018. These changes while not
Disinformation and ‘fake news’: Final Report published
February 19, 2019
This Final Report on Disinformation and ‘Fake News’ repeats a number of recommendations from the interim report published last summer. The Committee calls for the Government to reconsider a number
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Protection from Online Falsehoods and Manipulation Bill
Bill No. 10/2019
An Act to prevent the electronic communication in Singapore of false statements of fact, to suppress support for and counteract the effects of such communication, to safeguard against the use
Law n.º 13.709, General Data Protection Law
Establishing the general principles and rules for the protection of personal data
The Brazilian General Data Protection Law (Lei Geral de Dados Pessoais – LGDP) is the result of Bill 5276/2016, based on an online public consultation organized by the Brazilian Ministry
Criminal Code Amendment (Sharing of Abhorrent Violent Material) Act 2019
Amends the Criminal Code Act 1995
Following the Christchurch terrorist attack on 15 March 2019, the Australian Government passed an amendment to the Criminal Code to require social media platforms to expeditiously remove abhorrent violent material