On April 18, 2022, the Delhi High Court held that Domain Name Registrars are intermediaries under sec. 2(1)(w) of India’s 2000 Information Technology Act. Justice C. Hari Shankar rejected the injunction filed by Snapdeal which challenged Domain Name Registrars for using its trademark in domain names...
On March 8, 2018, the government of Sri Lanka ordered ISPs to temporarily block access to Facebook, WhatsApp and Instagram "because they were spreading hate speeches and amplifying them" as violent protests occurred in the country, according to a government spokesperson.
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On March 6, 2018, the Indonesian government blocked access to Tumblr, after it sent a letter on February 28 requiring that the blogging platform remove pornographic content within 48 hours.
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Recently, Guangzhou IP Court” ruled that online streaming platform YY.com (similar to Twitch.tv) has infringed upon the copyrighted works in Fantasy Westward Journey II (hereafter "Westward Journey") that are owned by NetEase, a major video game developer and publisher in China.
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On February 7, 2018, it was reported that the Chinese regulator combating the spread of vulgar and obscene content online criticized major Chinese internet companies Alibaba, Tencent and Baidu for failing to adequately moderate "harmful" information.
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On November 25, 2017, Twitter stated that the Pakistani government had "taken action to block Twitter service, as well as other social media services."
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If you hope to download Skype to keep in touch while you're in China, you may be in for a rude surprise. Apple, Huawei, Xiaomi and other companies have been removing Microsoft's internet calling software from their app stores in recent weeks in response to a crackdown on VoIP apps that don't obey...
On November 8, 2017, the Ministry of Communications of Indonesia announced that it would launch in January 2018 an automated system to flag and block websites or messaging services displaying pornography or extremist content.
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On October 24, 2017, the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) announced to the Standing Committee on Information Technology of the National Assembly that it was forming a high-level committee to monitor and block blasphemous content online, which will include representatives from the PTA, the...
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 Times.
Self-censorship is kicking in fast on WeChat as China’s new rules on message groups casts a chill among the 963 million users of Tencent Holdings Ltd.’s social network. From Bloomberg Technology.