On March 22, 2022, Russian lawmakers amended the “fake news” laws with fines and prison sentences. The law, signed by Russian President Vladimir Putin on March 4, criminalized specific types of news coverage over the invasion of Ukraine and could force more social networks out of the country. From P...
On April 5, the Maastricht University will hold the event "Fundamental Rights Protection Online: The Future Regulation of Intermediaries.
Check it on the Maastritcht University website.
In this decision, the Bundesgerichtshof (“BGH”) applies the latest CJEU case law on liability for linking, namely Svensson(C-466/12), GS Media (C-160/15), Filmspeler (C-527/15) and BREIN/Ziggo(C-610/15) to search engines and in particular to Google’s picture search. Read more at Kluwer Copyright...
On February 27, 2018, the German Federal Court of Justice ruled that Google cannot be held liable for listing websites containing defamatory material in search engine results.
Read more at the I&J Retrospect.
In a recent case regarding defamatory comments on Facebook the Austrian Supreme Court was faced with the issue, to what extent is Facebook obligated to remove defamatory content posted by its users.
The plaintiff, Ms Glawischnig-Piesczek - former leader of the Green Party in Austria, requested...
On February 13, 2018, UK Home Secretary Amber Rudd announced that the UK government had developed a machine learning tool that automatically detects extremist content created by the Islamic State terrorist group.
Read more at the I&J Retrospect.
On February 12, 2018, the Federation of German Consumer Organizations (VZBZ) announced that the Berlin Regional Court had ruled on January 16 that Facebook's policy to require users to register under their real name was illegal.
Read more at the I&J Retrospect.
A German court ruled that Facebook’s real name policy is illegal and that users must be allowed to sign up for the service under pseudonyms to comply with a decade-old privacy law. The ruling, made last month but only now being announced, comes from the Berlin Regional Court and was detailed today b...
On February 10, 2018, Russian telecommunications regulator Roskomnadzor required YouTube and Instagram to remove content related to Russian businessman Oleg Deripaska or face a block on Russian ISPs.
Read more at the I&J Retrospect.
On February 4, 2018, it was reported that Russia's Deputy Minister of Communications Alexei Volin announced that since the entry into force in October 2017 of a law introducing a simplified procedure to remove mirrors of banned websites, access to more than 500 websites was blocked.
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