On May 11, 2022, the Fifth Circuit reinstated Texas state law HB 20 which allows private parties to sue tech platforms with 50M+ MAUs for their censorship of user-generated content based on “the viewpoint of a user or another person”. On May 13, technology lobbying groups NetChoice and the Computer...
On May 11, 2022, the Fifth Circuit reinstated Texas state law HB 20 which allows private parties to sue tech platforms with 50M+ MAUs for their censorship of user-generated content based on “the viewpoint of a user or another person”. On May 13, technology lobbying groups NetChoice and the Computer...
On March 30, the Minister of Canadian Heritage, Pablo Rodriguez, and the Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada, David Lametti, announced a new expert advisory group on online safety as the next step in developing legislation to address harmful online content. The expert advisory group...
Six months ago, as the pandemic raged, Joe Biden and Kamala Harris became President and Vice President of the United States. On inauguration day, we launched the U.S. Digital Rights in the Biden Era tracker to hold the administration and Congress accountable for defending human rights on tech policy...
Former President Donald Trump has filed proposed class action lawsuits against Facebook, Twitter, and Google subsidiary YouTube as well as CEOs Mark Zuckerberg, Jack Dorsey, and Sundar Pichai. The lawsuits come six months after Trump was permanently or temporarily suspended from all three platforms...
Canada wants to force YouTube, TikTok and other video- and audio-sharing sites to prominently feature more of the country’s artists, a move that digital-law experts and former government officials call one of the most aggressive internet regulations yet from a Western country. Read more.
The Privacy Commissioner of Canada Explores a Right to De-Indexing
In 2016, the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada (“OPC”) initiated public consultations on the topic of online reputation. Feedback showed that Canadians were “increasingly concerned about their...
By Maryna Polataiko
The Government of Canada has taken a wide range of avenues designed to address the question of mis- and disinformation, including: legislation, statements of principle, government initiatives, and civil society funding. Recent and proposed legislation bears potential...
A discussion between Eric Goldman, Associate Dean for Research and Professor of Law at Santa Clara University School of Law, and Eugene Volokh, Professor of Law at UCLA, on if and how legislatures could regulate Internet services. Read more at Goldman's Technology & Marketing Law Blog.
In a hearing on her nomination for Commerce Department secretary on Tuesday, Rhode Island Governor Gina Raimondo told lawmakers that she will pursue changes to Section 230 if confirmed. Biden said he wanted to revoke the law last year. Read more at The Verge.
Section 230 became a favorite punching bag of President Trump’s in the past year. But the law’s days may be numbered even though Joe Biden will be president. Democrats also think the law should be amended, but for different reasons: Tech companies should be held more responsible for moderating...