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...
There is a lot of tough love during the time of COVID, and the laws and regulations policing online speech are more stringent than before.
A few weeks ago, several Weibo (the Chinese Twitter) users, including one V-level influencer with more than 2 million followers, were detained for questioning...
India has finalised an amended set of rules — for immediate publication and implementation — to change how it can regulate internet intermediaries such as social media platforms, and online media sites. These new rules supersede earlier, controversial guidelines which were restricted on fundamental...
India is not only the world’s largest democracy, it also accounts for the largest number of internet shutdowns and take down requests to social media companies globally. The recent stand-off between Twitter and the Indian government over suspending more than a thousand accounts supportive of...
The conviction of online news outlet Malaysiakini on contempt of court charges threatens press freedom, despite the simultaneous acquittal of editor-in-chief Steven Gan, said ARTICLE 19. The excessive fine imposed on Malaysiakini will have a chilling effect on independent journalism and online...
This week, the Internet and its governance experienced a significant accountability failure. This failure had two faces: the first one concerned the Australian government’s choice to put pressure on tech companies to strike a deal with traditional publishers. The second one was Facebook’s drastic...
For years, the Russian government has been putting in place the technological and legal infrastructure to clamp down on freedom of speech online, leading to frequent predictions that the country could be heading toward internet censorship akin to China’s great firewall. But despite an entire...
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...
Indonesia is the latest government to propose a legal framework to coerce social media platforms, apps, and other online service providers to accept local jurisdiction over their content and users’ data policies and practices. And in many ways, its proposal is the most invasive of human rights. Read...
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.