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...
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 New York Times.
As 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 process and user rights safeguards. From the Mozilla Blog.
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 its shoes on.” India is no stranger to the rumour. From Economic & Political Weekly.
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 the Buddhist-majority country. In 2017, hundreds of thousands were displaced, thousands were killed, and hundreds of...
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 was clear that intermediaries err on the side of caution. From Medianama.
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 yet finalised, are currently a topic of debate and discussion. From Fortune India.
The fourth evaluation on the EU Code of Conduct shows that this Commission initiative delivers successful results. From Modern Diplomacy.
U.S. laws regulating online speech offer broad protections for private companies, but experts worry free expression may be threatened by "better safe than sorry" voluntary censorship. From Big Think.
Let’s recall: On January 18, negotiations about the new EU copyright law came to an abrupt halt after member state governments failed to settle on a common position on Article 13, which would force internet platforms to censor their users’ posts using upload filters. From JuliaReda.eu.
Social media companies are to be told to sign a legally binding code of conduct as ministers seek to force them to protect young people online, it has been reported. From The Guardian.