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...
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.
The Singapore government announced that it will be amending the Copyright Act to update its copyright regime in an effort to support creators and users of video content.
A critical part of the suite of amendments includes new enforcement measures to deter retailers from profiting from...
Jeff Paine, Managing Director of Asia Internet Coalition, has released an open statement (pdf) regarding India’s current proposed intermediary liability guidelines, expressing deep concern regarding users’ privacy and free speech. From Medianama.
Major tech platforms have improved their efforts to fight disinformation but they need to do more, Digital Commissioner Mariya Gabriel said at a Brussels conference Tuesday. From Politico.eu.
For more than two decades, Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act (CDA) has allowed the internet, and the digital economy as we know it, to thrive by ensuring that web-enabled platforms and services can't be held liable every time anyone uses them for no good. From Reason.
It has been over ten years since China irrevocably changed the nature of the internet. It did this by coercing major American internet platforms to either enable Chinese government censorship and surveillance or leave China. From Scroll.in.
The U.K. government is rushing to finalize a draft law against online harms such as cyberbullying and child exploitation, but key details of the proposal have yet to be nailed down amid concerns about stifling innovation. From Politico.eu.
The US Supreme Court has declined to hear a case regarding whether Yelp is culpable for removing defamatory reviews from its site, resolving a case that could have affected web platforms’ legal protections. From The Verge.
On 17 January, the #CopyrightWeek theme is ‘Safe Harbors’. The starting point is that: “Safe harbor protections allow online intermediaries to foster public discourse and creativity. Safe harbor status should be easy for intermediaries of all sizes to attain and maintain”. From CopyBuzz.