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Technology groups submit an emergency application to the Supreme Court to block Texas social media law HB 20

May 16, 2022

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...

Austrian Supreme Court submits questions to the CJEU regarding the obligations of Facebook as a host provider

February 23, 2018

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...