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...
Policymakers around the world are showing renewed interest in the rules that govern Internet information flow across national borders. New regulation may not sound like good news to those concerned about online information access and free expression, but it’s worth a hard look at what will happen...
The controversy over the so called “right to be forgotten” recently surfaced in Mexico. A few months ago, the Mexican National Institute for the Access to Information (INAI) ordered Google Mexico to remove embarrassing—but true—search results about a prominent businessman. Free speech advocates...
May 2015 in Retrospect is available here:
http://www.internetjurisdiction.net/observatory/retrospect/2015-may/
Retrospect is the monthly newsletter of the Internet & Jurisdiction Project - a global multi-stakeholder dialogue process that explores the tension between the cross-border nature of the...
Welcome news today from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit. By a vote of 11 to 1, the court overturned its injunction against the controversial video called Innocence of Muslims that it had ordered off YouTube back in February 2014.
Here's the background. Actress Cindy Lee Garcia was cast...
April 2015 in Retrospect is available here:
http://www.internetjurisdiction.net/observatory/retrospect/2015-april/
Retrospect is the monthly newsletter of the Internet & Jurisdiction Project - a global multi-stakeholder dialogue process that explores the tension between the cross-border nature of the...
European courts are beginning to sort through one of the most important follow-up questions to last spring’s “Right To Be Forgotten” ruling in Google v. Costeja: what does the case mean for hosting services? The answer matters for the Twitters, Facebooks and YouTubes of the world – not to mention...
March 2015 in Retrospect is available here:
http://www.internetjurisdiction.net/observatory/retrospect/2015-march/
Retrospect is the monthly newsletter of the Internet & Jurisdiction Project - a global multi-stakeholder dialogue process that explores the tension between the cross-border nature of the...
Last week, the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI) released its 2015 Digital Music Report—an annual state of the industry update for digital recorded music. Included in the report, along with year-over-year information about industry initiatives, revenue sources, and...
Today, a court in Istanbul ordered the ban of Twitter, Facebook and YouTube over the publication of the picture of a public prosecutor held hostage by extreme-Left militants. The blocking order on Twitter and Facebook was lifted after the social media sites complied with the request of removal. The...