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...
March 2016 in Retrospect is available here:
http://www.internetjurisdiction.net/observatory/retrospect/2016-march/
February 2016 in Retrospect is available here:
http://www.internetjurisdiction.net/observatory/retrospect/2016-february/
January 2016 in Retrospect is available here:
http://www.internetjurisdiction.net/observatory/retrospect/2016-january/
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 Internet & Jurisdiction Project released the fourth annual RETROSPECT edition. The 2015 in RETROSPECT is available here.
December 2015 in Retrospect is available here:
http://www.internetjurisdiction.net/observatory/retrospect/2015-december/
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...
This article is part of an IP-Watch and Infojustice.org series analyzing the Trans Pacific Partnership intellectual property provisions by leading experts around the world. The series will publish weekly on Infojustice.org through the first quarter of 2016.
Section J of...
October 2015 in Retrospect is available here:
http://www.internetjurisdiction.net/observatory/retrospect/2015-october/
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...
September 2015 in Retrospect is available here:
http://www.internetjurisdiction.net/observatory/retrospect/2015-september/
Retrospect is the monthly newsletter of the Internet & Jurisdiction Project - a global multi-stakeholder dialogue process that explores the tension between the cross-border...
The "Over-Removal" Issue
Most intermediaries offer legal “Notice and Takedown” systems – tools for people to alert the company if user-generated content violates the law, and for the company to remove that content if necessary. Twitter does this for tweets, Facebook for posts, YouTube for videos...
August 2015 in Retrospect is available here:
http://www.internetjurisdiction.net/observatory/retrospect/2015-august/
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...