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...
July 2015 in Retrospect is available here:
http://www.internetjurisdiction.net/observatory/retrospect/2015-july/
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...
June 2015 in Retrospect is available here:
http://www.internetjurisdiction.net/observatory/retrospect/2015-june/
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
A few days ago, digital rights advocates and civil society groups gathered together in Manila and approved the Intermediary Liability Principles. The principles were officially launched at the Rightscon Southeast Asia in Manila.
The document sets out safeguards for content restriction on the Internet...
Following Edward Snowden revelations, it’s an understatement to say that governments were unhappy with their citizens' data being managed solely under US laws. This frustration is brought into sharp contrast when you examine the elongated system which other states have to use to obtain the same data...
December 2014 in Retrospect is available here:
http://www.internetjurisdiction.net/observatory/retrospect/2014-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...
After launch in July 2014, the World Intermediary Liability Map (WILMap) has been steadily and rapidly growing.
New country pages were added to the WILMap, including the African Union, Belgium, the European Union, Iran, Ireland, Malaysia, Nigeria, South Korea and Venezuela.
Other pages were updated...