March 2021 WILMap Updates

A discussion between Eric Goldman, Associate Dean for Research and Professor of Law at Santa Clara University School of Law, and Eugene Volokh, Professor of Law at UCLA, on if

As the European Commission sets out plans for a Digital Markets Act, ARTICLE 19 calls for protection of users’ human rights to be at the center of plans to regulate

Facebook says it has significantly reduced distribution of all content on pages and profiles run by the Myanmar military, the Tatmadaw, “that have continued to spread misinformation”. These accounts will

Twitter released a statement saying it plans to continue refusing the Indian government’s orders to ban accounts belonging to journalists, media outlets, and politicians who have been critical of the

EU's 27 Member States have struggled with transposing the Directive on Copyright in a Digital Single Market. This is the case in particular with regard to the implementation of Article

The Digital Services Act (DSA) and the European Democracy Action Plan (EDAP) mark a step change in the EU policy approach to online disinformation. The ambition of the two new

The Digital Services Act seeks to consolidate various separate pieces of EU legislation and self-regulatory practices that address online illegal or ‘harmful’ content. It also seeks to harmonise the rules

By Maryna Polataiko The Privacy Commissioner of Canada Explores a Right to De-Indexing In 2016, the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada (“OPC”) initiated public consultations on the topic

By Maryna Polataiko The Government of Canada has taken a wide range of avenues designed to address the question of mis- and disinformation, including: legislation, statements of principle, government initiatives,

Indonesia is the latest government to propose a legal framework to coerce social media platforms, apps, and other online service providers to accept local jurisdiction over their content and users’

For years, the Russian government has been putting in place the technological and legal infrastructure to clamp down on freedom of speech online, leading to frequent predictions that the country

This week, the Internet and its governance experienced a significant accountability failure. This failure had two faces: the first one concerned the Australian government’s choice to put pressure on tech

The conviction of online news outlet Malaysiakini on contempt of court charges threatens press freedom, despite the simultaneous acquittal of editor-in-chief Steven Gan, said ARTICLE 19. The excessive fine imposed

Nearly two years have passed since the adoption of the Directive on copyright in the Digital Single Market 2019/790 (DSM Directive). As it was probably bound to happen, the discussion

There is a lot of tough love during the time of COVID, and the laws and regulations policing online speech are more stringent than before. A few weeks ago, several

India is not only the world’s largest democracy, it also accounts for the largest number of internet shutdowns and take down requests to social media companies globally. The recent stand-off

India has finalised an amended set of rules — for immediate publication and implementation — to change how it can regulate internet intermediaries such as social media platforms, and online

Because of their importance for the way users find and access information online, recommender algorithms are a source of great power in the algorithmic society—a power that comes with responsibilities,

While the DSA is intended to refit the 20-year-old E-Commerce Directive, it reproduces a central confusion in its predecessor: The interplay between a lack of knowledge or awareness of illegality