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...
On February 13, 2018, UK Home Secretary Amber Rudd announced that the UK government had developed a machine learning tool that automatically detects extremist content created by the Islamic State terrorist group.
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On February 12, 2018, the Federation of German Consumer Organizations (VZBZ) announced that the Berlin Regional Court had ruled on January 16 that Facebook's policy to require users to register under their real name was illegal.
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A German court ruled that Facebook’s real name policy is illegal and that users must be allowed to sign up for the service under pseudonyms to comply with a decade-old privacy law. The ruling, made last month but only now being announced, comes from the Berlin Regional Court and was detailed today b...
On February 10, 2018, Russian telecommunications regulator Roskomnadzor required YouTube and Instagram to remove content related to Russian businessman Oleg Deripaska or face a block on Russian ISPs.
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On February 9, 2018, YouTube announced in a blogpost that it would implement new policies regarding content "harmful to viewers, others in the YouTube community, or advertisers".
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On February 7, 2018, it was reported that the Chinese regulator combating the spread of vulgar and obscene content online criticized major Chinese internet companies Alibaba, Tencent and Baidu for failing to adequately moderate "harmful" information.
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On February 4, 2018, it was reported that Russia's Deputy Minister of Communications Alexei Volin announced that since the entry into force in October 2017 of a law introducing a simplified procedure to remove mirrors of banned websites, access to more than 500 websites was blocked.
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On February 3, 2018, German Chancellor Angela Merkel said that she was "looking at what consequences [the anti-hate speech law NetzDG] had and what happens, and we'll definitely evaluate it too."
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On February 1, 2018, it was reported that FairPlay Canada, a coalition of Canada's largest communications and media companies, had filed an application with the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC), proposing that the CRTC establish an agency to "identify websites...