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(1) This law regulates the activity of audiovisual media and their support services in Albania on the basis of the technological neutrality principle (Article 1). (2) According to Article 3, “Electronic communication network” is the systems of broadcasting, including satellite networks, fixed networks with cycle commutation or package commutation, including internet, mobile land networks, the electric cable systems when they are used for the transmission of signals, and the networks used for radio television broadcasting, irrespective of the information transmitted. (3) According to Article 42, (i) Audiovisual commercial communications must be as recognizable as possible. Surreptitious Audiovisual commercial communication shall be prohibited. (ii) Communications of a commercial nature in audiovisual broadcasting must...

The Argentine Delegation of Israeli Associations (DAIA) requested that Google removed the links to many websites presenting ostensibly anti-Semitic and discriminatory content. DAIA filed a class action and the judge ordered Google to remove links to almost 80 websites including references to negations of the Holocaust and criticism of Israel. The judge acknowledged that such a broad restriction may be considered prior censorship under Argentine Constitutional Law but argued that this prior restriction is allowed when the content being banned is illegal and offensive.

A news website publisher was found liable for publishing vilifying comments posted by a reader. A claim was brought under s 18C the Racial Discrimination Act 1975 (Cth), which prohibits doing or saying anything unlawful on the basis of race. The court held that the news website was responsible for reader comments because it actively sought comments from readers, and reserved the right to not publish or to modify the comments. This level of control, combined with actual knowledge, was sufficient to find the newspaper responsible. Damages of $12,000 were awarded against Nationwide News.

By this agreement, signed between the Human Rights Secretary and the Brazilian Association of Internet (ABRANET), a non-profit organization that supports the development of the Internet in Brazil. On the second clause of the agreement, ABRANET commits to recommend all its members to include in their terms of service clauses allowing the termination of users accounts whenever the service is used to share child pornography images or to promote any form of discrimination.

The Provisions on Ecological Governance of Network Information Content, as deliberated and adopted at the executive meeting of the Cyberspace Administration of China, are hereby issued and shall come into force on March 1, 2020. Director: Zhuang Rongwen December 15, 2019 Chapter I General Provisions Article 1 These Provisions are hereby developed in accordance with the State Security Law of the People's Republic of China, the Cybersecurity Law of the People's Republic of China, the Measures for the Administration of Internet Information Services and other laws and administrative regulations for the purposes of creating a good network ecology, protecting the legitimate rights and interests of citizens, legal persons and other organizations, and safeguarding national security and public interests. Article 2 These...