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UK government proposals to tackle online harms pose real risk to online freedom of expression

March 6, 2019

Dear Secretary of State,

We write to you as civil society organisations who work to promote human rights, both offline and online. As such, we are taking a keen interest in the government’s focus on tackling unlawful and harmful online content, particularly since the publication of the Internet...

How much information is enough information? CJEU asked to rule on the extent of online platforms’ responsibility to copyright holders

March 1, 2019

Last week, the German Federal Court of Justice referred a case to the CJEU with respect to the scope of the liability of the online platform YouTube for copyright infringement (Federal Court of Justice, decision of February 21st 2019, Ref. Nr. I ZR 153/17). In particular at issue in the referral is...