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 October 1, 2017, the German Network Enforcement Act (Netzwerkdurchsetzungsgesetz, or NetzDG), which was passed on June 30, 2017, entered into force.
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Russia’s new laws, approved earlier this year, are coming into effect in several instalments starting on 1 October. The laws have become infamous for strict rules regarding VPNs, or internet proxy services, that allow people to surf the web anonymously and access websites banned by internet...
Facebook said on Wednesday its efforts to fight fake news during Germany’s national elections included taking down tens of thousands of fake profiles in the final month of the campaign. From Reuters.
Russia will block access to Facebook next year unless the social network complies with a law that requires websites which store the personal data of Russian citizens to do so on Russian servers, Russian news agencies reported on Tuesday. From Reuters.
China has largely blocked the WhatsApp messaging app, the latest move by Beijing to step up surveillance ahead of a big Communist Party gathering next month. From The New York Times.
On September 25, 2017, for the first time in the country’s history, a Peruvian prosecutor ordered that three copyright-infringing websites popular in Latin America be raided, their physical assets seized, as well as the domain names associated with the platforms.
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Spanish police this morning raided the offices of .cat gTLD registry Fundació puntCAT, just days after demanding the company shut down any domains referring to a forthcoming referendum. From Domain Incite.
British Prime Minister Theresa May will be joined by the leaders of France and Italy in calling for terrorist content to be removed from the internet within one to two hours after it has been posted. From CBS News.
On September 19, 2017, hearings in the US Senate's Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation were held on the Stop Enabling Sex Trafficker Act (SESTA), which would allow state attorneys general to prosecute websites that are used to promote sex trafficking - thereby rolling back the Section...
On September 18, 2017, far-right website Gab.ai published a letter it received from its domain registrar ASIA Registry, in which it warned the website that it would cancel its domain name on September 23, 2017 for violations of the anti-discriminatory laws of Australia, where ASIA Registry is...