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...
A new app has been recently launched by Google, aimed at protecting users from state-sponsored censorship and limitations on freedom of information. The app, called Intra, was created by Jigsaw – the division owned by Google parent Alphabet. From iHLS.
The state has passed a law that sets higher security standards for net-connected devices made or sold in the region. It demands that each gadget be given a unique password when it is made. From BBC News.
A wide consensus has emerged that regulatory framework for platforms like Google and Facebook needs to change. Calls for action are coming from a range of different stakeholders in the UK, with proposed solutions varying in terms of models of regulation, and who should implement them. From LSE blog...
California governor Jerry Brown signed regulations into law last Friday (Sept. 30) that should make it easier for Californians to know whether they’re speaking to a human or a bot. From Quartz.
Prompted by the set of Canadian and U.S. court decisions in Equustek v. Google, the audience at a recent copyright conference discussed whether a plaintiff could obtain a global injunction in a copyright infringement case. From Eric Goldman's blog.
Rather than just addressing particular political pain points of fake news or cybercrime, the government should look to bolster the security of India's digital economy overall. From The Wire.
MEPs voted on updated rules on audiovisual media services, protecting children better, with stricter rules on advertising, and 30% European content in video-on-demand. From the European Parliament.
In the context of an investigation into the robbery of a wallet and mobile telephone, Spanish police requested the investigating magistrate in charge of the case to grant them access to data identifying the users of telephone numbers activated with the stolen telephone during a period of 12 days as...
It is happening. Amid rising concern about the overwhelming size, power and ethics all of online intermediaries, governments and regulators are debating a comprehensive new regulatory framework for the Internet. A UK government paper on the proposed Digital Charter is expected in the coming weeks, p...
A federal judge in California ruled this month that the government cannot force Facebook to break the encryption on its popular Messenger voice app in a criminal case in which agents wanted to intercept a suspect’s conversations, according to several individuals familiar with the case. From The...