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By Daphne Keller on July 31, 2017 at 9:57 am
In its Equustek ruling in June, the Canadian Supreme Court held that Google must delete search results for users everywhere in the world, based on Canadian law. Google has now filed suit in the US, asking the court to confirm that the order can’t be enforced here. Here’s my take on that claim. Read more about Google's US Challenge to the Canadian Global Delisting Order
By Daphne Keller on June 28, 2017 at 11:31 am
The Canadian Supreme Court this morning issued its long-awaited ruling in Equustek. The court upheld an order compelling Google to remove search results for specified websites, not just in Canada, but everywhere in the world. Read more about Ominous: Canadian Court Orders Google to Remove Search Results Globally
By Daphne Keller on May 1, 2017 at 2:57 pm
By Daphne Keller on April 27, 2017 at 8:59 am
The EU’s new General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) will come into effect in the spring of 2018, bringing with it a newly codified version of the “Right to Be Forgotten” (RTBF). Depending how the new law is interpreted, this right could prove broader than the “right to be de-listed” established in 2014’s Google Spain case. It could put even more decisions about the balance between privacy and free expression in the hands of private Internet platforms like Google. Read more about The “Right to Be Forgotten” and National Laws Under the GDPR
By Daphne Keller on January 18, 2017 at 5:00 am
The Internet is full of trolls. So it’s no surprise that notice and takedown systems for online speech attract their fair share of them – people insisting that criticism of their scientific research, videos of police brutality, and other legitimate online speech should be removed from Internet platforms. Read more about Using Transparency to Fight Takedown Trolls – A Model from the DMCA
By Daphne Keller and Annemarie Bridy on January 17, 2017 at 5:16 am
This blog post is excerpted from our filing in response to the U.S. Copyright Office's 2016 Notice and Request for Public Comment on notice and takedown practice under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA). The entire filing is available here. Read more about DMCA Counter-Notice: Does It Work to Correct Erroneous Takedowns?
By Daphne Keller on November 18, 2016 at 12:59 am
The French DPA's claim that Google should de-list search results globally to comply with "Right to Be Forgotten" laws is inconsistent with the CJEU's ruling in the Google Spain case. Read more about Global Right to Be Forgotten Delisting: Why CNIL is Wrong
By Daphne Keller on October 27, 2016 at 2:38 pm
The Center for Internet and Society just wrapped up its Law, Borders, and Speech Conference. We had an amazing line-up of speakers and a great set of topics -- the event was a blast, and we are getting enthusiastic feedback from newly minted Internet jurisdiction nerds and old hands alike. Read more about Cross Border Content Removal Demands - You Decide
By Daphne Keller on May 27, 2016 at 2:51 pm
The European Commission is making major steps forward in its new Digital Single Market strategy. One important part, the Platform Liability consultation, pointedly asked whether Internet intermediaries should “do more” to weed out illegal or harmful content on their platforms – in other words, to proactively police the information posted by users. Read more about Can a New Broadcasting Law in Europe Make Internet Hosts Monitor Their Users?
By Daphne Keller on April 20, 2016 at 4:17 pm
Good data about Notice and Takedown can be hard to find. Jennifer Urban and Laura Quilter’s seminal 2006 study has long been the gold standard, combining rigorous number-crunching with what must have been incredibly tedious substantive review of the copyright claims in DMCA notices. Read more about DMCA Classic, DMCA Turbo: Major new empirical research on notice and takedown operations