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Internet & Jurisdiction's August in Retrospect: Privacy in India, Real Name Policies in China, Counter Terrorism in Europe, and More.

By Luiz Fernando Marrey Moncau on

The August 2017 edition of Retrospect is now available.

This edition brings news about the recognition of the fundamental right to privacy in India, efforts in Europe to counter terrorism online, the approval of regulations determining the adoption of real name policies in China, Facebook's new measures against misinformation, and more.Retrospect is the flagship, open-access publication of the Internet & Jurisdiction policy network, documenting policy developments, judicial decisions, international agreements, and other cases that reflect jurisdictional tensions on the cross-border internet. Retrospect offers policymakers and other stakeholders a unique tool to monitor emerging trends, stimulate discussions, and ensure that debates are grounded in empirical evidence.Each month, concise summaries of most influential cases from around the world are crowd-ranked by the I&J Observatory, a group of leading academic experts, and the top 20 cases are added to the I&J Retrospect Database. The database is the culmination of a diligent process of monitoring, documenting, and synthesizing policy developments that the I&J Secretariat has carried out since 2012. Filter your results by actor, issue, and more on the I&J Retrospect Database.

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