Filtering out free speech
In a landmark ruling earlier this month, India’s Supreme Court held that citizens’ right to freedom of speech and rights to carry out business using the interne…
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Austria’s bid to end online anonymity triggers crackdown fears
"People would be allowed to use pseudonyms when posting online, but platforms could be forced to hand out the users’ private information to third parties,…
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Facebook Can Ban Whomever It Wants. Just Ask Trump's Lawyers
"The complicating factor for the President in this case is that, well, he is the President. Not only that, but he uses his account to conduct government bu…
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It’s U.S. vs. World as Big Tech Faces Specter of Limiting Speech Online
"“Be mad at tech, that’s understandable,” Alex Feerst, head of legal policy for the online publishing site Medium, said at a recent event on the “unintenti…
Techdirt Podcast Episode 195: The EU Endangers Free Speech Online... Again
The latest in the EU's string of internet regulatory efforts has a new target: terrorist propaganda. Just as with past regulations, the proposed rules seem…
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A Man Sent 1,000 Men Expecting Sex And Drugs To His Ex-Boyfriend Using Grindr, A Lawsuit Say
"Some cyberlaw experts fear a ruling against Grindr will put the creativity of the internet as we know it at risk. They say that requiring platforms to mor…
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Is that tweet from a human? N.J. lawmaker wants bots to identify themselves, but experts have concerns.
"One of the most concrete examples is the potential unmasking of anonymous accounts, said Ryan Calo, a law professor at the University of Washington whose…
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3-D-printed gun blueprint was uploaded in book form to Amazon as a 'free speech exercise.' Amazon removed it.
"Neil Richards, a professor at Washington University School of Law in St. Louis specializing in information law, told The Post that asking a judge to decid…
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Win or Lose, the Alex Jones Lawsuit Will Help Redefine Free Speech
"This is where the context of the internet starts to matter. The law assumes a narrow notion of fame—not a world where a YouTube channel’s following can ri…
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Instagram Account That Sought Harassment Tales May Be Unmasked
"The Diet Madison Avenue suit, filed in Los Angeles, named the account and a string of Jane and John Does, representing dozens of people it believed were a…
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How Government Pressure Has Turned Transparency Reports From Free Speech Celebrations To Censorship Celebrations
"Indeed, as Europe is pushing for more and more use of platforms to censor, it's important that someone gets them to understand how these plans almost…
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Maryland governor settles lawsuit with ACLU over Facebook censorship
"The agreement is "good for free speech and for our democracy," said Neil Richards, a professor at Washington University Law School who specializ…