The Internet & Jurisdiction Project has published the May issue of RETROSPECT, which informs participants every month about the latest important developments.
Here are the several topics covered this month:
- Google, Twitter and Facebook face blocks in Russian jurisdiction over compliance with “bloggers law”
- US court lifts copyright takedown order on “Innocence of Muslims” YouTube video
- Israel recommends enforcement of anti-Semitism laws through global Terms of Service
- Government approval and physical presence required for operation of all TLDs in Chinese jurisdiction
- EU to implement larger fines against companies breaching data protection law in EU jurisdiction
- Facebook among websites blocked in Nauruan jurisdiction
- UN and international experts on freedom of expression issue Joint Declaration against Internet “kill switches”
- The Pirate Bay domains seized in Swedish jurisdiction, .SE registry not held responsible
- Indian ISPs technically unable to execute blocking of Uber app
- European Commission releases Digital Single Market Strategy
- China’s draft national security law calls for cyberspace ‘sovereignty’
- Belgian DPA accuses Facebook of privacy violations, lacks enforcement powers
- UK DPA requests Google to revise 48 “right to be de-indexed” decisions
- Brazilian court rules content providers are not liable for copyright infringing user content or links
- 800.000 pornographic websites blocked in Indonesian jurisdiction
- EU study finds piracy website blocking and shutdowns are ineffective for curbing online piracy
- Singapore shuts down news website by revoking licence
- Israeli court orders ISPs to block websites hosting links to Popcorn Time app
- Ukrainian President calls on Facebook to open dedicated office in Ukrainian jurisdiction
- Russian court orders local ISPs to block website hosting links to web anonymity services
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