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News of the Week; January 24, 2018

DIGITAL Canadian Court Asserts Jurisdiction over Craigslist Based on Cloud-Based Virtual Presence in Canada  Free Internet-Service Contracts Caught up by Consumer Protection Legislation in Quebec Appeals Court Says Accessing Data In A Way The Host Doesn’t Like Doesn’t Violate Computer Crime Laws DMCA Counternotification Doesn’t Create Personal Jurisdiction in Copyright Owner’s Home Court–Real v. Matteo […]

News of the Week; January 18, 2018

DIGITAL Québec Court of Appeal confirms application of French language requirements for websites Search Engines Aren’t Liable for Indexing ‘Scam’ Locksmith Listings–Baldino’s Lock v. Google (Eric Goldman) A Patent For Geotagging IP Packets Raises Important Internet Law Questions Hawaii Alert System Accidentally Warns of Imminent ‘BALLISTIC MISSILE THREAT’ [Updated] The interface to send out a […]

News of the Week; January 10, 2018

         DIGITAL Pro-Kremlin Twitter Trolls Take Aim At Robert Mueller Should Twitter’s Ban on Hateful Content Apply to President Trump? Twitter Makes Clear it Won’t Block Trump—as Long as He’s President Chuck Johnson Sues Twitter, Copying Dennis Prager’s Lawsuit Against YouTube Potential Discrimination Through Social Media Ads  Free speech vs. censorship in […]

News of the Week; January 3, 2018

DIGITAL Revealed: Vietnam’s 10,000-Strong Internet Monitoring Force, Tasked With Stamping Out ‘Wrongful Views’ German Hate Speech Law Goes Into Effect, Turning Social Media Platforms Into Gov’t Revenue Generators YouTube Deactivates Amazon Fire TV App Earlier Than Expected (Report) Amazon shipped over 5 billion items with Prime in 2017 Amazon Can’t Target People Unable To Spell […]

News of the Week; December 27, 2017

DIGITAL Court Allows Some Access to Employee’s Social Media Accounts 17-Year-Old Mexican Social Media Star Shot And Killed After Insulting Cartel Leader Confessions of a Digital Nazi Hunter British Military Chief Warns Russia Could Cut NATO’s Internet Connections, As Traffic For World’s Top Sites Is Mysteriously Routed Via…Russia Germany Accuses Chinese Intelligence Services Of Using […]

News of the Week; December 20, 2017

DIGITAL Disney to buy part of 21st Century Fox for $52 billion: Disney gets FX Networks, X-Men, Deadpool, and a majority stake in Hulu. Disney to Buy 21st Century Fox Assets for $52.4 Billion in Historic Hollywood Merger: Disney CEO Bob Iger extends contract through 2021 to oversee integration Disney’s Acquisition Of Fox Could Change Streaming Forever  […]

News of the Week; December 13, 2017

DIGITAL Canadian ISPs And Hollywood Agree On Plan To Make Themselves Judge, Jury and Website Executioner “Suspicious” event routes traffic for big-name sites through Russia: Google, Facebook, Apple, and Microsoft all affected by “intentional” BGP mishap. Russia Says Disconnecting From The Rest Of The Net ‘Out Of The Question’, But Wants Alternative DNS Servers For […]

News of the Week; December 6, 2017

DIGITAL Bell Leads on Radical Proposal for CRTC-Backed Mandatory Website Blocking System (Michael Geist) Bell’s Latest Privacy Solution: Enhance Internet Privacy By Blocking Access to It (Michael Geist)  Not Just Bell: Shaw Calls on CRTC To Support Website Blocking (Michael Geist) SCC To Weigh In On Fees For Identifying ISP Subscribers: Rogers v. Voltage  “Relief […]

News of the Week; November 29, 2017

DIGITAL Truthfeed Spreads Pro-Trump Propaganda: The website has connections to the president’s camp—and white supremacists. YouTube pulls ads on 2 million inappropriate children’s videos: It’s also investigating autocomplete search after suggestions for child exploitation content YouTube Investigating Pedophiliac Phrases In Autocomplete Search Suggestions Adidas, Mars Among Brands To Suspend YouTube Campaigns In Response To Inappropriate […]

News of the Week; November 22, 2017

DIGITAL Music Canada Data Confirms Huge Increase in Streaming Revenues and Sharp Decline of Music Listening from Pirated Sources (Michael Geist) SOCAN Financial Data Highlights How Internet Music Streaming is Paying Off for Creators (Michael Geist) Judge Halts Copyright Troll’s Lawsuit Against A Now-Deceased Elderly Man With Dementia And An IP Address EFF Wins Over […]