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News of the Week; October 17, 2018
DIGITAL Twitter releases archive of 10 million tweets from state-backed troll accounts: Over 9 million of those originated from Russian-backed accounts Twitter Offers Up Semi-Public Database of Known State-Sponsored Accounts New research suggests Twitter’s strategy for fighting misinformation is ineffective Twitter Under Formal Investigation for How It Tracks Users in the GDPR Era Netflix Reminds […]
News of the Week; October 10, 2018
DIGITAL Libel by Tweet: Ontario Court of Appeal Upholds Dismissal of Twitter Libel Claim under Anti-SLAPP Legislation Setting the Standard?: How the USMCA Quietly Reshapes Global Digital Trade Agreements (Michael Geist) Why the USMCA Will Enhance Online Free Speech in Canada (Michael Geist) How Canada Surrendered Policy Flexibility for Data Localization Rules in the USMCA […]
News of the Week; October 3, 2018
DIGITAL From Copyright Term to Super Bowl Commercials: Breaking Down the Digital NAFTA Deal (Michael Geist) Canadian Music Group Calls For Copyright Tax on Broadband Data Use (Michael Geist) Court Agrees That Suppressing Reviews Unfair Another Social Media “Material Support to Terrorists” Lawsuit Fails–Cain v. Twitter (Eric Goldman) Another 512(f) Case Fails–Handshoe v. Perrett (Eric […]
News of the Week; September 26, 2018
DIGITAL Québec Appeals Superior Court Ruling that Bill 74 is Unconstitutional Protecting Your Social Media Profile: How One New Zealand Technology Company Allegedly Violated Canadian Privacy Law Departing Employee Required to Transfer Social Media Accounts–Hyperheal Hyperbarics v. Shapiro District Court Misses The Forest For The Trees In Dismissing Constitutional Challenge To FOSTA What’s next for […]
News of the Week; September 19, 2018
DIGITAL SCC rules for ISPs in ‘test case’ for copyright infringement litigation costs Rogers Wins in Supreme Court of Canada (Howard Knopf) Rogers v. Voltage – My comments today September 14, 2018 on CTV (Howard Knopf) Supreme Court of Canada on Copyright Notices: Identification of IP Address “Not Conclusive of Guilt” (Michael Geist) Notice the […]
News of the Week; September 12, 2018
DIGITAL An EU copyright bill could force YouTube-style filtering across the Web What’s in the sweeping copyright bill just passed by the European Parliament Creators Supporting Link Taxes And Mandatory Filters Are Handing The Internet Over To The Companies They Hate The dangers hidden in the proposed Copyright Directive (Andres Guadamuz) The Intellectual Dishonesty Of […]
News of the Week; September 5, 2018
DIGITAL DOJ: We will examine social media firms that “may be hurting competition” We Shouldn’t Want Internet Giants Deciding Who To Silence; But They Should Let Users Decide Who To Hear Netflix and Other Streaming Services May Soon Be Legally Required to Make Content for Europe Netflix and Amazon will have to make more European […]
News of the Week; August 29, 2018
DIGITAL Blueprints For 3D Printed Guns Will Stay (Sort Of) Offline, Judge Rules Judge allows temporary ban on 3D-printed gun files to continue After court order, 3D-printed gun pioneer now sells pay-what-you-want CAD files Supreme Court rules ISPs entitled to recover costs of blocking websites selling counterfeit goods Important Appeals Court Ruling States Clearly That […]
News of the Week; August 22, 2018
DIGITAL Will the Canadian Voltage Reverse Class Action Now Fizzle? Twitter Gets Powerful Win in “Must-Carry” Lawsuit–Taylor v. Twitter Appeals Court Says Of Course Twitter Can Kick Racists Off Its Platform As Press Freedom Dies In Turkey, Twitter Is There To Help Dig Its Grave Dutch Government Prosecuting Dutch Citizen For Insulting Turkish President Recep […]
News of the Week; August 15, 2018
DIGITAL Unenforceability in the U.S. a Non-Starter When Google Returns to the BC Supreme Court Google’s servers housed by a third-party ISP qualify as a regular and established place of business to establish proper venue in the Eastern District of Texas How 3-D Printing Exposes the Fallacy of Federal Gun Laws Twitter says InfoWars hasn’t […]