Jon Festinger

DIGITAL TikTok reportedly waited nearly 3 hours to call police in Brazil after a teen’s death was livestreamed on the platform, but the company notified its own PR team almost immediately When You Set Out To Block Misinformation, You Can Wind Up Blocking A Hero Like Li Wenliang Chinese Hacking Is Alarming. So Are Data […]

DIGITAL Canadian Heritage Minister Steven Guilbeault on Regulating Foreign News Sites: “What’s the Big Deal?” (Michael Geist) Weak Walk-Back: Why Steven Guilbeault’s Reversal on Government Licensing News Sites Still Leaves a Huge Regulatory Structure in Place (Michael Geist) Video Excerpts Qualify as Fair Use (and Another 512(f) Claim Fails)–Hughes v. Benjamin (Eric Goldman) Twitter Suspends […]

DIGITAL YouTube, Facebook, Twitter Try To Crack Down On Coronavirus Conspiracies Here’s how Facebook plans to make final decisions about controversial content it’s taken down: The company announced details Tuesday about how what’s been called its “Supreme Court” for content moderation will work. Feds, states consider tag-teaming massive Google investigation Congressional Committee Pens Letter Urging […]

DIGITAL San Francisco Pride Members Have Voted To Ban YouTube From This Year’s Parade Anonymous Internet Posters Not Immune To Default Judgment Your online activity is now effectively a social ‘credit score’: Especially when the Morality Police get acquired. Facebook Still Isn’t Obligated to Publish Russian Troll Content–FAN v. Facebook (Eric Goldman) Who is right […]

DIGITAL Indian Supreme Court finds 150-day Internet blackout in Kashmir illegal India’s Supreme Court Declares Country’s 5 Month Internet Blackout Illegal Instagram is taking down posts supporting slain Iranian general Soleimani Instagram Now Placing Warnings Over Posts Deemed To Contain “False Information” China: Privacy, Security and Content Regulation to Increase in 2020 Brazil supreme court […]