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The Australian government granted Australia’s media regulator, the Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA), new powers Monday to combat disinformation and misinformation on digital platforms like Facebook and YouTube. ACMA is a regulatory government body that oversees communication and media services in Australia. As a part of their mission, the Australian Government asked ACMA to [...]

Citing martial law, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky Sunday signed a decree combining all national tv channels into one platform in accordance with the Ukrainian National Security and Defense Council’s decision to implement  a “unified information policy.” Around-the-clock information will run on the consolidated platform called “United News.” The decree also provides that privately-owned media companies [...]

Roskomnadzor, Russia’s internet regulator, Friday demanded that Google immediately stop publishing threats against Russian citizens on YouTube. In a press release, the regulator alleged that YouTube is showing advertisements calling for the disablement of railway communication lines between Russia and Belarus. It alleged that the actions of YouTube are of a “terrorist nature,” which endangers [...]

The Supreme Court of Brazil ordered internet platforms and providers such as Apple and Google Thursday to suspend access to the popular messaging app Telegram within the country, after noting that Telegram violated Brazil Constitution by failing to comply with judicial orders. The order, released to the public on Friday, was issued by Minister Alexandre de [...]

The Irish Data Protection Authority (DPC) Tuesday fined Meta Platforms Ireland Limited €17m for a series of data breaches affecting up to 30 million Facebook users that were disclosed to the Irish DPC by the social media company in 2018. The Irish DPC is Meta’s lead privacy regulator in the EU and opened this inquiry [...]

The Irish Council for Civil Liberties (ICCL) has filed a complaint against the Data Protection Commission (DPC) for failing to thoroughly investigate a complaint made about Google and IAB Europe’s procession of personal data. The High Court challenge has been initiated by Dr. Johnny Ryan, a senior fellow at ICCL, regarding the DPC’s alleged failure [...]

The United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit Thursday ruled in favor of Alphabet Inc.’s Google in a suit filed by Genius alleging unfair competition and breach of contract pertaining to the misuse of Genius’s transcribed lyrics in its search engine. The lawsuit claims that Google used Genius’s song lyrics transcriptions in its [...]

A bipartisan group of US lawmakers Wednesday urged the Department of Justice (DOJ) to open an investigation into Amazon for obstruction of Congress. In a 24-page letter, members of the House Subcommittee on Antitrust, Commercial, and Administrative Law called upon US Attorney General Merrick Garland to investigate allegations that Amazon officials deliberately misled the Judiciary [...]

The UK High Court Tuesday allowed a representative suit against the video-sharing social media app TikTok alleging the unlawful processing of children’s data. The (now former) Children’s Commissioner for England, Anne Longfield, brought forth this representative action on behalf of the claimant, a girl under the age of 16, and other children residing in the [...]

The Administrative Court in Cologne Tuesday ruled that key provisions of the amended Network Enforcement Act (NetzDG), aimed at curbing online hate speech, violate European Union law on civil liberties. The ruling delivered a partial victory to Google and Meta that had challenged the new law in February last year. The new provision §3a requires [...]