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Brazil’s high court should uphold country’s intermediary liability shield
The Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press is urging the Brazilian Supreme Court to uphold a law that is…
March 29, 2023
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Chris Young
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Content Restrictions
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‘Actual malice’ and internet speech
The rise of “internet speech” is at the heart of a libel case SCOTUS is considering whether to hear.
November 1, 2021
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Gillian Vernick
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Libel and Privacy
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For Facebook, a week in the limelight
The social media network is facing intense scrutiny in the wake of an outage, whistleblower disclosures and antitrust litigation.
October 13, 2021
By
Grayson Clary
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First Amendment
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Twitter v. Paxton
Court: U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California Date Filed: March 24, 2021 Update: On May 11, 2021,…
March 25, 2021
By
Chris Young
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Content Restrictions
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Controversy over US platform bargaining proposal heats up
The debate follows Australia’s adoption of a law requiring tech companies to negotiate with news organizations over access to their content.
March 22, 2021
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Grayson Clary
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Policy
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Facebook Oversight Board issues its first decisions
Its decisions largely hinged on interpretations of Facebook's policies, though some language the Board used echoed First Amendment law.
February 8, 2021
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Mailyn Fidler
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Policy
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Social media platforms take action after attack on US Capitol
These moves take place amid an ongoing debate about platform moderation.
January 11, 2021
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Mailyn Fidler
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Policy
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Movement in Washington on Section 230
There's growing interest in the nation's capital in revising Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act.
November 2, 2020
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Mailyn Fidler
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Policy
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Reporters Committee supports coalition’s effort to unseal Facebook Messenger encryption case documents
The Washington Post, ACLU, EFF & others should get court documents in a case between DOJ & Facebook, RCFP argues.
June 19, 2019
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Katie Beth Nichols
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Court Access
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Washington Post v. Department of Justice & ACLU et al. v. Department of Justice
Update: On July 22, 2020, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit affirmed the district court’s denial of the motions to…
June 19, 2019
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