Jeff Kosseff, who has a book about Section 230 that more people need to read, writes: When I started writing a book about an arcane internet law more than three years ago, I never could have predicted the controversy that I would encounter. My book, The Twenty-Six Words That Created the Internet, tells [Read More…]
Joe Patrice writes: At least clients are putting up a brave front. When asked about new regulations like the California Consumer Privacy Act, 68 percent of in-house legal department respondents are either “not concerned” or only “somewhat concerned.” That’s a good indication that corporate counsel have a great plan for [Read More…]
Reuters reports: A group of pro-Kremlin lawmakers has drafted legislation that would allow authorities to block individual e-mail or online messenger users who circulate banned content. The bill is likely to alarm advocates of internet freedoms, but the lawmakers say the legislation is needed to combat a wave of hoax [Read More…]
Jeremy Meisinger of Foley Hoag writes: On October 1, 2019, China’s new regulation to protect personal data related to children – called the “Measures on Online Protection of Children’s Personal Data” – went into effect. As we wrote in June, when a draft of the regulation was released by the Cyberspace Administration [Read More…]