On 22 March 2024, the Civil Chamber of the Supreme Court issued a ruling rejecting the absolute right to have a presence on social media platforms if the conditions of use established by service providers are not met. The ruling justified the decisi…
On 21 March 2024, the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit issued a ruling in the lawsuit civil lawsuit alleging fraudulent misrepresentation of the “potential reach” of advertisements on Meta (DZ Reserve v Meta). The court ruled tha…
On 20 March 2024, the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) issued a notification to the Press Information Bureau's (IPB) Fact Check Unit (FCU) requiring to flag misinformation about the central government under the provisions o…
On 20 March 2024, the Commission for Communication and Digital Law (CCDD) approved the Bill on the rights of users of social media networks (PL 592/2023). The proposed legislation aims to amend the Civil Rights Framework for the Internet (Law No. 12…
On 19 March 2024, the Texas Attorney General (AG) filed a lawsuit against Hammy Media LTD, a pornography distribution company, for allegedly violating the age verification requirements established by Bill 1181. The Bill mandates reasonable age verif…
On 19 March 2024, the Texas Attorney General (AG) filed a lawsuit against Multi Media LLC, a pornography distribution company, for violating the age verification requirements established by Bill 1181. The Bill mandates reasonable age verification me…
On 19 March 2024, the Russian Federal Service for Supervision of Communications, Information Technology and Mass Media (Roskomnadzor) announced that it had removed more than 4'800 links containing calls for allegedly extremist and terrorist activit…
On 19 March 2024, the Australian eSafety Commissioner issued legal notices to Google, Meta, X, formerly Twitter, WhatsApp, Telegram, and Reddit, requiring each company to report on measures implemented to protect Australians from terrorist and viole…
On 18 March 2024, the Large online platforms: user identity authentication Bill (SB 1228) was amended by the Senate of California. The amended Bill would require large online platforms to verify the identities of influential and highly influential u…
On 18 March 2024, the Secretariat of Economic Reforms of the Ministry of Finance closed a public consultation on the economic and competitive regulation of digital platforms in Brazil. Recognising the increased importance of digital platforms for th…