On 26 March 2024, the European Commission adopted the guidelines on the mitigation of systemic risks for electoral processes under the Digital Service Act (DSA). The guidelines recommend mitigation measures and best practices to be undertaken by ver…
On 23 March 2024, the Bill to prohibit the use of funds to label speech as disinformation or misinformation or to coerce online platforms to alter, remove, restrict, or suppress speech (SA 1795) was introduced as an amendment to the government spend…
On 22 March 2024, the Minister of Digital Economy and Society (DES) announced the launch of an investigation into an online gambling website. The Ministry of DES, in coordination with Internet Service Providers (ISPs), has taken measures to temporar…
On 21 March 2024, the Indian Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (MIB) issued an advisory concerning content moderation for online gambling content. The advisory aims to restrict the publication and broadcasting of advertisements for offshore o…
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 prescribed responsibilities outlined for the 3 Very Large Online Platforms (VLOPs), Pornhub, XVideos and Stripchat, under the Digital Services Act (DSA), entered into force. The Commission determined that the 3 platforms reach…
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 20 March 2024, the French Competition Authority sanctioned Google for non-compliance with commitments agreed to in June 2022 (Décision 22-D-13). Specifically, the Authority found that Google had disregarded its commitment to cooperate, as well as…
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…