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Italy: Issued ruling in Italian data protection authority enforcement case on revenge porn 9893778 (Telegram, YouTube)

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Issued ruling in Italian data protection authority enforcement case on revenge porn 9893778 (Telegram, YouTube)

On 13 April 2023, the Italian Garante issued its ruling concerning a case of non consensual distribution of explicit material ("revenge porn"). The Garante requires Telegram and Google to immediately implement actions to stop the diffusion of the material on their platforms and further requires the companies to store the material for evidentiary purposes.

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Scope

Policy Area
Content moderation
Policy Instrument
Content moderation regulation
Regulated Economic Activity
platform intermediary: user-generated content
Implementation Level
national
Government Branch
executive
Government Body
data protection authority

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2023-04-13
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On 13 April 2023, the Italian Garante issued its ruling concerning a case of non consensual distrib…

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