Fahad HAug 20, 20181 min readEurope to punish sites for not removing ‘illegal content’ within one hourIn March of this year, the European Commission (EC) created guidelines and recommendations for the removal of “illegal content”...
Fahad HMay 16, 20183 min readFacebook’s first transparency report shows majority of offending content removed before being Facebook has released its first-ever transparency report, outlining the amount of content it has identified as breaking Community...
Fahad HApr 24, 20182 min readFacebook now letting users appeal posts that were removed for violating content standardsFor the first time ever, Facebook has released the guidelines its internal content review teams use to determine whether or not to remove...
Fahad HMar 22, 20183 min readAnti-sex trafficking law opposed by many internet companies likely to pass this weekMost people will agree that online sex trafficking should be stopped. However, a new bill aimed at doing that, which is likely to be...
Fahad HMar 1, 20182 min readEurope to tech giants: Remove ‘illegal content’ within one hourThe European Commission (EC) earlier today issued guidelines and recommendations for the rapid removal of “illegal content” from websites...
Fahad HJan 2, 20181 min readSocial networks to face huge fines in Germany for not removing ‘illegal content’ in 24 hAs of yesterday, Germany began to enforce its anti-hate speech and illegal content law (“NetzDG”), originally passed in mid-2017. It...
Fahad HNov 23, 20162 min readReport: Facebook develops content suppression tool for China reentryDo no evil. Make the world more open and connected. These have been Google and Facebook’s respective tag lines or mantras, if you will;...
Fahad HAug 24, 20162 min readMajor internet companies support Yelp in case that threatens online reviewsA case involving Yelp and a “default judgment” against someone (defendant Bird) who wrote a critical Yelp review about a San Francisco...
Fahad HDec 16, 20152 min readWill Europe’s New EU-Wide Privacy Rules Bring Coherence — Or More Chaos?On Tuesday, European officials approved data protection regulations that formalize many of the court decisions and other regulatory...
Fahad HNov 8, 20153 min readIntermediary Liability In Duffy Case Could Turn Google, Facebook Into Content PoliceJanice Duffy has been vindicated by the Supreme Court of South Australia in her case against Google. While that’s good for Dr. Duffy, the...
Fahad HOct 10, 20154 min readRight To Be Forgotten 2.0: Better Privacy Rules Or Operational Nightmare?Europe is effectively becoming the internet’s privacy cop, with implications for any company doing business in Europe and many outside...
Fahad HJun 19, 20155 min readFrance Wants Google To Target French Citizens Worldwide & Censor Their Search ResultsThe clock is ticking for Google to comply with a demand by the French privacy regulator CNIL to implement Right To Be Forgotten...
Fahad HJun 16, 20152 min readEuropean Court Says Internet News Portal Is Liable For User-Generated CommentsIt’s a decision that should send chills throughout the European webmaster community. In a 15-2 vote, the European Court of Human Rights...
Fahad HJun 12, 20156 min readHow The Myth Of Google Censorship Was Busted By The EU & CanadaFor over a decade, Google has successfully convinced various governments that it is censoring its search results when it actually wasn’t....
Fahad HMay 13, 20152 min readGoogle Offers Insight Into Its Right-To-Be-Forgotten Review ProcessAs discussed in my companion article, it has been a year since the “right to be forgotten” (RTBF) was established in Europe by the EU...
Fahad HMay 11, 20152 min readFederal “Review Freedom Act” Wants To Make U.S. Yelp-Safe For ConsumersMany non-lawyers are unaware that it’s legally possible for consumers to waive their free speech rights to negatively review or otherwise...
Fahad HMar 4, 20152 min readGoogle Wins Injunction Against Mississippi Attorney General’s “Conspiracy” To CensLast fall, Google sued Mississippi State Attorney General Jim Hood in federal court to quash a “punitive and burdensome subpoena.” The...
Fahad HDec 24, 20141 min readItalian Authorities Fine TripAdvisor $610,000 For Not Preventing Invalid Negative ReviewsThe New York Times reports TripAdvisor, the large travel reviews site, has been fined by Italian authorities for not preventing fake...
Fahad HDec 19, 20143 min readGoogle Sues State Attorney General Who Allegedly Conspired With MPAAState Attorneys General are the top cops in every state and have traditionally been regarded as public officials of the highest...
Fahad HNov 10, 20141 min readPorn Purveyors Want Google To Help Reduce Industry PiracyThe entertainment industry has fought long and hard to get Google and other search engines to combat piracy and promote legitimate...
