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 the history of Section 230 of the…
Category: Laws
In-House Counsel Are Both Unconcerned About New Privacy Laws And Completely Unprepared For New Privacy Laws
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 this stuff, right? Well, in…
Russian lawmakers look to ban e-mail users who share illegal content
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 bomb threats that have been…
Chinese Regulation of Children’s Personal Data Goes into Effect
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 of China, the regulation contains…