Andy Maxwell writes: Even though Congress still hasn’t rewritten the DMCA, movie studios known for tracking down alleged BitTorrent pirates in pursuit of cash settlements are increasingly using the DMCA subpoena system anyway. During 2022 and early 2023, Voltage Pictures, Millenium Funding, LHF Productions, and Capstone Studios obtained DMCA subpoenas targeting customers of CenturyLink (now…
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Kr: New Eraser Service Empowers Children and Adolescents to Control Their Online Personal Information
Unofficial translation Press release April 24, 2023 On April 24, the Personal Information Protection Commission (PIPC) launched the “Eraser Service” pilot project, also known as the “Right to Be Forgotten Pilot Project for Children and Adolescents” to provide digital natives, specifically children and adolescents, with greater control over personal information. With this new service, children…
Arkansas Enacts Legislation Restricting Social Media Accounts for Minors
Hunton Andrews Kurth writes: On April 12, 2023, Arkansas Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders signed into law S.B. 396 creating the state’s Social Media Safety Act (the “Act”). The Act comes after Utah’s similar social media laws enacted in March. The Act prohibits social media companies from allowing Arkansas residents under 18 years of age from holding accounts on the…
Do Mandatory Age Verification Laws Conflict with Biometric Privacy Laws?–Kuklinski v. Binance
Eric Goldman writes: California passed the California Age-Appropriate Design Code (AADC) nominally to protect children’s privacy, but at the same time, the AADC requires businesses to do an age “assurance” of all their users, children and adults alike. (Age “assurance” requires the business to distinguish children from adults, but the methodology to implement has many…