Here’s another news story to share with your kids as a reminder and warning — or to serve as a reminder to yourself if you are an adult who has ever been tempted to provide nude photos of yourself to others online. DutchNews reports: A 24-year-old man from Etten-Leur, arrested in October last year on…
Category: Online
Section 230 Protects Services That Permit Anonymous Third-Party Posts–Bride v. Snap
Eric Goldman writes: This case involves two “anonymous messaging” apps, Yolo and LMK. Both allegedly target teens audiences. “Plaintiffs allege they received harassing messages in response to their benign posts on Defendants’ applications and did not receive comparable messages on other platforms in which user identities were revealed.” Both apps allegedly were not responsive enough…
Pending Virginia, West Virginia Bills Look to Protect Children’s Data
Odia Kagan of Fox Rothschild writes: The Virginia legislature is considering looking at amending the state’s Consumer Data Protection Act to expand protections related to children’s data. Some key points in the bill: Child defined as under 18, not 13 COPPA compliance exemption is deleted Verified parental consent required for the collection, use or disclosure of…
Pirate Bay Proxy Site Challenges Police DMCA Takedown at GitHub
From TorrentFreak: A few days ago, GitHub disabled the domain of a Pirate Bay Proxy information portal following a DMCA notice sent by City of London Police. The operator of the site is unhappy with the removal. In a DMCA counternotice, GitHub is asked to reinstate the domain since it doesn’t link to any infringing…