from the jurisdiction-fight dept I’ve mentioned in the past that, from Techdirt’s earliest posts, one key topic is how you handle “jurisdiction” on the internet, since the internet is global, and laws don’t always work that way. Indeed, allowing for global jurisdiction for any particular government’s laws would inevitably mean that the most draconian and …
The virtues of accessibility are well-established but many companies still fail to make accessibility a priority when developing websites and mobile apps. In the US, however, companies are being forced to view accessibility in a new light in the wake of a US Supreme Court decision that will force a major pizza chain to defend …
from the as-it-should dept Qualified immunity has been stretched to cover a wide variety of rights violations, law enforcement misconduct, and excessive force deployments. Every so often, a federal court will refuse to extend this courtesy to sued officers, but these decisions are relative rarities. Every so often, officers engage in such egregious violations that …
The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) ruled this week that pre-checked consent boxes for the use of cookies are not valid. This means consent requires an active opt-in. CJEU’s ruling comes as part of a case against the lottery website, Planet49, which asked users to give consent for cookies in order for …
EU court rules pre-checked cookie consent is not legally valid – Econsultancy Read More »
In the Facebook vs Eva Glawischnig-Piesczek case, Europian Union’s highest court has ruled against the Silicon Valley tech giant. Under the ruling, which cannot be appealed, countries can order Facebook to take down all kinds of content (posts, comments, images, videos) on a global scale. #ECJ : #EU law does not preclude a host provider …
Facebook Can Be Forced To Remove Content Globally, Rules EU Court Read More »
In a ruling Tuesday, a federal appeals court upheld the Federal Communications Commission’s controversial repeal of Obama-era net neutrality protections. But the substance of that ruling leaves the door open for states and local governments to write their own regulations. In California, which adopted such regulations last year only to freeze them in a deal …
