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- Regulating Online Platforms: By Whom, and for Whom? https://medium.com/stanfords-gdpi/regulating-online-platforms-by-whom-and-for-whom-stanfords-gdpi-at-rightscon-53335eda52b4 15 comments
- UNESCO calls to regulate digital platforms in the face of online disinformation and hate https://www.wam.ae/en/details/1395303132936 5 comments technology
- French Court Strikes Down Most of Online Hate Speech Law: The court ruled that the new law disproportionately infringed on freedom of speech. It was a blow to the government’s efforts to regulate content on tech platforms. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/18/world/europe/france-internet-hate-speech-regulation.html 3 comments europe
- Trai weighs regulations for online video streaming platforms like Netflix, Hotstar - Livemint http://www.livemint.com/politics/as6gbuyswqlzpfneatxikj/trai-mulls-regulation-for-online-video-streaming-platforms.html?facet=amp&utm_source=googleamp&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=googleamp 3 comments india
- Trai weighs regulations for online video streaming platforms like Netflix, Hotstar http://www.livemint.com/politics/as6gbuyswqlzpfneatxikj/trai-mulls-regulation-for-online-video-streaming-platforms.html 3 comments india
- Supreme Court issues notice to Centre in plea for regulation of online streaming platforms. https://scroll.in/latest/923002/supreme-court-issues-notice-to-centre-in-plea-for-regulation-of-online-streaming-platforms 4 comments india
- Plea in HC to regulate online media streaming platforms https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/delhi/plea-in-hc-to-regulate-online-media-streaming-platforms/article25231869.ece 6 comments india
- India’s government has ordered that all online news, social media and video streaming platforms are to be subject to state regulation, raising fears of increased censorship of digital media. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/nov/11/india-to-regulate-netflix-and-amazon-streaming-content/ 6 comments worldnews
- Supreme Court notice to Centre, others on a petition seeking separate guidelines to regulate content on online streaming platforms such as Netflix, Amazon Prime Video, Hotstar etc. https://twitter.com/cnnnews18/status/1126734924965224448 4 comments india
- The Trump administration has begun inserting legal protections into recent trade agreements that shield online platforms like Facebook, Twitter and YouTube from lawsuits, a move that could help lock in America’s tech-friendly regulations around the world even as they are being questioned at home https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/07/business/tech-shield-trade-deals.html?action=click&module=top%20stories&pgtype=homepage 8 comments technology
- Angela Merkel’s government is hoping to stem loss of millions of euros worth of VAT revenue with new, tighter regulations on online platforms such as eBay and Amazon Marketplace...new draft bill will demand platforms provide more details about third party traders who are operating in German market. https://www.thelocal.de/20180731/germany-takes-on-amazon-over-unpaid-vat 6 comments worldnews