Tag: Intermediary Liability

Today, the European Commission launched a legislative reform that holds the promise of systemic regulation of large online platforms, consisting of the Digital Services Act (DSA) and the Digital Markets Act. Access Now’s initial assessment focuses on the DSA, and highlights key issues that will affect human rights in the EU and beyond.

Tech companies are exercising enormous power without taking sufficient responsibility to safeguard our rights, leaving us prey to abuse. The Digital Services Act is a chance for the EU to establish clear responsibilities for private actors and hold them to account, while ensuring our rights are protected.

The Attorney General of Malaysia is pressing charges against Malaysiakini and its editor-in-chief to hold it liable for comments posted by its readers, putting free expression and press freedom at risk.

We offer 26 recommendations on content governance to help lawmakers, regulators, and company leaders make decisions that will safeguard human rights.

Here are the opportunities for promoting and protecting digital rights that the U.S. policy team will focus on in the year ahead.

Australia’s government have announced the introduction of a new bill that would impose criminal liability on executives of social media platforms if they fail to remove “abhorrent violent content.” The hastily drafted legislation could have serious unintended consequences for human rights in Australia.

The government’s proposed amendments on intermediary liability in India won’t fix disinformation, but will harm digital security and human rights, the coalition warns.

El siguiente es un comunicado de organizaciones dedicadas al estudio y defensa de los derechos humanos en Internet, solicitando a los Diputados de la República Argentina la aprobación del proyecto de responsabilidad de intermediarios en Internet que se discute este mes en la Cámara.