Twitter has filed a lawsuit over a new German law which obliges social media groups to block or delete criminal content quickly, and report particularly serious criminal offences to the police.
The Association of National Advertisers in the US has urged the Federal Trade Commission to resist calls to ban online behavioural targeting, arguing data-driven advertising benefits consumers as well as advertisers.
The European Commission has published a declaration of digital rights and principles - a move Reuters described as a 'global first' - setting out guidelines covering both services and devices.
IP protection and cybersecurity company White Bullet this week announced the appointment of a number of new members of staff to its team tackling advertising funded digital piracy.
Governments around the world made 43,387 legal demands for the removal of content from a record 196,878 Twitter accounts between January and June, according to Twitter's latest transparency report.
The Court of Appeal has given The Guardian permission to challenge the decision to bar media groups from a case about the Duke of Edinburgh’s will.
In its current form, the Online Safety Bill does not protect freedom of expression, the Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) Select Committee yesterday warned.
Associated Newspapers will pay the Duchess of Sussex a nominal £1 in damages for invading her privacy in documents and confirmed it will not take the case to the Supreme Court.
Labour has accused the government of being complacent on “a matter of life and death” by failing to stand up to tech firms where much anti-vax content is shared.
The Mail on Sunday has opted against taking its privacy battle with the Duchess of Sussex to the Supreme Court, and has agreed to pay undisclosed "financial remedies" to settle the case.
Twelve US senators have written to Mark Zuckerberg, expressing concern over Facebook’s failure to curb election-related disinformation.
The Financial Times has appointed Christina Michalos QC as its editorial complaints commissioner.
Journalist Abbey Maclure has co-authored a report with Leeds Trinity University journalism tutor Jenny Kean urging news groups to give trainees facing abuse more support.
The Online Safety Bill is a watershed moment in the regulation of tech platforms worldwide, bringing accountability to the actions of platforms. Its success or failure could have ramifications far beyond the UK, writes the PPA’s Seb Cuttill.
Editors at The BMJ are urging Facebook to correct a “fact check” of a recent investigation that they say is “inaccurate, incompetent and irresponsible.”
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