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Law · March, 2019

Stories about Law from March, 2019

Russian regulators ask VPNs to block blacklisted websites, but most have refused

The only service agreeing to comply was the Russian one.

Written by RuNet Echo

29 March 2019

Facebook comment about throwing an egg at Singapore minister triggers police probe

A 20-year-old Facebook user could face fines or jail time.

Written by Mong Palatino

28 March 2019

Censored on WeChat: #MeToo in China

In China, authorities see #MeToo as a political threat.

Written by Wechatscope

26 March 2019

Netizen Report: EU activists make a final push to keep the internet filter-free

The EU might really mess up the internet next week.

Written by Netizen Report Team

21 March 2019

Activists speak out against Iraq's cybercrime bill

Iraqis who "undermine national independence" online could face life sentence

Written by Afef Abrougui

19 March 2019

Netizen Report: Activists reject EU plans to pre-censor copyright violations, ‘terrorist’ content

A weekly dose of news about challenges, victories, and emerging trends in technology and human rights around the world.

Written by Netizen Report Team

8 March 2019

Russia’s latest ‘anti-fake news law’ is so bad even Kremlin pranksters hate it

Provisions of the new law make it clear that its real target are the online news outlets still not fully controlled by the state or its subsidiaries.

Written by Alexey Kovalev

8 March 2019

‘We are not bots!’ In Berlin, thousands protest proposed EU regulation on internet upload filters

'Upload filters' would censor copyright-protected content upon upload

Written by Filip Stojanovski

7 March 2019

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