Kazakhstan dispatch: new law seeks to regulate online platforms and restrict fake information
Aidana Tastanova is a Kazakhstan national and a 3rd year law student attending the Moscow State Institute of International Relations under a Kazakh government scholarship. Aitylğan sõz – atylğan oq (translation: ‘A word once spoken can never be recalled’) – Kazakh proverb On July 10, the lower house of the Parliament of Kazakhstan, the Majilis, [...]
France Senate passes legislation requiring age verification for minors on social media
The French Senate approved new legislation on Thursday requiring social media platforms such as TikTok and Instagram to implement mandatory age verification systems and obtain explicit parental consent for users aged 15 and below. The move comes amid a growing international crackdown on the platforms lack of privacy protections for users. The new legislation is the most recent [...]
Online gaming platform sues content creator over false terror threats
Roblox, an online game platform, sued content creator Benjamin Robert Simon on Tuesday in the US District Court for the Northern District of California for encouraging “unlawful acts designed to injure Roblox and its users.” Roblox alleges that Simon lead a “cybermob” and posted false and misleading threats to deter users from participating in the [...]
France introduces anti-bullying app and mandatory parental control setting on children's technology
France will introduce a new anti-bullying app to stop school bullying and increase parental control, in an announcement made by President Emmanual Macron Thursday. The legislation was proposed by MPs and supported by Macron on Twitter. He announced that the change in the law would include parental controls on all technology used by children, including [...]
China passes new law protecting minors from abuse and cyberbullying
The Standing Committee of China’s 13th National People’s Congress passed a newly revised Law on the Protection of Minors at its 22nd session on Saturday. The Law on the Protection of Minors increases the responsibility of guardians and parents towards minors. Parents or guardians of minors will now not only have to protect the life, [...]
Nine Things You Need to Know about Texas’ New Cyberbullying Law
JURIST Guest Columnist Attorney Benson Varghese of Varghese Summersett, discusses Texas' new cyberbullying law ... Back in the day, a schoolyard bully was a student’s worst nightmare. Now, it’s cyberbullies that teens fear the most. Not only can cyberbullies...
The New York Court of Appeals ruled 5-2 Tuesday that a criminal cyberbullying statute enacted by the Albany County Legislature violated the First Amendment. The defendant, a 15-year-old high school student, was criminally prosecuted...
