Hacker News with Generative AI: Internet Law

Section 230 Protects Users, Not Big Tech (eff.org)
Once again, several Senators appear poised to gut one of the most important laws protecting internet users - Section 230 (47 U.S.C. § 230).
Internet Law, Social Media, Censorship, Free Speech
52 points by DanAtC 9 days ago | 31 comments
The Take It Down Act isn't a law, it's a weapon (theverge.com)
It’s internet safety law season again. After a narrow failure to pass the Kids Online Safety Act in 2024, Congress is now advancing the Take It Down Act, which criminalizes nonconsensual intimate imagery (NCII, once dubbed “revenge porn,” including AI-generated content) and sets requirements for web platforms to remove it.
Internet Law, Censorship, AI, Social Media
72 points by archagon 26 days ago | 30 comments
Canada's First Pirate Site Blocking Order Expires (torrentfreak.com)
Canada, Copyright Law, Piracy, Internet Law
61 points by gslin 108 days ago | 30 comments
Jawboning in Plain Sight: The Unconstitutional Censorship Tolerated by the DMCA (rstreet.org)
Section 512 of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) provides critically needed liability protection for the providers of intermediary services that the internet depends on. But that protection can come at the cost of the very user expression these services exist to intermediate because of the jawboning pressure baked into the statute. Such an unconstitutional effect is not inevitable, however.
Legal Issues, Censorship, Internet Law, Copyright
24 points by hn_acker 138 days ago | 4 comments
European content removal laws are scrubbing the internet of legal content (techdirt.com)
Internet Law, Censorship, Europe, Content Moderation
46 points by rntn 293 days ago | 32 comments