The search giant cited the first amendment on the U.S. In particular, Google seeks a declaratory judgment that Google has a right under the First Amendment to publish, and that no applicable law or regulation prohibits Google from publishing, two...
The amendment allows governing bodies to restrict information, including Web content related to suicide, drugs, and child sex abuse without first going to trial. The video reportedly violated the 2012 amendment to Russia’s Act for Information...
Google recently commissioned a top first amendment rights academic to make their case that they are a media outlet, much like the New York Times, and are therefore protected by freedom of speech law. However, the French judgment takes the onus off...
From the outset, its purpose is clear: in drawing comparisons to newspapers and other media outlets, scholar Eugene Volokh makes the case against government intervention in search results with a compelling argument to protect the search giant’s...
As you can imagine, a search for “second amendment” shows nothing on the yearly death toll; there seems to be an effective lobby against “farm subsidies”; and images for “animal testing” leave nothing to the imagination.
One of the changes in the amendment, for example, cut out the proposed ability to cut off a website at the DNS level after a notice of infringement, a clause that detractors said offered no due process for those wrongly accused.
It thus exemplifies the purpose behind the Bill of Rights, and of the First Amendment in particular: to protect unpopular individuals from retaliation—and their ideas from suppression—at the hand of an intolerant society.
Simply, there is no consumer benefit, competitive justification, or First Amendment free speech right to engage in deceptive practices for financial gain. Answering the call of the U.S. Senate antitrust subcommittee, Google will have Executive...
Baidu, China sued in U.S.for Internet censorship - ReutersEight New Yorkers sue Baidu for censoring searches in the U.S, claiming the company is acting as an agent of a foreign state to suppress free speech, which violates the First Amendment.
Opinions are protected under the First Amendment, just as Google has the right to accept or deny any advertising. Sen. Herb Kohl (D-Wis.head of the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Antitrust, Competition Policy and Consumer Rights, has announced...
The accusation has been made (and also in fairness not without merit) that removing the ability to dissent and the attempt to control the freedom of ideas (which yes, yes as a private business they have the right to do, this is not a First...
Wired pointed out that despite assurances in a congressional white paper that the "proposal prohibits the government from targeting websites for censorship "based solely on activities protected by the First Amendment of the United States...
This is the first case that has dealt with email under the Fourth Amendment that deals with illegal search and seizures. Deputy Mayor for Economic Development, Robert Steel, gave his first policy speech at Google's recently purchased New York City...
This is the first case that has dealt with email under the Fourth Amendment that deals with illegal search and seizures. As a result, the Court of Appeals says that "It follows that email requires strong protection under the Fourth Amendment...
On April 7, an amendment to the act was passed by the U.K.parliament, making mephedrone and other substituted cathinones (stimulants) Class B drugs illegal starting April 16. Drilling down a bit further looking at habits leading for the first three...
Let's make our voices heard and protect the First Amendment and our ability to have unfettered discourse without fear of lawsuits online. If you are a blogger in the US your life is about to change big-time.
If you see black avatars on Twitter or blacked out MySpace and Facebook profiles it is not some glitch or virus, but a protest against amendment 92 to the New Zealand Copyright Act of 1994. Perhaps this could be the first true test of the power of...
This is not about First Amendment rights, it is about protecting children," according to Mr. Vivid CEO Steven Hirsch, speaking at Yale University, will call on Google and Yahoo to take measures to keep explicit material from children, according to...
Their responses will refer to such basic Constitutional rights as the First Amendment. The last time a recession reared its ugly head, they were the first our established media partners jettisoned from new business as they drew up the gangplanks to...
Marrero said the non disclosure provisions for NSL recipients violated their First Amendment rights (freedom of speech). This is not the first challenge to the broad provisions of the Patriot Act. Yesterday controversial elements of the Patriot Act...
