Mark Bowman is a JD candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School. The Court of Justice of the European Communities has ruled that internet service providers (ISPs) cannot be forced to monitor subscriber traffic if doing so impedes on their freedom to conduct their business and if doing so would infringe on the fundamental rights of [...]

Posted in European Union, Human Rights Issues, Infringement, Internet, Internet Sharing, Privacy, Secondary (ISP) Liability
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Michael Gilburt is a JD candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School. David Lammy, Member of Parliament for Tottenham, has called for the suspension and surveillance of the BlackBerry Messenger (“BBM”) service after evidence indicated that the popular communication platform helped facilitate the London riots.

Posted in Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Human Rights Issues, Privacy, Regulatory Policy, Social Media, UK
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Dan Whalen is a JD candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School. Disgraced UK tabloid News of the World has finally crumbled under the mounting weight of the national phone-hacking scandal. As investigations heat up and criminal charges seem imminent, it is worthwhile to examine the law that prosecutors will seek to uphold and once again [...]

Posted in Electronic Databases, Freedom of the Press, Human Rights Issues, Privacy
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Taylor Vanderhelm is a JD candidate at the University of Alberta. New internet filtering rules set to commence in Turkey as of August 2011 have gathered international attention and raised the ire of many Turkish citizens recently. Turkey is set to introduce four new internet content filtering options: family, children, domestic, or standard as part [...]

Posted in Freedom of Speech, Freedom of the Press, Human Rights Issues, Internet, Internet Sharing, IP, Moral Rights, Privacy
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