Films and Publications Act 1996
- Status of Law
- Final/Active/Current
- Country
- Keywords
- Censorship
- Child Pornography
- Consumer Protection
- Content Moderation
- Freedom of Expression
- Media/Press
- Adoption Date
- Jun 1, 1998
- Type of Law
- Legislation
- Research Category
- IV Sectoral Laws
- Date added
- Aug 7, 2024
Law
Adalah Legal Center for Arab Minority Rights in Israel v. State Attorney’s Office
- Country
- Decision Date
- Apr 12, 2021
- Case Status
- Closed
- Case Outcome (Procedural)
- Dismissed
- Case Outcome (Disposition)
- Judgment in Favor of Defendant
- Keywords
- Content Moderation
- Content Regulation / Censorship
- Digital Rights
- Social Media
- Judicial Body
- Supreme Court (court of final appeal)
- Date added
- Jul 25, 2024
Case Law
The Case of the Brazil Fake News Inquiry
- Country
- Decision Date
- May 26, 2020
- Case Status
- On Appeal
- Case Outcome (Disposition)
- Blocking or Filtering of Information
- Keywords
- Content Moderation
- False News
- National Security
- Judicial Body
- Constitutional Court
- Date added
- Jul 25, 2024
Case Law
Roskomnadzor v. Meta
- Country
- Decision Date
- Feb 15, 2022
- Case Status
- Closed
- Case Outcome (Disposition)
- Law or Action Upheld
- Keywords
- Content Moderation
- Content Regulation / Censorship
- Disinformation
- Social Media
- Judicial Body
- Appellate Court
- Date added
- Jul 25, 2024
Case Law
Roskomnadzor v. Google LLC
- Country
- Decision Date
- Jan 17, 2022
- Case Status
- Closed
- Case Outcome (Disposition)
- Sanctions (Imprisonment or/and Fine)
- Keywords
- Content Moderation
- Content Regulation / Censorship
- Filtering and Blocking
- Judicial Body
- First Instance Court
- Date added
- Jul 25, 2024
Case Law
Roskomnadzor v. Twitter
- Country
- Decision Date
- May 17, 2021
- Case Status
- Closed
- Case Outcome (Disposition)
- Law or Action Upheld
- Keywords
- Content Moderation
- Content Regulation / Censorship
- Freedom of Association and Assembly / Protests
- Social Media
- Judicial Body
- Appellate Court
- Date added
- Jul 25, 2024
Case Law
UEJF v. Twitter
- Country
- Decision Date
- Jan 20, 2022
- Case Status
- Closed
- Case Outcome (Procedural)
- Motion Granted
- Case Outcome (Disposition)
- Injunction, Order, or Motion Granted
- Keywords
- Access to Information
- Content Moderation
- Content Regulation / Censorship
- Social Media
- Judicial Body
- Appellate Court
- Date added
- Jul 25, 2024
Case Law
Gonzalez v. Google (SCOTUS 2023)
- Country
- Decision Date
- May 18, 2023
- Case Status
- Closed
- Case Outcome (Procedural)
- Admissible
- Keywords
- Content Moderation
- Digital Rights
- Intermediary Liability
- National Security
- Terrorism
- Judicial Body
- Supreme Court (court of final appeal)
- Date added
- Jul 25, 2024
Case Law
Gupta v. Herdsceneand
- Country
- Decision Date
- Feb 11, 2020
- Case Status
- Closed
- Case Outcome (Procedural)
- Dismissed
- Case Outcome (Disposition)
- Blocking or Filtering of Information
- Keywords
- Anonymity
- Content Moderation
- Defamation / Reputation
- Judicial Body
- First Instance Court
- Date added
- Jul 25, 2024
Case Law
Vannucci v. Twitter INC
- Country
- Decision Date
- Dec 27, 2016
- Case Status
- In progress
- Case Outcome (Disposition)
- Injunction, Order, or Motion Granted
- Keywords
- Content Moderation
- Content Regulation / Censorship
- Defamation / Reputation
- Digital Rights
- Hate Speech
- Social Media
- Judicial Body
- First Instance Court
- Date added
- Jul 25, 2024
Case Law
Glawischnig-Piesczek v. Facebook Ireland Limited
- Country
- Decision Date
- Oct 3, 2019
- Case Status
- Closed
- Case Outcome (Procedural)
- Remanded for Decision in Accordance with Ruling
- Case Outcome (Disposition)
- Advisory Opinion/Preliminary Ruling
- Blocking or Filtering of Information
- Keywords
- Content Moderation
- Defamation / Reputation
- Social Media
- Judicial Body
- Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU)
- Date added
- Jul 25, 2024
Case Law
Parler v. Amazon Web Services
- Country
- Decision Date
- Jan 21, 2021
- Case Status
- In progress
- Case Outcome (Procedural)
- Motion Denied
- Keywords
- Content Moderation
- Digital Rights
- Filtering and Blocking
- Indecency / Obscenity
- Social Media
- Judicial Body
- First Instance Court
- Date added
- Jul 25, 2024
Case Law
Freedom Watch v. Google
- Country
- Decision Date
- May 27, 2020
- Case Status
- Closed
- Case Outcome (Procedural)
- Dismissed
- Case Outcome (Disposition)
- Judgment in Favor of Defendant
- Keywords
- Content Moderation
- Content Regulation / Censorship
- Judicial Body
- Appellate Court
- Date added
- Jul 25, 2024
Case Law
Prager University v. Google LLC
- Country
- Decision Date
- Feb 26, 2020
- Case Status
- Closed
- Case Outcome (Procedural)
- Affirmed Lower Court
- Case Outcome (Disposition)
- Judgment in Favor of Defendant
- Keywords
- Content Moderation
- Content Regulation / Censorship
- Judicial Body
- Appellate Court
- Date added
- Jul 25, 2024
Case Law
Forza Nuova v. Facebook Ireland NTD
- Country
- Decision Date
- Feb 23, 2020
- Case Status
- Closed
- Case Outcome (Disposition)
- Law or Action Upheld
- Keywords
- Content Moderation
- Hate Speech
- Social Media
- Judicial Body
- First Instance Court
- Date added
- Jul 25, 2024
Case Law
Der Dritte Weg v. Facebook Ireland Ltd.
- Country
- Decision Date
- May 22, 2019
- Case Status
- Closed
- Case Outcome (Procedural)
- Affirmed in Part/Reversed in Part
- Case Outcome (Disposition)
- Injunction or Order Denied/Vacated
- Injunction, Order, or Motion Granted
- Keywords
- Content Moderation
- Elections
- Filtering and Blocking
- Political Expression
- Social Media
- Judicial Body
- Constitutional Court
- Date added
- Jul 25, 2024
Case Law
Van Haga v. YouTube
- Country
- Decision Date
- Aug 18, 2021
- Case Status
- Closed
- Case Outcome (Procedural)
- Motion Denied
- Case Outcome (Disposition)
- Judgment in Favor of Defendant
- Keywords
- Content Moderation
- Content Regulation / Censorship
- COVID-19
- Social Media
- Judicial Body
- First Instance Court
- Date added
- Jul 25, 2024
Case Law
Williby v. Zuckerberg et al.
- Country
- Decision Date
- Jun 16, 2019
- Case Status
- In progress
- Case Outcome (Procedural)
- Motion Denied
- Keywords
- Content Moderation
- Content Regulation / Censorship
- Social Media
- Judicial Body
- First Instance Court
- Date added
- Jul 25, 2024
Case Law
Cox. v. Twitter
- Country
- Decision Date
- Feb 8, 2019
- Case Status
- Closed
- Case Outcome (Procedural)
- Motion Granted
- Case Outcome (Disposition)
- Injunction, Order, or Motion Granted
- Keywords
- Content Moderation
- Hate Speech
- Social Media
- Date added
- Jul 25, 2024
Case Law
Twitter Inc. v. The Superior Court for the City and County of San Francisco
- Country
- Decision Date
- Aug 17, 2018
- Case Status
- In progress
- Case Outcome (Procedural)
- Remanded for Decision in Accordance with Ruling
- Keywords
- Content Moderation
- Content Regulation / Censorship
- Intermediary Liability
- Social Media
- Judicial Body
- Appellate Court
- Date added
- Jul 25, 2024
Case Law
Mezey v. Twitter Inc.
- Country
- Decision Date
- Jul 19, 2018
- Case Status
- Closed
- Case Outcome (Procedural)
- Dismissed
- Case Outcome (Disposition)
- Judgment in Favor of Defendant
- Keywords
- Content Moderation
- Content Regulation / Censorship
- Intermediary Liability
- Social Media
- Judicial Body
- First Instance Court
- Date added
- Jul 25, 2024
Case Law
The Case on Facebook’s Terms of Service
- Country
- Decision Date
- Jul 29, 2021
- Case Status
- Closed
- Case Outcome (Procedural)
- Reversed Lower Court
- Case Outcome (Disposition)
- Law or Action Overturned or Deemed Unconstitutional
- Keywords
- Content Moderation
- Content Regulation / Censorship
- Social Media
- Judicial Body
- Supreme (court of final appeal)
- Date added
- Jul 25, 2024
Case Law
The Case of Discriminatory Content Against Immigrants
- Country
- Decision Date
- Sep 6, 2018
- Case Status
- Closed
- Case Outcome (Procedural)
- Affirmed Lower Court
- Keywords
- Content Moderation
- Discrimination
- Hate Speech
- Social Media
- Judicial Body
- Appellate Court
- Date added
- Jul 25, 2024
Case Law
Administrator of Bayern Souverän v. Facebook Ireland Ltd.
- Country
- Decision Date
- Jan 7, 2020
- Case Status
- On Appeal
- Case Outcome (Procedural)
- Affirmed in Part/Reversed in Part
- Case Outcome (Disposition)
- Law or Action Overturned or Deemed Unconstitutional
- Keywords
- Content Moderation
- Content Regulation / Censorship
- Hate Speech
- Social Media
- Judicial Body
- Appellate Court
- Date added
- Jul 25, 2024
Case Law
The Cologne Case on Facebook’s Terms of Service
- Country
- Decision Date
- Jul 7, 2018
- Case Status
- Closed
- Case Outcome (Procedural)
- Admissible
- Case Outcome (Disposition)
- Injunction, Order, or Motion Granted
- Keywords
- Content Moderation
- Content Regulation / Censorship
- Social Media
- Judicial Body
- First Instance Court
- Date added
- Jul 25, 2024
Case Law
The Case on Facebook’s Terms of Service
- Country
- Decision Date
- Jul 29, 2021
- Case Status
- Closed
- Case Outcome (Disposition)
- Law or Action Overturned or Deemed Unconstitutional
- Keywords
- Content Moderation
- Content Regulation / Censorship
- Social Media
- Judicial Body
- Supreme Court (court of final appeal)
- Date added
- Jul 23, 2024
Case Law
Ricardo Zarattini Filho v. Diario de Pernambuco
- Country
- Decision Date
- Nov 29, 2023
- Case Status
- Closed
- Case Outcome (Procedural)
- Affirmed Lower Court
- Keywords
- Content Moderation
- Freedom of Press
- Intermediary Liability
- Right to be Forgotten
- Judicial Body
- Supreme Court (court of final appeal)
- Date added
- Jul 23, 2024
Case Law
Zöchling v. Austria
- Country
- Decision Date
- Sep 5, 2023
- Case Status
- Closed
- Case Outcome (Disposition)
- Violation of a Rule of International Law
- Keywords
- Content Moderation
- Content Regulation / Censorship
- Data Protection and Retention
- Digital Rights
- Hate Speech
- Privacy
- Judicial Body
- European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR)
- Date added
- Jul 23, 2024
Case Law
Scarborough v. Frederick County School Board
- Country
- Decision Date
- Feb 8, 2021
- Case Status
- Closed
- Case Outcome (Procedural)
- Motion Denied
- Keywords
- Content Moderation
- Digital Rights
- Social Media
- Judicial Body
- First Instance Court
- Date added
- Jul 23, 2024
Case Law
Price v. New York
- Country
- Decision Date
- Jun 25, 2018
- Case Status
- Closed
- Case Outcome (Procedural)
- Motion Granted
- Case Outcome (Disposition)
- Injunction, Order, or Motion Granted
- Keywords
- Content Moderation
- Digital Rights
- Gender
- Social Media
- Judicial Body
- First Instance Court
- Date added
- Jul 23, 2024
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