JURIST

DECEMBER 12, 2021

The White House released a joint statement Friday announcing a partnership with Australia, Denmark, and Norway to try to curb the use of technologies by authoritarian governments that use the products for repression and surveillance. The partnership is named the Export Controls and Human Rights Initiative.

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JURIST

MARCH 15, 2024

The Indian central government banned Thursday 18 Over the Top (OTT) streaming platforms for alleged obscene and vulgar content. The post India central government blocks streaming platforms over alleged obscenity appeared first on JURIST - News. million across various platforms with multiple accounts.

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Paralegal Bootcamp

MARCH 17, 2023

Technology is an integral part of any business, including law firms and legal departments. Even if you don’t work at a firm specializing in technology, you will still use computers and software daily. However, litigation technology can be tricky to understand. Technology can help you as a litigation paralegal in many ways.

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JURIST

OCTOBER 21, 2021

The US Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) released an interim final rule on Thursday adding cybersecurity technologies to the Export Administration Regulations (EAR). The EAR limits export and reexport of listed technology, products, and raw material, typically for national security reasons.

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Paralegal Bootcamp

MARCH 11, 2022

Technology becomes an ally for many of us who are confronted with these challenges. The following paralegal technology tools, apps, and websites can permit a smoother transition to hybrid work and online environments while at the same time, sustaining the flow and social integration that are so necessary for legal professionals.

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JURIST

AUGUST 29, 2021

The Delhi High Court issued a notice to the Indian central government on Friday, seeking a reply to WhatsApp’s challenge against the new Information Technology Rules which were created by the government in February 2021. would especially be at risk. The next hearing for this matter is listed on 22 October.

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JURIST

DECEMBER 28, 2023

The Washington Post (WP) reported Wednesday that following Apple’s October alert about alleged government hacking attempts on iPhones of independent Indian journalists and opposition politicians, Indian government officials swiftly retaliated against Apple.

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JURIST

MAY 16, 2023

The US Department of Justice (DOJ) announced on Tuesday five new criminal cases and four arrests in connection with a multi-agency US task force, known as the Disruptive Technology Strike Force, to keep sensitive technology away from “hostile nation-states.” In the first case, US v. In the fourth case, US v.

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JURIST

JULY 5, 2021

The US Government Accountability Office (GAO) released a public report Tuesday stating that most federal agencies that use facial recognition technology systems are unaware of the “privacy and accuracy-related risks” that such systems pose to federal agencies and the American public.

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JURIST

AUGUST 16, 2021

The Bombay High Court on Friday stayed two provisions of India’s Information Technology Rules (“the Rules” or “Rules”) intended to regulate publishers of digital content such as social media intermediaries, OTT (Over-the-top) platforms, and online news and current affairs websites.

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JURIST

DECEMBER 27, 2023

The Indian government issued an advisory to all social media platforms operating within the country on Tuesday in response to escalating concerns around the detrimental impact of deepfakes. The post India government issues advisory to combat deepfakes on social media platforms appeared first on JURIST - News.

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JURIST

AUGUST 25, 2021

Thirty-one UK and European-based civil society organizations have issued a letter to the UK Parliament calling for a ban on the use of live facial recognition technology (LFRT) by police and private companies.

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JURIST

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

The federal and state governments are asking that the US District Court for the Western District of Washington stop Amazon from engaging in these allegedly anticompetitive behaviors and restructure their business to avoid such behavior in the future. In the case against Google, the court began hearing opening arguments on September 12.

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JURIST

JULY 19, 2023

The Pakistan government banned a total of 43 apps Tuesday to tackle unregistered loan companies and safeguard consumers from fraudulent services. The order was made by the Ministry of Information Technology and Telecommunication(MOITT) amid public outrage that broke out when a Rawalpindi man committed suicide after accruing substantial debt.

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JURIST

OCTOBER 24, 2021

Proton Technologies is best known for privacy-focused software such as secure email platform ProtonMail and private network ProtonVPN. The company was also protected by article 271 of the Swiss Criminal Code , which means that data submission for surveillance purposes is supposed to be approved by the Swiss government.

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JURIST

AUGUST 5, 2023

The Government of India introduced a new digital privacy bill in the Lok Sabha, the lower house of India’s Parliament, on Thursday after withdrawing a similar privacy bill last year. ” The post India government introduces new digital privacy bill despite opposition concerns appeared first on JURIST - News.

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JURIST

AUGUST 1, 2021

The Supreme People’s Court of China issued regulations Wednesday for use of facial recognition technology by private businesses. Under the new regulations, individuals have the right to reject the use of facial recognition technology for identity verification.

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JURIST

DECEMBER 10, 2021

The Department also restricted investments in a Chinese company that uses surveillance technology. SenseTime, a company that developed sophisticated facial recognition technology that targets Uyghurs, was also specifically sanctioned for its technology-enabled abuse of human rights.

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CourtTechBulletin

FEBRUARY 18, 2021

Winter 2021 There is a massive amount of court technology news this month. Read more ».

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JURIST

DECEMBER 14, 2021

Donovan Monday requested information about Border Patrol’s use of Clearview AI facial recognition technology in Vermont. Clearview AI aims to support law enforcement and government agencies solve crimes “by revealing leads, insights, and relationships.” Vermont Attorney General T.J.

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JURIST

JULY 18, 2021

The order designating the aforementioned companies as listed entities was made under the requirements set out in Executive Order 14024 , Blocking Property With Respect To Specified Harmful Foreign Activities of the Government of the Russian Federation, issued on April 15, 2021.

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JURIST

NOVEMBER 12, 2023

India’s government on Friday invited feedback and comments on the Draft Broadcasting Services (Regulation) Bill, 2023, which was introduced on the same day to modernize the regulatory framework for broadcasting services, including Over-the-Top(OTT) content.

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JURIST

JULY 19, 2021

Journalists, lawyers, business executives, and human rights activists across the world appear to have been targeted by government actors using the Pegasus software sold by Israeli security company NSO Group according to an investigation revealed Sunday. Article 5 of the Geneva Convention protects a “person.

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JURIST

JUNE 1, 2021

Justice Rekha Palli in the Delhi High Court in India ordered US social media giant Twitter to comply with the country’s recently-enacted technology rules on Monday after it allegedly failed to appoint a Resident Grievance Officer (RGO). It is very simple, if the rules are there, there is no choice, you have to [comply].”

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JURIST

JANUARY 20, 2023

Senator Penny Wong from the Ministry for Foreign Affairs Office Thursday said that the “Australian Government is deeply troubled by the ongoing” detainment of Dr. Yang Hengju (also known as Dr. Yang Jun), an Australian citizen and academic. Yang first travelled to Guangzhou, China in January 19, 2019.

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JURIST

AUGUST 22, 2023

.’ Elaborating, Interim Editor Yashraj Sharma shared , “When we contacted our server provider on Saturday morning to ask why thekashmirwalla.com was inaccessible, they informed us that our website has been blocked in India by the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology under the Information Technology Act, 2000.”

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JURIST

APRIL 1, 2022

The US Department of the Treasury Thursday announced new sanctions on Russia’s technology sector to “prevent it from evading unprecedented multilateral sanctions and procure critical western technology.” The Treasury also designated the Russian government as “malicious cyber actors” and imposed sanctions on three new sectors.

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JURIST

JULY 8, 2021

The government of India stated in an affidavit on Tuesday that US microblogging platform Twitter has lost its legal immunity against claims arising from user-generated content due to its failure to comply with the country’s new technology rules.

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LawTechnologyToday

DECEMBER 2, 2022

The ABA TechReport combines data from the annual ABA Legal Technology Survey Report with expert analysis, observations, and predictions from leaders in the legal technology field. Since 2001, the ABA Legal Technology Survey Report has polled lawyers for their opinions about the legal technology options available to them.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

APRIL 4, 2024

National governments are the most important systemic actors in the governance of climate action, primarily because they are the only actors with the ability to adopt economy-wide decarbonization measures. Over 80 government framework cases have been filed around the world, using a wide variety of legal and factual arguments.

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Cenza

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

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The Crime Report

JULY 29, 2022

The NOPD will now be able to use the software in investigations with some oversight, with only certain NOPD officers being allowed to use the technology. “The return of NOPD’s use of facial recognition technology represents a tremendous stride towards greater public safety,” the mayor said in a statement.

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JURIST

OCTOBER 24, 2021

The Government of India Friday filed an affidavit before the Delhi High Court averring that foreign commercial entities such as WhatsApp cannot challenge the constitutionality of Indian laws by invoking fundamental rights under the Indian Constitution. The government has asked the court to dismiss WhatsApp’s petition.

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JURIST

JANUARY 21, 2023

This week the move was criticised by the Editors Guild of India (a non-profit organization of journalists), which in a statement has contended that this amendment will make the government the sole body to adjudicate what constitutes ‘fake news’ and will give it unbridled power to take down content it finds ‘problematic.’

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JURIST

OCTOBER 30, 2021

The Government of India’s Ministry of Electronics and IT (MeITY) sought clarification Friday from Facebook India’s Managing Director Ajit Mohan on the algorithms used by the company to moderate hate speech and fake news on its social media platforms.

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JURIST

JANUARY 9, 2023

Many were left wondering how they are going to survive while others have simply given up on the government and are now working on ensuring that their family and themselves are well off, regardless of how the economy is. That might just happen since the president already insinuated that they should have Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) Pins.

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JURIST

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

The bill’s broad OTT regulation provisions have raised preliminary concerns as to the potential regulatory conflict between the proposed bill and India’s Information Technology Act, which has historically governed the regulation of OTT services in the country. ” The public may comment on the bill until October 20.

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