Issues:Â Intermediary Liability
Access to customer information from Internet infrastructure providers should follow due process of law.
Internet infrastructure providers enable people to create and consume content, but it’s often agreed that these third parties should not be held responsible for how people use these services. As an analogy, a pen company isn’t responsible for what people write or draw with their pens.
Policies attempting to make online intermediaries responsible for all content on their networks are misguided, undermining the Internet’s openness and environment. Imparting undue legal risk and regulatory burden on infrastructure providers impedes their ability to do business and places them in the unenviable position of policing content. A qualified entity such as a court would be best suited to determine what violates a particular law.
Section 230 of the U.S. Communications Decency Act establishes a framework where those responsible for content are liable for their actions, rather than imposing liability on third-party providers. In international trade agreements, we advocate for the sort of intermediary liability protection principles outlined in Section 230.
Recent Updates On Intermediary Liability
Access To Data, Cross Border Data Flows, Cybersecurity, Encryption, Intermediary Liability, Internet Governance, Internet Safety, Privacy, Server Side, The Internet Infrastructure Industry
Brussels, Cheval Capital, Washington D.C.
Server Side: Frank Stiff & Michele Neylon On 2018 And Looking Forward To 2019
“The president of France essentially said that self-regulation didn’t work and they would be imposing regulation to “fix the bad stuff on the Internet.” That kind of statement from a major power is deeply worrying.”
Intermediary Liability
Canada, Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission, cPanel, CRTC, FairPlay, FairPlay Canada, Tucows
Piracy And Intermediary Liability Concerns In Canada: CRTC FairPlay Proposal Update
On October 2nd, the CRTC denied FairPlay Canada’s application, determining that the CRTC itself did not have the jurisdictional authority to implement the proposal.
Intermediary Liability, Press Releases, US Policy
Canada, Canadian Tech Law Blog, CCIA, CDT, Center for Democracy and Technology, Computers and Communications Industry Association, Dr. Elizabeth Townsend Gard, EFF, Electronic Frontier Foundation, Engine, FreedomWorks, George Washington University Law School, Harvard Law School, Internet Association, Lewis & Clark School of Law, Mexico, NAFTA, ​New UK Web Defamation Rules For User Content What Canadian Website Operators Need to Know​, North American Free Trade Agreement, OECD, R Street Institute, Section 230, Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act, Summary of Objectives for NAFTA Renegotiation, TechFreedom, The Committee for Justice, ​The Economic and Social Role of Internet Intermediaries​, Tulane Law School, United States Trade Representative, USTR
i2Coalition Calls For Intermediary Liability Protections In NAFTA
Alongside a coalition of academics, organizations from civil society, and the Internet industry, we have sent a letter calling for the inclusion of intermediary liability protections, like Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act, in NAFTA.
Intermediary Liability, Internet Governance, Open Internet, Privacy, Server Side
Canada, CDA, China, CLOUD Act, Communications Decency Act, cPanel, Craigslist, EU, Europe, Fourth Amendment, GDPR, General Data Protection Regulation, ICANN, Internet Telecommunications Union, Ireland, ITU, Microsoft, Microsoft Ireland, MLAT, Mutual Legal Assistance Treaties, NAFTA, Section 230, Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act, United States, United States Trade Representative, UTSR, WHOIS
Server Side 1: The Industry Threat Landscape With David Snead
We’ll be discussing an overview of the biggest issues that could lead to industry disaster and why that’s not hyperbole.
Announcements, Intermediary Liability, US Policy
Communications Decency Act, FOSTA, Intermediary Liability, Section 230, Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act, Senate, SESTA
i2Coalition Focuses On Intermediary Liability Issues
We are forming a new committee to handle policy issues arising in regards to Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act and other related intermediary liability concerns.
Intermediary Liability, Press Releases, US Policy
Canada, Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission, CRTC, FairPlay Canada, Tucows
Submitted Comments to CRTC on FairPlay Canada’s Anti-Piracy Proposal
The proposal to the agency advocated for the public blocking of sites allegedly distributing pirated materials without judicial redress.