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Freedom of expression

Borderline speech: caught in a free speech limbo?

Amélie Heldt, Hans-Bredow-Institut
PUBLISHED ON: 15 Oct 2020

To ban content that might possibly violate their own content policies, social media platforms use the term 'borderline‘. This means categorising content as potentially unwanted (e.g. harmful, inappropriate, etc) and sanctioning legitimate expressions of opinion - hence putting lawful speech in a twilight zone.

Going global: Comparing Chinese mobile applications’ data and user privacy governance at home and abroad

Lianrui Jia, University of Toronto
Lotus Ruan, University of Toronto
PUBLISHED ON: 16 Sep 2020 DOI: 10.14763/2020.3.1502

This paper examines data and privacy governance by four China-based mobile applications and their international versions - including the role of the state. It also highlights the role of platforms in gatekeeping mobile app privacy standards.

Data protection

How the GDPR on data transfer affects cross-border payment institutions

Luana P. Nogueira, CurrencyFair
PUBLISHED ON: 22 Jun 2020

The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) in Recital 23 brought an obligation to all companies that receive, control or process personal data of European Union (EU) residents to comply with the minimal safeguards stated in European legislation. One of the main issues is the fact that companies that are not based in the EU, which receive, store

Intermediary liability

The President and free speech: consequences of Twitter’s fact-checking indication

Amélie Heldt, Hans-Bredow-Institut
PUBLISHED ON: 04 Jun 2020

Since Twitter labelled a tweet by Donald Trump as ‘potentially misleading’ and indicated that it was fact-checking the statement made, the US President signed an ‘ Executive Order'. Amélie Heldt finds that far from being new, the situation illustrates how torn we are when it comes to intermediary immunity or rather liability.

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