Communications and internet law

What is the information and communications technology law?
Information & Communications Technology Law covers topics such as: the implications of IT for legal processes and legal decision-making and related ethical and social issues; the liability of programmers and expert system builders; computer misuse and related policing issues; intellectual property rights in algorithms, .
What is the law of the Internet?
Internet law may address issues related to privacy, jurisdiction, antitrust, content control, intellectual property, defamation, electronic commerce and freedom of expression.
Many law schools have Internet law programs, and law firms often have specialists in this area of law..
Federal laws.
With a few exceptions, the free speech provisions of the First Amendment bar federal, state, and local governments from directly censoring the Internet.
The primary exception has to do with obscenity, including child pornography, which does not enjoy First Amendment protection.

Jul 2, 2023Key issues in communications law include freedom of speech, broadcast licensing and regulation, reporter shield laws, consumer privacy,

Jul 2, 2023The federal agency responsible for regulating most media is the Federal Communications Commission, or FCC. The FCC is a legislative agency

Can a state prohibit telecommunications service?

FCC, 969 F.3d 1020 (9th Cir. 2020), the U.S.
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit earlier this year largely affirmed two FCC orders clarifying the scope of a preemption provision in the Communications Act that provides that states and localities may not take actions that “have the effect of prohibiting” telecommunications service.

Did the 1992 Communications Act amend the Communications Act?

The Court reasoned, relying on Iowa Utilities Board, that it was sufficient that the 1992 law amended the Communications Act and incorporated the relevant provisions therein.
The same reasoning applies to Section 230.

What is Section 230 of the Communications Act of 1934?

Last week, FCC Chairman Ajit Pai announced his intent to move forward with a rulemaking to interpret Section 230 of the Communications Act of 1934.
Under certain circumstances, Section 230 provides websites, including:

social media companies

that host or moderate content generated by others with immunity from liability.

Will 230 of the Communications Decency Act change the Internet?

A law credited with birthing the internet — and with spurring misinformation — has drawn bipartisan ire from lawmakers who are vowing to change it.
Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act shields internet platforms from liability for much of what its users post.

Is French telecommunications case law a source of law?

Therefore, the body of French telecommunications case law offers insights, but is not a source of law

At a European level, the telecommunications sector was regulated until 2021 by four directives for almost 20 years, which together were known as the EU Telecommunications Framework

What rules govern the interception of Communications?

The rules that govern the interception of communications depends on the procedural nature of the interception request

French law distinguishes “administrative” procedure, which is carried out on preventative grounds, from “judicial” procedure, which is effected on repressive grounds (e

, in the investigation of a criminal offence)

What's new in Internet law & regulation?

The title presents an analysis of key areas of internet law & regulation from a UK perspective

It is fully updated including recent developments relating to GDPR, the Investigatory Powers Act 2016, eIDAS, online intermediary liability (including site blocking injunctions) and updated UK and EU case law across all chapters

Organization that provides access to the Internet

An Internet service provider (ISP) is an organization that provides services for accessing, using, managing, or participating in the Internet.
ISPs can be organized in various forms, such as commercial, community-owned, non-profit, or otherwise privately owned.

2019 amendments to Russian Internet legislation

The Sovereign Internet Law is the informal name for a set of 2019 amendments to existing Russian legislation that mandate Internet surveillance and grants the Russian government powers to partition Russia from the rest of the Internet, including the creation of a national fork of the Domain Name System.