Archive for Digital Updates
EU Formally Adopts Copyright Directive
On April 15, the member states of the European Union officially adopted the long-awaited Copyright Directive, creating a Publishers’ Right in the EU. The Directive ... Read More
Alliance to Meet with Privacy Advocates; California Considers Amendments to CCPA
The Alliance will meet with privacy advocates, including Alastair Mactaggart and Ashkan Soltani, to discuss issues related to the California Consumer Privacy Act. The meeting ... Read More
Department of Justice Holds Workshop on Digital Advertising
The Department of Justice announced that it will hold a workshop from May 23 on advertising and antitrust enforcement and policy. The workshop will focus ... Read More
Copyright Office Hosts Roundtable on Online Platform Liability
On April 8, the U.S. Copyright Office organized the fifth roundtable in their ongoing Section 512 study, which evaluates the impact and effectiveness of the ... Read More
Federal Trade Commission Holds Hearing on Consumer Privacy
The Federal Trade Commission continued its hearings on April 9 and 10 on Competition and Consumer Protection in the 21st Century, with a hearing focused ... Read More
UK Government Releases Online Harms White Paper; Congress Continues Hearings on Online Platforms
On April 8, the United Kingdom’s Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport and the Home Office released their long-awaited “Online Harms White Paper” that ... Read More
Facebook Considers Paying News Publishers for Content
On April 1, Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg stated in a discussion with Axel Springer’s Mathias Döpfner that Facebook may start paying news publishers for the use ... Read More
Journalism Competition and Preservation Act Reintroduced in the House
On April 3, House Antitrust Subcommittee Chairman David Cicilline (D-RI) and House Judiciary Ranking Member Doug Collins (R-GA) reintroduced H.R. 2054, the “Journalism Competition and ... Read More
FTC Holds Hearing on the Agency’s International Role
On March 25, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) continued its hearings on “Competition and Consumer Protection in the 21st Century.” The two-day hearing was the ... Read More
European Parliament Passes Historic Copyright Reform
On March 26, the European Parliament voted to adopt the Copyright Directive by a vote of 348–274. The final Directive creates a Publishers’ Right that ... Read More
