The billionaire owner of X (formerly Twitter) has taken aim at Australia’s eSafety Commissioner over being told to remove videos from his site. It’s just the tip of the legal iceberg.
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Deepfake scams are on the rise – but can their victims claim compensation? The legal landscape is still developing.
The Supreme Court will hear five cases this term that will examine the nature of online discussion spaces run by social media platforms.
The plaintiffs claims features such as ‘infinite scroll’ leave users less likely to be able to exercise self-control.
A key piece of federal law, Section 230, has been credited with fostering the internet and allowing misinformation and hate speech to flourish. Here’s how it could be reformed.
In the age of TikTok, images of people in public go viral all the time. Here’s how the law does and doesn’t protect you.
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Professor of Journalism, USC Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism
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Reader in Intellectual Property Law, Brunel University London
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Adjunct Professor of Law, Pepperdine University
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Senior research associate, University of Sydney
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Senior Research Fellow, Allens Hub for Technology, Law & Innovation, and Senior Lecturer, School of Private & Commercial Law, UNSW Sydney
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Lecturer in Law, University of Adelaide
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Professor Emeritus of Communication and Rhetorical Studies, Syracuse University
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Professor of Law, The University of Melbourne
