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    Jurist Costa Rica legislature votes to legalize medical marijuana

    Costa Rica’s legislative assembly on Tuesday passed the Cannabis and Hemp Production for Medical Purposes Law. The marijuana law is now pending Costa Rican President Carlos Alvarado’s approval. According to Costa Rica’s research, marijuana and hemp production is currently legal in over 21...
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    Jurist UK competition regulator fines Facebook £50.5 million for breaching Giphy order

    The UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) fined Facebook £50.5 million on Wednesday for violating an initial enforcement order issued by the CMA during its investigation into Facebook’s acquisition of Giphy. In May 2020, Facebook acquired Giphy for $400 million. Subsequently, the CMA...
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    Jurist Dublin Circuit Court confirms €450,000 fine for Twitter delay in reporting data breach

    The Dublin Circuit Court (DCC) on Monday confirmed the Irish Data Protection Commission (DPC) decision to fine Twitter €450,000 for its delay in reporting a data breach. The fine, imposed in 2020, was implemented when Twitter failed to report a General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) data...
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    Jurist Norway communications regulator fines media service Telenor 15M NOK

    The Norwegian National Communications Authority (Nkom) on Tuesday fined media service Telenor for breaching non-discrimination obligations, creating a disadvantage to access buyers. The announcement, which was first made in March 2021, fined Telenor 15 million NOK for the breach. The media...
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    Jurist Brazil senators accuse Bolsonaro of exacerbating COVID-19 outbreak

    Brazilian senators investigating the handling of the country’s COVID-19 outbreak filed their final report Wednesday on whether President Jair Bolsonaro is responsible for more than 300,000 COVID-19-related deaths in Brazil. The 1200-page report follows six months of investigations by an...
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    Jurist India digital rights organization claims YouTube content strikes misuse copyright laws

    Indian digital liberties organization Internet Freedom Foundation (IFF) on Monday made a representation to Google India asserting that recent content takedowns and blocking of YouTube channels belonging to independent news outlets, citizen journalists and satirists result from incorrectly...
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    Jurist Europe rights court: Turkey liable for freedom of expression right violation

    The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) on Tuesday ruled that the Turkey government violated Article 10 freedom of expression of the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) by imposing law on citizens which prosecuted them for insulting the president. The case was brought before the ECHR...
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    Jurist Sri Lanka Cabinet approves proposals for drafting cybersecurity bills

    The Sri Lanka Cabinet of Ministers has approved the drafting of two bills to promote cybersecurity as proposed by President Gotabaya Rajapaksa in his capacity as the Minister of Defense and the Minister of Technology. The first of these, the Defense Cyber Commands Act, shall cover all sectors...
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    Jurist China proposes regulation curtailing activity of privately funded media outlets

    China’s Ministry of Commerce and the National Development and Reform Commission have introduced a proposed regulation seeking to restrict the activities that privately funded media sources can undertake. The regulation—the 2021 version of the “Negative List of Market Access”—covers activities...
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    Jurist Australia to design new legislative framework to protect Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander heritage

    The Joint Standing Committee on Nothern Australia Monday published its final report on the destruction of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultural sites. The nearly 350-page report, titled A Way Forward, calls for a new legislative framwork to protect Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander...
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