The EU’s proposed new privacy law would codify and expand the Right to Be Forgotten (RTBF) decision of 2014, Google Spain v AEPD and Mario Costeja González. It would require some range of Internet platforms to remove content that allegedly infringes on the privacy rights of individuals. This range of platforms definitely includes search engines, which already … Continue reading NYT Editorial Underestimates Risk to Freedom of Expression of Proposed New European Privacy Law…
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NJ Public TV Stations Could Fetch $2 billion in 2016 Broadcast Auction
New Jersey’s four public TV stations are, according to a 10/17/16 FCC release, worth as much as $2.3 billion at the upcoming (March 2016) 600 MHz broadcast spectrum auction. These stations are currently licensed to the New Jersey Public Broadcasting Authority, and operated by WNET, New York as the NJTV network. Two are located in … Continue reading NJ Public TV Stations Could Fetch $2 billion in 2016 Broadcast Auction…
Win Against Cynical Use of First Amendment to Trash Warning Labels
We have been looking at what’s happening in the Bay Area to municipal regulations that would require warning labels on soda and cell phones. Industry claims that these warning labels violate their First Amendment rights by compelling speech. The cities contend that they are factual and uncontroversial disclosures on commercial speech, and raise only trivial First … Continue reading Win Against Cynical Use of First Amendment to Trash Warning Labels…
Soda Industry Attacks Added Sugar Disclosure in Obesity Wars
Here come the First Amendment challenges to new governmental battles against “added sugars” in the war against obesity. Last week, the FDA sought comment on its proposal to require nutritional labels to list “added sugars” – that is, sugars that have been added to the packaged food and are not naturally occurring. The goal is … Continue reading Soda Industry Attacks Added Sugar Disclosure in Obesity Wars…
The Corporate Takeover of the First Amendment: All Eyes on the Bay Area
Look to the Bay Area for new battles on the commercial speech front. In these fights, you can really see how the conservative movement’s campaign against regulation is deploying the First Amendment. First, there’s the cellphone industry fight against Berkeley’s new requirement that mobile phone vendors warn against cell phone radiation. The warning reads: “If … Continue reading The Corporate Takeover of the First Amendment: All Eyes on the Bay Area…