YouTube’s exemption reversed as Australia expands social media ban

The Australian federal government has confirmed that video streaming giant YouTube will be included in the nation’s social media ban.

The ban that was until it wasn’t: What’s going on with TikTok in the United States?

Attempts to ban the popular Chinese-owned social media platform TikTok in the United States have been delayed, but a question mark still hangs over its…

The right to be forgotten

Many jurisdictions around the world are examining how legislation can protect citizens from the exploitation of their private information, and the Australian Government intends proposing…

Google, ‘gatekeeper of the internet’, under scrutiny

Search engine giant Google is under scrutiny in a case aimed at preventing it from “unlawfully maintaining monopolies through anticompetitive and exclusionary practices”.  

Meet the Innovators

LSJ speaks to eight trailblazing lawyers who are leaning into the future with fresh ideas and fire in the belly. They are doers, thinkers and…

Googling defamation law

The challenge technologies pose for defamation law may be better resolved by adapting existing principles than by special rules for specific circumstances. By NICHOLAS OLSON.

In the world of Google Adwords, is your competitor’s trade mark fair game?

The use of a competitor’s name can be trade mark infringement or misleading and deceptive conduct, depending on the representation made in the sponsored link…