Questions tagged [internet]
For questions about the internet. Please ensure a tag for the jurisdiction is also included. This tag should not be used when the question does not crucially hinge on internet usage or involvement.
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Are social networks legally required to implement user banning/suspension funcionality?
So are social networks that don't allow users to be suspended/banned legal? Or they are required to implement this feature?
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Hotlinking img as profile picture
I have an img on my website which is used as the profile picture of the user.
It is embedded as <img src="${Hotlink}".
The user can specify an URL and that is used as his profile picture.
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Use creations made by AI tools
Do we have the right to use an image or text or other generated by Google Bard / Gemini / other known AI tool and put it on our site for example?
or do you have to pay for the tool like microsoft / ...
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Could there be a legal risk in a captcha defeat browser plugin?
Completely Automated Public Turing test to tell Computers and Humans Apart, or captcha's, have become more common recently, in particular from cloudflare. If one used or distributed a browser plugin ...
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Does GDPR or ePrivacy apply to localStorage data if they are not transmitted to the server?
Let's say we have a website is plainly static -- no user login, no third-party component, etc. The website uses localStorage for some very local purposes, such as remembering user's theme preference. ...
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Is the BBC website out of compliance with the UK cookie regulations regarding consent and nudging techniques?
The United Kingdom's Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) requires websites to make it as easy to reject non-essential cookies as to accept them and also outlaws "nudging techniques", ...
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Texas HB 1181: How does jurisdiction work?
Texas HB 1181 requires commercial sites that serve more than 1/3 of their content as porn to verify users from Texas prior to serving them explicit material or face civil penalties. Can someone please ...
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Is there a legal distinction between “phishing” and “simulated phishing”?
Phishing emails are illegal under laws such as the Anti-Phishing Act of 2005.
Many companies are becoming increasingly aggressive with sending “simulated phishing” emails to their employees. Employees ...
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Is it legal to use random images from the Internet in my personal study notes? [duplicate]
It's the images of objects, the images are helping learn new vocabulary. I don't know if they're under copyright. I mean if I get them from some website.
I want to use them only in my personal notes ...
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How Can This Book Published in 2005 be in the Public Domain?
According to Internet Archive, the Diary of Saint Maria Faustina Kowalska (Divine Mercy in My Soul) published by Marian Press, Stockbridge, MA in 2005, is in the PUBLIC DOMAIN.
St. Faustina died in ...
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What counts as a ‘third party’ in the context of libel?
This post asks about the law jurisdiction of England & Wales.
As I understand it, and I am happy to be corrected on this point, for a written statement to be libellous, it must be published to a ...
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If a user posts illegal content on a service hosted by an entity, who is liable? [duplicate]
Suppose a user posts problematic content on a service hosted by an entity (a hobbyist or a small business). The content is stored in databases provided by the entity. This entity may be storing these ...
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What's to stop domain registrars from price gouging renewals?
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John Smith launches a social media startup called Turquoise Cow. He buys the Internet domain name "turquoise-cow.com" from GoDaddy. The price is $20 per year.
Years later, Turquoise ...
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Billed as a result of automatic renewal, can I, as a EU citizen, get my money back?
I signed up on a seemingly reputable website for making resumes and was prompted to enter a 7-day paid trial in order to download and use the resume I already made in the web app.
Now, after 7 days, I ...
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Can the federal government prohibit the publication of software it does not like?
There's a bill scheduled to pass the House today that imposes a $5,000 fine every time someone updates TikTok from a web service you provide. (It's not clear to me whether this only applies if you are ...
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