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Content Moderation
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Traverse Legal Expert Articles
YouTube Account Deactivation Signals the Rise of AI-Only Moderation
YouTube Account Deactivation No Longer Requires Human Review YouTube now removes creator accounts without human oversight. Decisions that once involved a policy team or creator support representative run on automated…
The Law and Policy Blog
Trapped in a latter-day Plato’s cave
5th November 2025 Social media platforms do not necessarily correspond to the outside world * Once upon a time the writer of this blog had far too many followers on…
Indian Constitutional Law and Philosophy
The Sahyog Regime: Architecture of Digital Control and Censorship [Guest Post]
[This is a guest post by Rudraksh Lakra and Nidhi Jha.] On 22 October 2025, the Central Government notified the Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Amendment…
Traverse Legal Expert Articles
Your Algorithm Is Now the Defendant: Why AI Content Moderation Is Creating New Legal Risk for Platforms
AI content moderation lawsuits now convert platform design into legal exposure. Liability no longer turns on user actions. It follows how systems prioritize and promote content. Courts reject the idea…
Regulatory Oversight
New York’s “Stop Hiding Hate” Act: What It Means for Social Media Companies
By Troutman Pepper Locke State Attorneys General Team
On October 2, New York Attorney General (AG) Letitia James announced that, in accordance with the "Stop Hiding Hate" Act, social media companies are now required to report their content…
Cyberleagle
FAQs a million
By Cyberleagle
At the end of May Ofcom circulated a set of FAQs to the attendees of a three day Online Safety Act Explained event that it ran in February 2025. The…
The Legal Wire
Designated Internet Services Online Safety Code (Class 1C and Class 2 Material) registered, covering AI
The eSafety Commissioner has registered the Designated Internet Services Online Safety Code (Class 1C and Class 2 Material) under the Online Safety Act 2021. The Code outlines a risk-based framework…
Cyberleagle
Ofcom’s proactive technology measures: principles-based or vague?
By Cyberleagle
Ofcom has published its long-expected consultation on additional measures that it recommends U2U platforms and search engines should implement to fulfil their duties under the Online Safety Act. The focus,…
The Legal Wire
GovTech Singapore launches upgraded content guardrails for LLMs
GovTech Singapore has launched LionGuard 2, an upgraded content moderation guardrail designed for Singapore’s multilingual large-language models (LLMs). Content moderation guardrails act as filters or constraints that prevent LLMs from…
Canadian Lawyer Mag
Spotify accused by Turkish official of ‘insulting’ content
Culture and tourism deputy minister calls for legal action against streaming service