Malaysian Telcos Block All SMS Texts Containing URLs
The new Malaysian anti-smishing blocks were introduced on May 2. Banks in neighboring Thailand have also stopped sending links by SMS.
Adoption of Anti-Smishing Registry in Singapore and Ireland Prompts Dispute over Its Effectiveness in UK
Experts argued over whether the Mobile Ecosystem Forum’s SMS Protection Registry has reduced SMS phishing in Britain.
Privacy Breach at Virtual Telecoms Conference
Delegates of the Virtual ITW conference were warned their profile information, including their messages, could be accessed by other users if personalized hyperlinks had been forwarded to them.
Punishing Links to Defamatory Content May Violate Human Rights
The European Court of Human Rights found a Hungarian news website had the right to link to a defamatory YouTube video.
Linking to Unlicensed Content: Copyright Infringement or Not?
A Swedish court was the first one to apply an important recent decision by the Court of Justice of the European Union.
Ancillary Rights for News Content: The State of Play in Europe
Would ancillary rights protect online news providers, or hurt them? Google opposes them, but who really wants them?
Aussie Court Says Hyperlinks = Publishing
A case about defamation has generated the extraordinary conclusion that providing a working link to another website creates a legal responsibility for the content on that site.