Not exact matches
One of the consequences of this event was hitting Apple
with a slew of
takedown requests.
Attorney Mona Ibrahim disagreed
with these censorship accusations, arguing that the
takedown request's legitimacy is a matter of licensing.
The other aspect of the report deals
with standardized
takedown request forms and calling on Parliament to establish a stronger ability for youth to
request and obtain the deletion of information they themselves have posted on social media, and in appropriate cases, information posted about them online by their parents or guardians when they reach the age of majority.
In practice, because the law penalizes covered entities that don't hop to it on
takedown requests but has no penalty for ignoring counter notices, covered entities generally just take stuff down when asked
with no requirement of proof.
Hollywood studios and other copyright holders have inundated the Mountain View heavyweight
with nearly 5,000
takedown requests for files hosted on its cloud storage service in the last 30 days alone, Gadgets 360 reports.