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The Biden administration is divided over a proposal before the World Trade Organization to waive drugmakers’ patents in order to enable developing countries to produce coronavirus vaccines, reports the Washington Post. Anthony Fauci, President Biden’s top coronavirus adviser, supports the proposal. Fauci recently briefed Katherine Tai, the U.S. trade representative, on the benefits of sharing technologies to help developing countries more rapidly vaccinate their populations. But other White House officials are opposed warning that lifting patent protections could have consequences for U.S. trade secrets and prompt excessive demand for vaccine ingredients and they argue that donating doses would be a more effective means of helping countries in need.
The Lawfare Podcast: Israel’s Cyber Unit and Extra-legal Content Take-downs
Odds are, you probably haven’t heard of the Israeli government’s “Cyber Unit,” but it’s worth paying attention to whether or not you live in Israel and the Palestinian territories. It’s an entity that, among other things, reaches out to major online platforms like Facebook and Twitter with requests that the platforms remove content. It’s one of a number of such agencies around the globe, which are known as Internet Referral Units. Earlier in April, the Israeli Supreme Court gave a green light to the unit’s activities, rejecting a legal challenge that charged the unit with infringing on constitutional rights.
Israeli Supreme Court green-lights Israel s Cyber Unit that works with social media giants to censor user content 12/April/2021 01:21 PM
Israeli Supreme Court green-lights Israel s Cyber Unit that works with social media giants to censor user content
JERUSALEM, Monday, April 12, 2021 (WAFA) - The Israeli Supreme Court today rejected a petition filed by Adalah – The Legal Center for Arab Minority Rights in Israel and the Association for Civil Rights in Israel (ACRI) giving a green light to the continued operations of the Israeli state attorney’s office Cyber Unit and its alternative enforcement model of censoring social media content.
Israel’s Cyber Unit uses an alternative enforcement mechanism to essentially censor social media platforms and muzzle users: it flags and submits social media posts – without legal proceedings and often without even the knowledge of the individual user – to social media giants and requests their removal.
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