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Japan's parliament enacted the proposed revised copyright law on Friday to expand the law to punish those who knowingly download illegally uploaded or pirated manga, magazines, and academic works . However, in February 2020, he was convicted and received a 100,000 ($906) fine, after the Tokyo High Court overturned the acquittal.7 Wi-Fi access has been tied to mobile subscriptions in the past, which presents a barrier for users without contracts.7, Connectivity is occasionally restricted accidentally or due to network congestion and server outages. No major foreign operators have successfully penetrated the telecommunications market independently. The 2014 state secrets law, which covers national security issues, may make surveillance abuses harder to document (see C1 and C2). Do national regulatory bodies that oversee service providers and digital technology fail to operate in a free, fair, and independent manner? The reporting claimed that the government deployed a clandestine online surveillance program, dubbed MALLARD, to observe communications passing between satellites.16 Japanese residents exercise some self-censorship online, often on historical and social issues. Police can request these details, along with usage logs, if they detect illegal online activity. These distinctions, however, are not perfect. A 2014 law addressed the issue of content removal and intimate images shared without consent (see B2 and C2). The law gives a range of officials the discretion to indefinitely restrict public information pertaining to national security.2 The laws authors struggled to balance restrictions on racial and ethnic slurs with freedom of expression guarantees in the constitution.5 Some companies report on data requests they receive from government agencies. In other words, even after the new law goes into effect, a . This law doesn't make any sense and it just have the opposite effect. In June 2019, the movements organizer, actress and freelance writer Ishikawa Yumi, submitted an online petition, which then bore almost 20,000 signatures, to the Health Ministry calling for an end to the requirement.4 Internet freedom continued to improve in Japan during this reporting period. There are some known cases of the government or powerful groups proactively manipulating online news or other content. In June 2020, Japan passed amendments to the Act on the Protection of Personal Information. Does state surveillance of internet activities infringe on users right to privacy? Blogs have a significant impact on public opinion, and several independent journalists are becoming influential through personal or commercial websites and social media accounts. competitors and others criticized the acquisition, saying it was contrary to the intent of the 1999 NTT Law. While users have a choice of providers for internet services, certain companies dominate the market. The East Asia Summit which includes the 10 ASEAN members plus Australia, China, India, Japan, New Zealand, the Republic of Korea, Russia, and the United States issued several statements in 2021, including one on Women, Peace, and Security, noting the importance of women's roles to addressing root causes of terrorism. The number of interceptions has more than doubled from the previous year, partly due to the introduction of new procedures that allow the police to wiretap individuals without witnesses from telecommunication companies.11, The wiretap law was controversial when it passed, in part due to the authorities periodic abuse of surveillance powers.12 YouTubers and Instagram personalities have also become increasingly influential in recent years. A 2016 law outlined measures that authorities could take to educate the public about hate speech, while also combating such speech when directed against people of overseas origin and their descendants.4 Access is well distributed across the population, though access is less common among the elderly.4 Some observers said this was an attempt to control public discourse, though deletions were not widespread. Rakuten, in an effort to gain a competitive edge, launched cheaper plans in April 2021 compared to those offered by the other three mobile service providers. Although that years guidelines from the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (MIC) garnered criticism, they helped address concerns that the cost of switching providers favored dominant players and created a barrier for new market entrants.8 10 Shocking Examples Of Censorship Groups Or Laws by Michael Van Duisen fact checked by Jamie Frater Censorship is the suppression of communication usually deemed harmful by the ruling government. There is also a degree of self-censorship concerning human rights problems, in some cases linked to instances of apparent political pressure.2, Progovernment online commentators are prevalent across Japan. In January 2021, the three major mobile phone companies launched new low-cost plans, after decades of pressure from the ruling Liberal Democratic Party.3 Japanese individuals, particularly women, have used the internet to protest against gender-based discrimination and effect tangible change. In December 2019, Kawasaki City created the first nondiscrimination ordinance that includes criminal penalties for hate speech in public spaces. Nippon Telegraph and Telephone (NTT) Docomo, KDDI, and SoftBank all launched commercial fifth-generation (5G) services in March 2020.3 In May 2020, many celebrities voiced their opposition to a draft bill that would allow the government to delay the retirement of senior prosecutors, arguing that the bill undermined the constitutional separation of powers.3 Internet censorship is the suppression of information online or access to the internet by a regulatory body. In addition, some online news outlets struggle to sustain themselves financially. An online petition that received 145,000 signatures called for the resignation of the chairman of the Tokyo Organizing Committee for the Olympic and Paralympic Games, Yoshiro Mori, after he made sexist comments. However, several cases of online harassment were documented during the coverage period. But in the eyes of . In a survey by the Japan Medical Association, there were 700 incidents between October and December 2020 where medical staff treating COVID-19 patients were subject to online harassment.1 In January 2021, the revised Copyright Act, which criminalizes the downloading of unlicensed manga, magazines, and academic publications, took effect. No ordinance was proposed or passed at the end of the coverage period. Amendments passed by the Diet in 2015 defined personal information in more specific terms as biometric information and numeric data that is capable of identifying a specific individual.5 The UNs special rapporteur for privacy noted ahead of the laws passage that in order to establish the existence and the extent of such a planning and preparatory actions, it is logical to assume that those charged would have had to be subjected to a considerable level of surveillance beforehand.7, Under a wiretap law enacted in 2000, law enforcement agents may seek a court order to conduct electronic surveillance in criminal investigations involving drugs, firearms, human trafficking, or organized murders, in an exception to articles of other laws that explicitly forbid wiretapping.8 Authorities typically do not order service providers to block or filter content in Japan. Since the laws introduction, many cities have subsequently moved to legislate against hate speech (see C2). In a 2015 lawsuit, the Tokyo High Court ordered Yahoo Japan to delete 11 search results that linked a mans name to criminal behavior. Facebook reported 66 government requests involving 82 accounts between July and December 2020. I don't know a whole lot about japanese censorship stuff, I know Sony itself likes to censor though. alerts & publications Amended Japan Privacy Law Will Come into Effect in April 2022 November 16, 2021 Tokyo was O'Melveny's first international expansion destination, and we have offered robust Japan related Corporate and Dispute Resolution services for our clients for more than 30 years. The telecommunications, internet, and broadcast sectors are regulated by the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (MIC) rather than an independent commission. Some tabloid newspapers and online news outlets have reportedly harassed journalists who disagreed with the government more broadly.4, Women also continue to face targeted online harassment. 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