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    Southeast Asian Governments Utilize Fake News Laws Amid Coronavirus Outbreak

    posted February 13, 2020 / No Comments

    Singapore’s anti-fake news law has stirred up its fair share of controversy in its short four-month existence. The Protection from Online Falsehoods and Manipulation Act (POFMA), which has become a model for other governments in […]

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    US Court Green Lights Thailand Cave Defamation Lawsuit Against Musk

    posted May 2, 2019 / No Comments

    A US court recently gave the okay to a defamation lawsuit filed against Elon Musk by one of the rescue divers who heroically helped save the youth soccer team trapped in a cave in Northern […]

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    Singapore Proposes Controversial Fake News Law

    posted April 9, 2019 / No Comments

    Just today, new Malaysian Prime Minister Tun Dr. Mahathir Mohamad said that his country would repeal its anti-fake news law and publicly denounced Singapore’s proposed fake news legislation. The Singaporean parliament recently pushed forward a […]

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    Final Version of EU’s New Copyright ‘Worst Yet’, Says EFF

    posted February 21, 2019 / No Comments

    The Electronic FrontierFoundation, a group focused on civil liberties in the Internet Age, said recently that the EU’s final draft of its new copyright directive is worse than ever, and poses huge threats to creators […]

  • Hot! Breaking News Human Rights Law

    EU High Court: Woman’s Criminal Conviction for Muhammad Slur Does Not Violate Freedom of Expression

    posted October 30, 2018 / No Comments

    The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) ruled last week that an Austrian woman’s freedom of expression was not violated after she called the Prophet Muhammad a pedophile. According to the court’s ruling, the Austrian […]

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    Cody Wilson, Creator of First 3D Printed Gun, Arrested for Alleged Sex With a Minor

    posted September 24, 2018 / No Comments

    Cody Wilson, the libertarian icon and man behind publishing the world’s first ever fully functional 3D printable gun blueprint, was arrested in Taiwan last week for allegedly having sex with a 16-year-old girl. Austin, Texas […]

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    New EU Law Could Radically Change Everything You Love About the Internet

    posted June 25, 2018 / No Comments

    Last week, the Legislative Committee of the European Union voted on a bill–dubbed the EU Copyright Directive–that could potentially change the internet as we know it for the worse. According to Gizmodo, much of the […]

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    Private Daily Newspapers Launch in Burma

    posted April 2, 2013 / No Comments

    Four privately-owned daily newspapers will hit the presses in Burma Monday, after President Thein Sein lifted a restriction in December that allowed only publicly-owned papers to print daily. Thein Sein then allowed publications to apply […]

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    “Hate Speech” on Twitter Racking Up Fines in France

    posted April 1, 2013 / No Comments

    A trend of anti-Semitism on Twitter is racking up fines for the company, as French Jewish groups sue the social media platform for “public insult.” In France, “public insult” against any religion, race, ethnicity, or nationality is […]

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    China Further Tightening Internet Control

    posted January 30, 2013 / 3 Comments

    A new law passed in China will further tighten internet control and relinquish the privacy of internet users. The “Decision to Strengthen the Protection of Online Information” contains provisions that require internet and telecommunications providers […]

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