Recent Freedom of Expression Developments in Scandinavia
This article first appeared on the National Law Review In Europe Scandinavia is a region known for very high standards when it comes to freedom…
“The Room Where It Happened” and the Happening of Free Speech
On Tuesday June 23, 2020, booksellers across the United States and around the world were finally able to satisfy the appetite of their readers, when…
Russia’s Double Standard on Dealing with “Fake” News
Russia’s efforts to flood the media landscape in both the United States and the European Union with hacked emails and fake news have been well…
Environmental Foundation Ltd., v. Urban Development Authority of Sri Lanka
U.S. First Amendment: Opportunities and Challenges
The First Amendment (and the rest of the Bill of Rights) was ratified in 1791, but largely ignored by the U.S. Supreme Court for 128…
HIDE AND SEEK: Tracking NSO Group’s Pegasus Spyware to Operations in 45 Countries
This report was originally published by Citizen Lab and is republished here with permission and thanks. In this post, we develop new Internet scanning techniques…
Applying International Human Rights Law for Use by Facebook
Published in Yale Journal on Regulation, September 14, 2020 Abstract: In recent years, social media platforms have been beset with hate speech, misinformation, disinformation, incitement…
Chor Ki Kwong David v. Lorea Solabarrieta Cheung
Nigeria Immigration Service and the Burden of Data Protection
On June 17, 2019 a Nigerian man identified as Jeffrey Ewohime allegedly destroyed seven cars and property at the Nigerian High Commission in London over a…
Hate speech: The Dark Twin of Free Speech
On October 20 2014, an unemployed fifty-seven year old white Norwegian man entered a supermarket in an Eastern suburb of the Norwegian capital of Oslo.…