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…
Inside the Making of Facebook’s Supreme Court
The company has created a board that can overrule even Mark Zuckerberg. Soon it will decide whether to allow Trump back on Facebook. The article…
How to Judge Facebook’s New Judges
The social media company’s search for consistent rules has been long, winding, and entirely self-defeating. The article by Jacob Mchangama appeared in Foreign Policy Magazine…
But Facebook’s Not a Country: How to Interpret Human Rights Law for Social Media Companies
Published in Yale Journal on Regulation Bulletin 38 (86-111), 2020 Abstract: Private social media companies regulate much more speech than any government does, and their…
The Facebook Oversight Board’s Human Rights Future
Published in Duke Law School Public Law & Legal Theory Series No. 2022-47 Abstract: Responses to the new Oversight Board created by Facebook (now Meta)…
Media Law Resource Center: London Conference Papers 2022
Media Law Resource Center (MLRC) London Conference 2022 took place on September 18-21. As a platform for media law and policy discussion, the conference welcomed…
Journalism Blocked, Information Seized: A tale of how internet shutdown crippled media work in Uganda
This report by Unwanted Witness sought to explore the impact of the recent internet shutdown on journalists during the election period in Uganda. It highlights…
EU silences Russian state media: a step in the wrong direction
This blog was originally published by Inforrm’s Blog and is reproduced with permission and thanks. Shortly after the Russian military invasion of Ukraine on 24 February 2022,…
Freedom of Expression, the Media and Journalists – Case-law of the European Court of Human Rights – 7th edition
In recognition of World Press Freedom Day, the European Audiovisual Observatory has published the seventh edition of the third e-book in the European Audiovisual Observatory’s…
Thoughts for the DSA: Challenges, Ideas and the Way Forward through International Human Rights Law
Abstract National and regional legislative measures/proposals that dramatically enhance platform liability for content developed by users such as the German Network Enforcement Act (NetzDG) and…