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Branson Orders Virgin Trains to Restock "Rightwing" Newspaper
January 18, 2018
CNBC reports that Virgin Trains owner Richard Branson has told the company to stock The Daily Mail on its trains after the company faced broad pressure for banning the distribution of the UK newspaper due to the "rightwing" views of its editorials on migration, LGBT rights, and unemployment.
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ECJ Receives Case on Facebook's Duty to Remove "Hate Speech"
January 18, 2018
The Register reports that the Austrian Supreme Court has asked the Court of Justice of the EU (ECJ) to determine whether EU law forces tech giant Facebook to actively search for and remove from its global platform "hate speech" posted by users.
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EU Group Considers Measures Against "Fake News"
January 17, 2018
The Associated Press reports that the European Commission's High-Level Group on identifying and addressing so-called "fake news" in Europe, with members from civil society, internet companies, the media, and academia, held its first meeting this week and will issue recommendations in April on how to combat the phenomenon.
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Pakistan Releases "Father of the Taliban" from Prison
January 17, 2018
Pakistani authorities justified on humanitarian grounds the release from prison of the 93-year-old radical Islamic cleric known as the “Father of the Taliban” in Swat, despite the legendary radical Islamist’s unrenounced commitment to fight for the imposition of sharia law in the geopolitically important Southwest Asian nation.
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Protests Spark Debate about Free Speech in Iran
January 17, 2018
The recent popular protests in Iran against the Islamist regime’s failure to address economic inequity have spawned debate about the limits of free speech and rights to criticize the legitimacy of the country’s clerical leadership.
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