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Facebook Faces German Criticism on "Illegal" Content
March 15, 2017
In line with German proposals to force social media platforms to take more responsibility for removing "illegal" content, author Khuê Pham accuses Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg of hypocrisy in fighting a German lawsuit that might have established liability for the site's failure to take action against "fake news, hate speech and cyberbullying" on its platform.
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MEP Faces Sanctions for Remarks on Women
March 15, 2017
European Parliament President Antonio Tajani demonstrated the reach of powers to punish Members for "hate speech" by sanctioning a Polish MEP for "unacceptable remarks" in which he insulted women during a plenary debate, withdrawing his daily allowance and suspending his parliamentary activities, aside from voting, for a limited period.
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EU Discusses Terror Strategy with Tech Companies
March 15, 2017
A visit by EU officials with representatives from technology companies in California's Silicon Valley as part of the EU Internet Forum highlights the bloc's strategy of removing terrorist content from social media networks and blunting the influence of extremist messaging by promoting "positive" counter-narratives through its Civil Society Empowerment Programme.
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Global Monitors Outline Proper Response to "Fake News"
March 14, 2017
The UN Special Rapporteur on freedom of opinion and expression, David Kaye, and officials from the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) and regional human rights agencies have released a Joint Declaration containing general principles on how governments across the globe should deal with "fake news" and propaganda.
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Iran's Islamic Vanguard Cracks Down on Christians
March 14, 2017
Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, the vanguard institution of the Islamist regime, has arrested converts to Christianity and performed dragnets of Christian literature in a crackdown against Roman Catholicism as a putative domestic threat.
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