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Facebook Faces Criticism in Australia for News Ban
February 22, 2021
Politico reports that in a move quickly gaining international reactions, Facebook has created new rules blocking news content amid a dispute with the Australian government over a planned law leaving Australian users unable to view and share local and international news.
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Carayannis and Weiss Promote Matrix of Human Rights Governance Networks
February 21, 2021
Carayannis and Weiss promote a new matrix of Human Rights Governance Networks as they examine a possible « Third » UN to strengthen multilateralism post-Covid that would include intellectuals, think tanks, NGOs, and the media.
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BBC World News Banned in Mainland China
February 16, 2021
After Britain revoked Chinese state television’s broadcast license, China barred Britain’s BBC World News from its television networks and Hong Kong’s public broadcaster said it would stop relaying BBC World Service radio.
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Lai Case Reveals NSL’s Effect on Hong Kong’s Legal System
February 15, 2021
The conclusion of the Court of Final Appeal (CFA), concerning the case of Pro-Democracy Media Tycoon Jimmy Lai, ruled that the National Security Law (NSL) is a distinctive legal regime which runs in parallel with, and if necessary over-rides, the existing legal system in Hong Kong.
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Biden Executive Order Includes Climate Refugee Study
February 15, 2021
President Biden’s recent executive order on refugees includes a study on the impacts of climate change on migration, as well as options for the "protection and resettlement of individuals" displaced by environmental change.
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