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More than 50 democratic countries and partners launched their unified commitment towards promoting an open, global internet for all.
Telegram is by design difficult to pin down. That is what makes it so different from—and more successful than—other self-proclaimed “free speech” apps.
At what point does informal coercion raise Constitutional questions?
The offense of sedition, introduced by the colonial British government to criminalize dissent, continues to be on India’s statute books 70 years after independence. It’s time for India’s Supreme Court to hold the draconian law unconstitutional.
The legal challenge hinged on whether or not the dissemination of accidental and unknown falsehood was prohibited.
Canada does seem to be better off than the U.S. in shielding its electoral system from floods of disinformation. But whether that’s the result of Canada’s different free speech tradition, or, its lower-stakes political environment and more easygoing political culture, is not at all clear.
The Turkish government is trying to outsource censorship to social media companies. Silicon Valley should not play along.
Speaking at Georgetown University on Oct. 17, Mark Zuckerberg said what many did not want to hear: Facebook would not be doing more to restrict “bad” speech.
U.S. and China Reach Verbal Agreement on “Phase One” of Trade Deal, but Uncertainty Remains
Should American companies—the National Basketball Association (NBA), Apple, Facebook—be doing business in China? Many people appear to have strong feelings about this question, particularly after a series of controversies have erupted in the past two weeks.