Here are some takeaways from the news about “fake news”: false stories propelled Donald Trump’s presidential victory, undermined the peace deal in Colombia, and contribute to ethnic violence in Myanmar. Facebook is to blame, with Twitter and Google distant abettors.
UN expert urges Turkey to release detainees amid “grave concern” about free speech
GENEVA / ANKARA (18 November 2016) – The United Nations Special Rapporteur on the right to freedom of opinion and expression, David Kaye, today expressed deep concern about widespread measures being used to erode independent opinion and expression in Turkey.
UN rights experts urge U.S. court to hear activist’s claims in surveillance case against Ethiopia
IRVINE/NAIROBI/PARIS (November 3, 2016) – A group* of United Nations human rights experts is urging a U.S. appeals court to grant an Ethiopian American activist the right to sue the Government of Ethiopia for secretly monitoring his online activity for
Freedom of expression under worldwide attack, UN rights expert warns in new report
NEW YORK (20 October 2016) – “There is no question that governments worldwide are wielding the tools of censorship,” warns the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the freedom of opinion and expression, David Kaye, in a report on the widespread