…unanimously, without a vote. Since 2001, resolutions on defamation have become increasingly comprehensive and hostile to freedom of expression, and resistance to their more aggressive character means that they now are being put to a vote, first at the Commission on Human Rights and later the Human Rights Council (hrc), and since 2005 also at the General Assembly. After peaking in 2003, resolutions on defamation of religion have steadily lost vote…
…coded into several categories, including general expressions of opinion, incomprehensible comments, spam, derogatory speech, and legal hate speech. While there was some overlap among the comment categories, it is important to note that our legal experts did not find, for instance, that all hate speech comments would be considered illegal in every country. Additionally, the report analyzes the specific content rules, or lack thereof, for all the pa…
…coded into several categories, including general expressions of opinion, incomprehensible comments, spam, derogatory speech, and legal hate speech. While there was some overlap among the comment categories, it is important to note that our legal experts did not find, for instance, that all hate speech comments would be considered illegal in every country. Additionally, the report analyzes the specific content rules, or lack thereof, for all the pa…
…acob Mchangama, director, Justitia: jacob@justitia-int.org, tel. 24 66 42 20 Eske Vinther-Jensen, director, Common Consultancy, eske@commonconsultancy.com, tel. 21 43 85 30…
…n the problem. The result of imprecise legislation may be that a number of completely legal comments will be deleted as a consequence of the legislation, and it may also be that one does not come close to solving the problem one hopes to solve. The report takes its starting point in 2,400 selected representative comments that, in the analysis ”Angreb i den offentlige debat på Facebook” (”Attacks in the public debate on Facebook”) have been charact…
…ndrew Keane Woods: “Internet Speech Will Never Go Back to Normal”: https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2020/04/what-covid-revealed-about-internet/610549/ Samuel Walkers book “Hate Speech”: https://www.publishersweekly.com/978-0-8032-4763-5 Daphne Keller: ”Who Do You Sue”: https://www.hoover.org/research/who-do-you-sue Why have kings, emperors, and governments killed and imprisoned people to shut them up? And why have countless people risked…
…ndrew Keane Woods: “Internet Speech Will Never Go Back to Normal”: https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2020/04/what-covid-revealed-about-internet/610549/ Samuel Walkers book “Hate Speech”: https://www.publishersweekly.com/978-0-8032-4763-5 Daphne Keller: ”Who Do You Sue”: https://www.hoover.org/research/who-do-you-sue Why have kings, emperors, and governments killed and imprisoned people to shut them up? And why have countless people risked…
…ker og visioner for bloggen i videoen her og besøg bloggen på hjemmesiden www.ruleoflaw.dk (Klik på billedet for at se video) Oversigt over nuværende bloggere på www.ruleoflaw.dk Jacob Mchangama, direktør i Justitia samt redaktør og stifter af bloggen Anders Henriksen, lektor i Folkeret, KU, samt redaktør og stifter af bloggen Christian Wiese Svanberg, advokat Sysette Vinding Kruse, formand for Advokatrådets strafferetsudvalg David Kendal, ch…
…overfor danskere. Hør indslaget her: https://www.dr.dk/radio/p1/orientering/orientering-2020-12-23/00:09:11 Senere i udsendelsen inddrages Jacobs kritik i indslag med: Astrid Haug: https://www.dr.dk/radio/p1/orientering/orientering-2020-12-23/00:40:34 Kristian Heegaard: https://www.dr.dk/radio/p1/orientering/orientering-2020-12-23/01:05:33…
…e content is viewed and moderated, means that we are expecting a myriad of complex cases involving speech to be processed within just a few hours by private companies, with scant regard for due process and free speech of the affected users. How can this be managed whilst simultaneously upholding the fundamental value of freedom of expression? Moreover, how can platforms conduct proper analysis of the cases when under the risk of huge fines?” Mchan…
