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Comment,
Digital Rights
Last year – and even as recently as January 6, 2021 – saw anti-democratic tendencies and misinformation magnified by social media in several countries, contributing to near breakdowns in the rule of law. It is time for stringent regulation of social media companies and online platforms as part of a more concerted plan to curb abuse, hate speech, and cyber-bullying.
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Comment
Cloud storage and hard drives are today’s scrapbooks, records, and memories.
In his book
delete (2009), Viktor Mayer-Schönberger explored “The Virtue of Forgetting in the Digital Age”.
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Gender,
News
Twenty students and 20 young journalists in Mongolia have gained a better understanding of gender equality in reporting after taking part in a WACC-supported project implemented by the Press Institute...
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Migrant voices,
News
On December 18, International Migrants Day, WACC calls on governments, civil society, the international community, and other interested actors around the world to work together to promote a rights-based approach...
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Comment,
Digital Rights
Section 230 of the U.S. Communications Decency Act (CDA) of 1996 says, “No provider or user of an interactive computer service shall be treated as the publisher or speaker of any information provided by another information content provider.”
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Calls for Action,
News
Human Rights Day 2020 Message by Philip Lee, WACC General Secretary
Fake news and disinformation, sanctioned by some political leaders and spread by social media, are major threats to democracy today.
In...