December 14,2020
The 2020 U.S. election was like nothing we’d seen before for many reasons, including disinformation, dangerous speech, and unprecedented fears of election-related violence. Now it’s time to start thinking about the future.
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March 08,2019
Rising tension between India and Pakistan, triggered by a terrorist attack in Kashmir, have inspired an alarming flood of Dangerous Speech and misinformation to spread online in both countries – some urging mass violence or even full-scale war.
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October 29,2017
Three men face new death sentences in Pakistan, handed down Oct. 12. Their crime? Trying to remove posters bearing Dangerous…
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October 31,2016
Though it’s tempting to ‘solve’ Dangerous Speech by making it a crime, laws punishing speech are all too often misused, restricting legitimate expression without inhibiting speech that is harmful. Indeed countries across the world are now using the real dangers of terrorism and hatred to pass vague or overbroad new laws against speech online.
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August 26,2010
Both Pakistan and Venezuela are using spurious claims about dangerous speech and violent images as a pretext for censorship, to…
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