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Make ‘significant adjustments’ to Online Safety Act, X urges govt

August 3, 2025 World Justice News 0

The Online Safety Act is putting free speech at risk and needs significant adjustments, Elon Musk’s social network X has warned. New rules that came into force last week require platforms such as Facebook, YouTube, […]

Texas passes social media ‘de-platforming’ law

September 11, 2021 World Justice News 0

The US state of Texas has made it illegal for social media platforms to ban users “based on their political viewpoints”. Prominent Republican politicians have accused Facebook, Twitter and others of censoring conservative views. Former […]

Wikipedia ban: Top court calls for Turkey to lift block

December 26, 2019 World Justice News 0

Turkey’s Constitutional Court has ruled that the country’s block on accessing Wikipedia is unconstitutional. The court said the ban violated rights concerning freedom of expression, and ordered it be lifted. The Turkish government barred the […]

Internet Archive denies hosting ‘terrorist’ content

April 13, 2019 World Justice News 0

The Internet Archive has been hit with 550 “false” demands to remove “terrorist propaganda” from its servers in less than a week. The demands came via the Europol net monitoring unit and gave the site only […]

Deepfake porn videos deleted from internet by Gfycat

February 1, 2018 World Justice News 0

Pornographic videos that used new software to replace the original face of an actress with that of a celebrity are being deleted by a service that hosted much of the content. San Francisco-based Gfycat has […]

Facebook deleting posts on human rights abuses

November 2, 2016 zoshinuk 0

A coalition of 70+ human rights groups have sent a letter to the corporate website of Facebook asking for clarity on the social media website’s “policy on removing video and other content, especially human rights […]

Civil Rights Organizations Concerned Facebook Censoring Human Rights Content

November 1, 2016 WJN Administrator 0

Civil rights organizations wants Facebook (FB) to clarify its position on removing videos and other content that document human rights issues. Mark Zuckerberg, FB’s CEO, has been asked to clarify his company’s position on protecting […]

Warning that Free Expression Under Worldwide Assault

October 20, 2016 zoshinuk 0

A UN report has found that governments worldwide are applying censorship. David Kaye, the UN Special Rapporteur on the freedom of opinion and expression, said in a the report to be presented to the UN […]

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Ontario Judge: Cleveland Indians May Use Logo and Name in Playoff Games

October 17, 2016 WJN Administrator 1

TORONTO: A judge decided the Cleveland Indians will not be banned from use of their full team name and logo during playoff games with the Toronto Blue Jays. The ruling comes after lawyers requested a court to ban the use […]

Human Rights

Report finds ‘clear human rights failures’ in southern Scotland

October 7, 2026 0

A new report has found “clear human rights failures” across the south of Scotland with basic obligations on food, health and housing not being met. The study was carried out over eight different local authority […]

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Christa Pike set to be first woman executed in Tennessee in 200 years still alive after two lethal injections

October 1, 2026 0

A Tennessee death row inmate set to be the first woman to be executed by the state in more than 200 years is still alive after being administered two lethal injections, her lawyers have said. […]

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Killer Christa Pike is to be executed within days – but her defence say she’s a victim too

September 27, 2026 0

Ashlee Sellars last heard from her friend Christa Pike earlier this week, when Pike texted her from her cell on death row as she prepares to be killed by lethal injection by the US state […]