MANILA, Philippines — The use of felony defamation offenses like libel to limit freedom of expression has grown worldwide together with the rise of insurance policies criminalizing speech on the web, based on a United Nations report.
In its newest report titled “The misuses of the judicial system to assault freedom of expression,” the UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (Unesco) stated at the least 44 nations had both adopted or amended legal guidelines and laws threatening on-line freedom of expression and press freedom within the final 5 years.
Several states additionally strengthened punitive insurance policies on libel, defamation and insult, together with by way of their integration in n…
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