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Towards internet intermediary responsibility

Posted Tue 26 Nov 2013 - 12:37 | 11,886 views
A key pillar of the internet freedom movement is the concept that internet intermediaries should be immune from liability for any content hosted on their sites. Yet there is a clear and important need for intermediaries to play a more active role in ensuring that they are not complicit in incitement to violence against women. This article is *third* of the series that will explore the…

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Pulling back the veil of free speech?

Posted Tue 26 Nov 2013 - 12:12 | 12,423 views
International human rights law provides for a strong right to free expression that must be tempered by the need to protect against hate speech, or speech that incites violence, including violence against women. However, the existence of exceptions to the right to freedom of expression does not, however, mean that the prohibition against hate speech and incitement to hatred is a straight forward…

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How gender-based harassment falls through the digital cracks?

Posted Tue 26 Nov 2013 - 11:28 | 11,471 views
When did the internet transform from being a democratized space and tool of empowerment, that has franchised hundreds of millions of women and girls, to an arena of gender-based hatred? This article is *first* of the series that will explore the responsibility of intermediaries to ensure that the internet is a space that empowers, rather than subjugates, women.