Stories written by David Kaye

Governments & Internet Companies Fail to meet Challenges of Online Hate

By David Kaye
The prevalence of online hate poses challenges to everyone, first and foremost the marginalised individuals who are its principal targets. Unfortunately, States and companies are failing to prevent ‘hate speech’ from becoming the next ‘fake news’, an ambiguous and politicised term subject to governmental abuse and company discretion.

Trump’s Attacks on Media Violate Basic Norms of Press Freedom, Human Rights Experts say

By David Kaye and Edison Lanza
U.S. President Donald Trump’s repeated attacks on the free press are strategic, designed to undermine confidence in reporting and raise doubts about verifiable facts. The President has labelled the media as being the “enemy of the American people” “very dishonest” or “fake news,” and accused the press of “distorting democracy” or spreading “conspiracy theories and blind hatred”.


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