Anti-Cybercrime Laws Are Being Weaponized to Repress Journalism

The paper linked from the quote below is also worth a read:

> “Unfortunately, most of the laws being passed will have little effect in actually curbing misinformation, but instead may give governments far more authority to control content they deem false or misleading,” said Gabrielle Lim, a doctoral fellow at the Citizen Lab at the University of Toronto, who recently coauthored a paper tracking the misuse of “fake news” laws around the world. “For some governments, the threat of misinformation provides a convenient justification for censorship. This is compounded by the fact that liberal democracies are also considering or passing similar laws, which can give cover to authoritarian regimes who want to do the same.”

Link: https://www.cima.ned.org/publication/chilling-legislation/

Who would have thought, those of us who pointed out the likely misuse of “misinformation” laws were right.