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Facebook Urged to Do More to Stop LGBT+ Hate Speech in Arab Countries
LGBT+ rights groups urged Facebook on Tuesday to act on a rise in online hate speech after the death of an Egyptian activist jailed for waving the rainbow flag.
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English Aristocrat Guilty Of Online Threat To Anti-Brexit Activist Gina Miller
An English aristocrat who posted a bounty on Facebook for someone to kill anti-Brexit campaigner Gina Miller faced jail Tuesday after being found guilty of sending menacing messages
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'Don't Cross Limits', Bangladesh Police Chief's Blogger Warning Sparks Uproar
Secular activists expressed outrage today after Bangladesh's national police chief warned bloggers they faced jail for posting material deemed offensive following last week's machete murder of a secular writer.
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Kuwait Court Upholds Jail Sentence for Online Activist
Kuwait appeals court today upheld a four-year jail sentence against an online activist for insulting judges on Twitter, according to the court ruling.
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Rights group blasts Kuwait over jailing of female activist
Human Rights Watch on Sunday slammed Kuwait over a 20-month jail sentence served on a female online activist for "offending the emir" and urged the Gulf state to end such prosecutions.
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Facebook Urged to Do More to Stop LGBT+ Hate Speech in Arab Countries
LGBT+ rights groups urged Facebook on Tuesday to act on a rise in online hate speech after the death of an Egyptian activist jailed for waving the rainbow flag.
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English Aristocrat Guilty Of Online Threat To Anti-Brexit Activist Gina Miller
An English aristocrat who posted a bounty on Facebook for someone to kill anti-Brexit campaigner Gina Miller faced jail Tuesday after being found guilty of sending menacing messages
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'Don't Cross Limits', Bangladesh Police Chief's Blogger Warning Sparks Uproar
Secular activists expressed outrage today after Bangladesh's national police chief warned bloggers they faced jail for posting material deemed offensive following last week's machete murder of a secular writer.
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Kuwait Court Upholds Jail Sentence for Online Activist
Kuwait appeals court today upheld a four-year jail sentence against an online activist for insulting judges on Twitter, according to the court ruling.
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Rights group blasts Kuwait over jailing of female activist
Human Rights Watch on Sunday slammed Kuwait over a 20-month jail sentence served on a female online activist for "offending the emir" and urged the Gulf state to end such prosecutions.
