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UN Wants To Censor Internet To Save Feminists' Feelings
In a report released yesterday, entitled “Cyber Violence Against Women And Girls: A Global Wake-up Call,” UN Women, the group behind last year’s risible “He for She” campaign, called on governments to use their “licensing prerogative” to ensure that “telecoms and search engines” are only “allowed to connect with the public” if they “supervise content and its dissemination.”
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Despite how poorly sourced and embarrassing the report might actually be (giving 'Quinn' and Sarkeesian a platform? really?), that's a pretty misleading title and article.
— The group proposing these measures is "UN Women", "the UN entity dedicated to gender equality and the empowerment of women."; it's unsurprising that the portion of the U.N. dedicated to women's rights and empowerment of women is publishing such a report.
— The report is not about something as simple as "you suck":
Many countries already criminalize these acts. What you have here is a small UN entity focused on women's issues making a misguided, likely completely ineffectual request for ISPs to take law enforcement into their own hands.
For those interested in an article that critically addresses the report instead of this outrage piece: A Few Comments on the UN Broadband Commission's "Cyber Violence Against Women And Girls" Report
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