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    Snap: UN Wants To Censor Internet To Save Feminists' Feelings posted by aj0690
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    • moe (edited 10 years ago)
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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.

      In other words: someone said “you suck” to Anita Sarkeesian and now we have to censor the internet.

      — The report is not about something as simple as "you suck":

      Cyber VAWG includes hate speech (publishing a blasphemous libel), hacking (intercepting private communications), identity theft, online stalking (criminal harassment) and uttering threats. It can entail convincing a target to end their lives (counselling suicide or advocating genocide). The Internet also facilitates other forms of violence against girls and women including trafficking and sex trade.

      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

      10 years ago
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