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How Anti-Cybercrime Laws Are Being Weaponized to Repress Journalism: Columbia Journalism Review

In many countries, laws against cybercrime are being weaponized to repress journalism. Speaking to the Columbia Journalism Review, Citizen Lab doctoral fellow Gabrielle Lim warns that democratic countries passing similar laws could provide cover to repressive authoritarian regimes.  “Unfortunately, most of the laws being passed will have little effect in actually curbing misinformation, but instead… Read more »