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Jul
08
2021
By The African Mirror
Trump sues Facebook, Twitter and Google, claiming censorship

Trump sues Facebook, Twitter and Google, claiming censorship

WORLD
JASON LANGE and JAN WOLFE FORMER  U.S. President Donald Trump has filed lawsuits against Twitter Inc, Facebook Inc, and Alphabet Inc's Google, as well as their chief executives, alleging they unlawfully silence conservative viewpoints. The lawsuits, filed in U.S. District Court in Miami, allege the California-based social media platforms violated the right to freedom of speech guaranteed by the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution. Trump is seeking class-action status for the lawsuits, meaning he would represent the interests of other users of Twitter, Facebook, and Google's YouTube who allege they have been unfairly silenced. He filed three lawsuits making…
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Feb
20
2021
By The African Mirror
Lawsuits seen having ‘chilling effect’ on #MeToo movements in South Asia

Lawsuits seen having ‘chilling effect’ on #MeToo movements in South Asia

WORLD
ANURANDHA NAGARAJ THE threat of jail under India's criminal defamation law has had a "chilling effect" on the country's #MeToo movement, the lawyer who successfully defended a female journalist sued by a former government minister has warned. M. J. Akbar stepped down as a minister in 2018 after he was accused of sexual misconduct during his earlier career as a newspaper editor by a number of women, including the journalist Priya Ramani. Akbar, who denies all the allegations, filed a criminal defamation lawsuit against Ramani accusing her of having "fabricated" her story. This week a court in New Delhi found…
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Oct
02
2020
By The African Mirror
Brazil’s public sector hit with lawsuits for COVID-19 labor abuses

Brazil’s public sector hit with lawsuits for COVID-19 labor abuses

WORLD
FABIO TEIXEIRA and ALFREDO MERGULHAO  DOZENS of local authorities and state-owned companies in Brazil are facing lawsuits accused of failing to protect workers including doctors and nurses from COVID-19, data obtained exclusively by the Thomson Reuters Foundation has revealed. Labor prosecutors filed 69 lawsuits against city governments and state-controlled firms such as Banco do Brasil SA in the first half of the year for reported coronavirus labor abuses such as not providing workers with protective equipment. Local governments and other public sector bodies were the target of 30% of the 230 labor lawsuits related to the pandemic - more than…
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