The Malaysian government enacted Thursday an anti-fake-news law that aims to counter Covid-19 misinformation. The Malaysian King (Yang di-Pertuan Agong) has declared a state of emergency for the country, lasting until August. The law was enacted through an executive authority by Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin, which does not require any Parliamentary procedures. The law is [...]

Russia is slowing down the speed of Twitter in retaliation for what it described as a failure to remove banned content, according to a press release on Wednesday. Russia’s Roskomnadzor (Federal Service for Supervision of Communications, Information Technology, and Mass Media) referred to what it said was illegal content on Twitter containing child pornography, information [...]

The Pakistan Telecommunication Authority announced Thursday that it would comply with a Peshawar High Court order to ban the social media video-sharing app TikTok by directing internet service providers to block access. Chief Justice Qaiser Rashid Khan banned the platform because it violated Pakistan’s constitutional provision ensuring the upkeep of citizens’ social and moral welfare, according to [...]

The city council of Minneapolis unanimously voted Friday to approve a $27 million settlement with the family of George Floyd. Of the $27 million, “$500,000 will be used for the benefit of the community around 38th and Chicago in Minneapolis,” which is the area where Floyd was killed. Mayor Jacob Frey’s office indicated that he would [...]

The Department of Justice (DOJ) stated Friday that it expects to charge at least 100 additional suspects in the January 6 attack on the Capitol, explaining that the investigation into the attack is one of the largest investigations the department has conducted. Approximately 300 suspects have already been charged in the Capitol attack, and the [...]

Scottish lawmakers proposed a bill Friday that would incorporate four UN human rights treaties into Scottish law, offering children greater human rights protections in domestic courts. The bill is set to undergo parliamentary elections and would include the following UN conventions: the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ICESC), the Convention on the Elimination [...]

Texas attorney general Ken Paxton suffered a defeat yesterday in his lawsuit against the City of Austin’s mask mandate after a Travis County judge ordered the mandate to stay in effect. Texas governor Greg Abbott issued executive order GA-34 on March 2, which lifted all mandatory COVID restrictions, including mandates to wear masks and impose [...]

Poland’s ruling nationalist party announced a new law Thursday banning LGBTIQ people from adopting children even if they are not in a same-sex relationship. Polish law already prohibits same-sex couples from adopting. This proposal would require local authorities to investigate single people interested in adoption to ensure they are not cohabitating with a same sex-partner. [...]

The Libyan parliament validated Wednesday an interim government mandated to reunite the fractured country after a decade of war and administer the December elections under an UN-backed peace plan. Abdulhamid Dbeibah, a billionaire businessman, was selected as an interim prime minister at a forum held by the United Nations in Geneva last month. Dbeibah submitted his [...]

During a vote taken at about 12:30AM on Wednesday, Republican legislators in the Oklahoma House of Representatives approved a bill cracking down on “riots,” and granting immunity to drivers who hit protesters demonstrating on public roadways. House Bill 1674 was introduced by Rep. Kevin West to address the year’s increased number of protests and alleged riots in [...]