Internet Sans Frontières welcomes the release of Beninese journalist Ignace Sossou. On December 19, 2019, authorities imprisoned him and sentenced him for “electronic harassment”. He had transcribed the words of the prosecutor of Cotonou, who warned against using fake news laws to muzzle the press. Appeal judges reduced the sentence of Sossou in May 2020.
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Ethiopia’s new hate speech law is a consequence of social media platforms’ limited action
Internet Without Borders is deeply worried by the adoption in Ethiopia of the law against hate speech and disinformation on social media, and is alarmed by the impact that this law may have on the public debate in this country. The adoption of this controversial text, almost two months after Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed