The Malaysian Parliament proposed a bill Monday meant to combat "fake news," drawing sharp criticism from rights groups such as Amnesty International . The Anti-Fake News Act 2018 defines fake news as "any news, information,...
Spanish Supreme Court judge Pablo Llarena charged 13 Catalan leaders for rebellion on Friday. The leaders include Jordi Sànchez, the former president of the Catalan National Assembly, as well as other former...
The UK Court of Appeal ruled this week that software is not a good, overruling the lower court opinion. The issue on appeal was whether the sale of a license to use software counts as a...
Golos , a Russian organization which advocates for fair elections, reported numerous, large-scale instances of electoral fraud at Sunday's election, in which Vladimir Putin was reelected. In addition to members monitoring the voting facilities in...
Arkansas governor Asa Hutchinson announced on Monday that Arkansas will be implementing a work requirement for Medicaid recipients. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services approved the state's request on...
Washington Governor Jay Inslee signed a bill on Monday to protect net neutrality, making Washington the first state to pass such a bill. The bill received bipartisan support in Washington's legistlature. The law reinstates the...
The UK High Court ruled Thursday that those convicted of prostitution do not have to reveal that conviction. The plaintiffs were three women who were "groomed, trafficked, and prostituted" as teenagers and were later convicted of...
A judge for the Superior Court of Massachusetts ruled that Massachusetts' attorney general Maura Healey will not be barred by sovereign immunity from bringing a lawsuit against Pennsylvania Higher Education Assistance Agency (PHEAA) [official...
The UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention said Monday that detaining migrants and asylum-seekers violated international law unless it is done as a last resort. In the Revised Deliberation Number 5 released at the...
The US Supreme Court heard two oral arguments on Monday. Janus v. American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees, Council 31s concerns whether mandatory agency fees violate the First Amendment. The petitioners...
