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Tim Cochrane - 18th December 2019
On 3 November 2019, the Joint Committee on Human Rights (JCHR) published a report on The Right to Privacy (Article 8) and the Digital Revolution. The report highlights ways in which privacy rights risk being undermined by technology companies online, and proposes recommendations for reform. While some of the report’s findings are underdeveloped, on the […]
Christiaan van Veen - 18th December 2019
In this blog post, Director of NYU Law’s Digital Welfare State and Human Rights Project, Christiaan van Veen, discusses a report presented by United Nations Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights, Philip Alston, to the UN General Assembly. The recent report by the UN Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights, prepared […]
Valerie Kwok - 13th December 2019
Not only has the Hong Kong anti-government movement not died down after 6 months, but it has escalated. The government seems to think that it is worth suspending human rights guarantees in the expense of peace. Injunction is granted against violence-inciting online comments, limiting the freedom of speech. The most recent spotlight is the judgement […]
Martin Kwan - 1st November 2019
Doxxing refers to the act of researching one’s private information (e.g. home address) and then exposing it publicly (usually by posting it on the internet). It is a form of cyber-harassment. In Hong Kong, given the recent political upheaval, the police are on bad terms with some citizens. There is distrust and dislike between them. […]