Anya Schiffrin

Unless countries go beyond short-term support to build and nurture more resilient local-news ecosystems, the reliable and verifiable information our societies need will become increasingly difficult to find.

NEW YORK – France is one of the few countries that have introduced laws that address cyberharassment, including that aimed at journalists. Others would do well to emulate it.

With spread of disinformation online, regulations to police some kinds of speech may seem like a good idea but in some cases, laws enacted in “public interest” can actually work against it