ANALYSIS/OPINION_ United Nations launches assault on free speech

THE WASHINGTON TIMES

United Nations launches assault on free speech

In this June 24, 2021 file photo, United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres addresses journalists during an EU summit at the European Council building in Brussels. Guterres has issued a dire warning, Saturday, Sept. 11, that the world is moving in ... more >

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times - Thursday, September 16, 2021

ANALYSIS/OPINION:


U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres called for global action to curb disinformation and stop conspiracy theories in their tracks, saying among the many lessons learned from the coronavirus is the need to restore “integrity” in the public discussion of science — and to do so, he added, “We must make lying wrong again.”

In U.N.-speak, this is a call to crack down on free speech.

In certain situations in America, lying is against the law. Taxpayers can’t tell the Internal Revenue Service about business exemptions that aren’t real. Citizens can’t call in fabricated crimes to police. Witnesses can’t provide false testimony in a court of law. Advertisers can’t misrepresent the nature or qualities of their goods or services. And so on and so forth — there are actual laws against lying in certain circumstances, in certain circumstances that are aligned with the labels of libel and slander, perjury, obstructing justice and the like.

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