HN Explorer

6 comments

[ 82.0 ms ] story [ 535 ms ] thread
largespoon
Is there any U.N charters or resolutions that would discourage a nation state such as Russia, from simultaneously censoring its own population, and abusing free speech of another country to create strains?
mc32
And if there were? Only small countries would possibly have to abide by them. Big actors would veto or get a pass, so I don’t think it’d be effective.
mcv
No idea, but I'm all for countries which consider democracy, free speech, fighting corruption and decent labour conditions, to consider all other such countries to be preferred trading partners, and not countries that don't meet these criteria.

I think that would go a long way towards spreading these values to more countries.

gdhbcc
These types of laws are quite common throughout the world, including in developed western countries.