1. International Criminal Liability in the Age of Social Media: Facebook's Role in Myanmar
- Author:
- Isabella Banks
- Publication Date:
- 02-2019
- Content Type:
- Working Paper
- Institution:
- Public International Law Policy Group
- Abstract:
- Criminal liability in international law is unique from that of most national legal systems in that it extends to those physically distant from the crime. International law’s expanded notions of criminal liability and commission are what have made it possible for justice institutions – first the Nuremberg International Military Tribunal (IMT) in 1945 and now the International Criminal Court (ICC) – to hold high-level perpetrators who order, plan, coordinate, or facilitate mass atrocities from afar accountable for their actions. A question that international legal authorities have largely left unanswered is how this expanded notion of criminal liability might be applied in the age of global online networks and in particular, social media. There is mounting evidence that in addition to helping us stay connected and “bring the world closer together,” social media platforms are being used to proliferate ideas that result in real-world violence.
- Topic:
- Crime, International Cooperation, Violence, and International Criminal Court (ICC)
- Political Geography:
- Myanmar and Global Focus