Human Rights/Civil Liberties

Financial terms for Kanye West’s agreement to buy Parler weren’t released. Mr. West attended Fashion Week in London last month. Photo: Neil Mockford/GC Images/Getty Images…

Elon Musk has said on Twitter TWTR 0.22% that he prefers to stay out of politics. But at the same time that the billionaire is waging his on-again, off-again effort to buy the social media platform, he has been wading into sensitive political issues in the U.S. and beyond.In recent weeks he has weighed in on Russia’s war against Ukraine and China’s standoff with Taiwan. That followed a year in which the Tesla Inc.…

Twitter Inc. TWTR -0.43% locked Kanye West’s social-media account after the musician and designer posted a message that violated its policies, the company said Sunday. The social-media platform removed a purported anti-Semitic tweet from Mr. West’s account that was published overnight Saturday. A message stating “This Tweet violated the Twitter Rules” has now replaced the deleted post.  Mr. West’s Instagram account has also been locked…

Iran’s large urban middle class has mostly driven the demonstrations in dozens of cities since the death of Mahsa Amini on Sept. 16, a 22-year-old woman detained for allegedly violating the country’s strict dress code. Organized by word-of-mouth and amplified on social media, their complaints have quickly turned from women’s rights to demands for an end to the country’s Islamic system of governance, which controls all aspects of society. “The triangle of women, technology and poverty is the fuel behind the…

Executives at Meta Platforms Inc. META 2.99% privately told rights groups that security concerns prevented them from releasing details of its investigation into hate speech on its services in India, according to audio recordings heard by The Wall Street Journal. Meta, the parent company of Facebook, in July released a four-page summary of a human-rights impact assessment on India, its biggest market by users, where it has faced accusations of failing to adequately police…

Fast Company, a business news organization, said it shut down its website because it was hacked twice this week and “obscene and racist” push notifications were sent to its Apple News users. The company, which describes itself as a progressive business brand, said in a statement Wednesday that it experienced two apparently related hacks. The company said it was investigating what happened and that its website would be shut down until the situation was resolved.…

A newly operative U.S. law is imposing major hurdles on the importation of goods from China’s Xinjiang region, the home of China’s Uyghur people and other minority groups. The new law, though criticized by China as being based on “vicious lies,” passed with overwhelming bipartisan Congressional support last year and came into effect in June. Risk & Compliance Journal spoke to Robert Silvers, a U.S. Department of Homeland Security undersecretary who chairs the interagency Forced Labor Enforcement Task…

Iran restricted access to the Internet in large parts of the country on Thursday as authorities try to curb a women’s rights protest movement that has relied on social media to express dissent and rally support, while the U.S. imposed sanctions on Iran’s morality police. The death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini late last week in police custody for allegedly violating Iran’s strict Islamic dress code has sparked demonstrations across the country. Protesters have clashed violently with security…

Pro-government Iranians rallying in Tehran on Friday against recent protest gatherings. Photo: WANA NEWS AGENCY/via REUTERS…

Tesla Inc. TSLA -3.35% has countersued the California agency that filed a racial discrimination lawsuit against the company, alleging that the government organization violated state law in bringing about the suit. The electric-vehicle maker, in the suit filed Thursday in Alameda County Superior Court, said the California Civil Rights Department—previously known as the California Department of Fair Employment and Housing—violated state…