Is BBC/Jonny Dymond committing, or complicit to, war crimes/crimes against humanity* by deliberately misleading the public via the world's biggest fake news media platform?
* In the context of international crimes, falsehoods — ranging from selective reporting of facts, deliberate mischaracterization of events and adversaries, or even plain fabrication and lies — constitute a breeding ground in which incitement to support the committing of violence (i.e. war) can thrive. While disseminating such falsehoods does not constitute a direct call to commit physical violence, it nevertheless sows the seeds for mass atrocities. The outer limits of International Criminal Law (ICL) — defined by the principle of culpability — depends on whether campaigns of disinformation in the context of mass atrocities could ever give rise to individual responsibility. On the basis of the Fritzsche, Gvero and Mbarushimana cases, liability for disseminating disinformation might in principle be engaged before, during and even after the commission of such crimes. Concerns about the role of media may also pose the question whether media or their personnel may be liable for amplifying ...