Alessio Perrone talks to a Kurdish artist and journalist who has taken on the Turkish government from behind bars. Read the full article.
Painting with honey, fruits and blood (New Internationalist, 13 April 2019)
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CATEGORY: Index in the Press
This approach to tackling online harms may threaten a free and open internet (Big Issue, 8 April 2019)
Today saw the release of the government’s Online Harms White Paper, a publication spearheaded by the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport, Jeremy Wright, and the Home Secretary, Sajid Javid. Read the full article
iPlod: Sajid Javid’s new internet rules will have a chilling effect on free speech (Spectator, 13 April 2019)
Monday wasn’t the best day for the government to launch Online Harms, its white paper on internet regulation. As Sajid Javid was proudly proclaiming that Britain would have the toughest internet laws in the world, it emerged that a British woman...
Internet regulation proposals could censor the lawful speech of millions (The Guardian, 10 April 2019)
If enacted, the online harms white paper on internet regulation would make China’s state censors proud, say representatives from six civil liberties organisations. Read the full article
Joy Hyvarinen on the UK government’s online harms white paper (BBC Radio Foyle, 9 April 2019)
Combine a legal duty of care with very large fines and personal criminal responsibility for senior managers, and you get a strong incentive for online platforms to remove lots of content.
Vast majority of senior journalists fear they have lost ability to hold power to account as before, survey shows (Press Gazette,
The vast majority of senior local news journalists are concerned they do not have the resources to hold power to account in the way they once did, a new survey by the Society of Editors and Index on Censorship has revealed. Read the full article
In landmark decision, Lebanese military court rules that homosexuality is not a crime (Global Voices, 9 April 2019)
On March 30, 2019, a Lebanese military court ruled that homosexuality is not a crimeand refused to prosecute four individuals accused of the ‘crime’. This landmark decision is the first case of a military court refusing to equate homosexuality with...
Joy Hyvarinen on the UK government’s online harms white paper (BBC Newshour, 8 April 2019)
“It’s very important that when you propose laws that will affect people on a very large scale, that it needs to be based on evidence and a thoughtful, careful approach because you can do a huge amount of damage,” Hyvarinen said.
Joy Hyvarinen on the UK government’s online harms white paper (BBC Today, 8 April 2019)
“The government is under public pressure to be seen to be doing something about this problem,” Hyvarinen said.
If we want to hold politicians to account, we need to save local newspapers (Independent, 4 April 2019)
Without access to the strands of information that bring people together a local community can feel increasingly disconnected. Read the full article.
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