La escasez de papel de periódico en Venezuela ha obligado a algunos periódicos a cerrar, pero los medios digitales se están expandiendo con rapidez...
Perdiendo el papel (Eurozine, 23 May 2018)
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Facial recognition technology is “dangerously inaccurate” (IT Pro, 15 May 2018)
Police stored innocent people's biometrics data after mistaking them for criminals, says privacy group. The Metropolitan Police's use of facial...
Why Turkish president Erdogan’s visit to Britain has led to protests (iNews, 15 May, 2018)
Protests have been taking place outside Downing Street ahead of Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s meeting with Prime Minister Theresa May. Mr...
Queen meets Turkish president at Buckingham Palace (Evening Express, 15 May 2018)
Protesters have been demonstrating ahead of Mr Erdogan’s talks with Prime Minister Theresa May on Tuesday afternoon. Critics accused the PM of...
Egyptian activist detained over social media video post criticizing government (CNN, 12 May 2018)
Human rights groups are calling for the release of an Egyptian activist arrested after she posted a video criticizing the government for failing to...
‘Free Turkey Media’ protest called during Erdogan visit to London (Ahval, 10 May 2018)
English PEN, Index on Censorship, Reporters Without Borders, Cartoonists Rights Network International (CRNI) and IFEX called for a “Free Turkey...
MPs must protect the free press: we all depend on it (The Times, 9 May 2018)
Before she was murdered by a car bomb last October, there were 47 libel suits outstanding against Daphne Caruana Galizia. Her crime? Three decades...
From Grenfell to blood transfusions, a free press can change lives—parliament must not stifle it (Prospect, 9 May 2018)
Proposed amendments on the Data Protection Bill would have the power to ratchet up pressure on editors—and make a poor example of the British press,...
Jodie Ginsberg: “We need a free, vibrant, independent and troublesome media” (Sky News, 9 May 2018)
Index on Censorship CEO Jodie Ginsberg debated Evan Harris on Sky News on 9 May ahead of the UK’s House of Commons vote on amendments to the Data Protection Bill
Our parliament should be the protector of free speech, not its suppressor (Telegraph, 8 May 2018)
In the wake of the recent Cambridge Analytica scandal, few are likely to disagree that we ought to have more protections over the use of our data....
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