From Pacific Standard: There’s no reason to believe that the government is listening in on all of our phone calls, simply because the task is absurdly vast.
The third annual Freedom Online Conference is taking place in Tunis. Government and business representatives, civil society, academics and net activists are discussing how freedom of expression on the Internet is helping to promote social, cultural and economic development worldwide. Mike Harris collects the highlights
A reader has contacted Index on Censorship to point out that the website Transhumanity.net has been blocked on his 02 phone. We’ve checked, and he’s right --- the site is blocked as “pornography”. It’s a little difficult to see why: there’s...
Once labelled the “enemy of the internet” — Tunisia has made tremendous strides in the past two years towards opening up the internet. Still, the country continues to face challenges in its road to expanding freedom online. Afef Abrougui reports
China’s censors have taken down an image of two popular cartoon characters, after bloggers in the country used it to poke fun at the country’s leader. Sara Yasin reports
Attempts to harvest Iranian users web details may be politically motivated, says the Internet giant. Sara Yasin reports
April saw a bizarre variety of sites blocked by the Russian authorities or internet service providers – among them Pussy Riot videos, Wikipedia, the Yandex search engine, and sites promoting bribery and corruption. Compiled by Andrei Soldatov
Against a backdrop of ongoing revelations around the US Prism programme, mass surveillance dominated the discussion at the Index on Censorship event Caught in the web: How free are we online? Brian Pellot reports
Index on Censorship, English PEN, Privacy International, Open Rights Group and Article 19 are calling on the Foreign Secretary’s speech to the House of Commons on the GCHQ links to the Prism scandal, we the undersigned condemn the collection and surveillance of British citizens’ online communications and activities through the US Prism programme.
Index calls upon the UK, the EU and the US to protect the privacy and free speech rights of their citizens and end the mass online surveillance of individuals around the world.