I want to know the past, people shouldn’t be able to alter records, said former UN free speech guru Frank La Rue
Our knowledge about the past shouldn’t be restricted, says former UN free speech rapporteur
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CATEGORY: European Union
Media freedom in Europe needs action more than words
Freedom of expression is an assumed right in the European Union. But that assumption is little more than an idea anchored in our mental routine.
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Hungarians take to the streets to protest “internet tax”
Barring a u-turn from the Hungarian government, demonstrators will return to the streets of Budapest this afternoon to oppose Prime Minster Viktor Orban’s plans to tax the internet
Application filed with ECHR to protect UK investigative journalism from surveillance
The Bureau of Investigative Journalism filed an application on Friday with the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg challenging current UK legislation on mass surveillance and its threat to journalism. Aimee Hamilton reports
House of Lords committee slams “right to be forgotten”
The British House of Lords has slammed the recent “right to be forgotten” ruling by the court of justice of the European Union, deeming it “unworkable” and “wrong in principle”.
Right to be forgotten: A poor ruling, clumsily implemented
In practice, the Court of Justice of the European Union’s ruling on the “right to be forgotten” was far too blunt, far too broad brush, and gave far too much power to the search engines to be effective.
Recap report: Beating retreat- Digital freedom in Turkey, Russia and Azerbaijan
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When Google tripped: Forgetting the right to be forgotten
Who limits access to information in the context of a search, and what it produces, continues to loom large. The right to know jousts with the entitlement to be invisible, writes Binoy Kampmark
Index launches project to map media freedom violations in Europe
Index on Censorship, (London, United Kingdom) and Osservatorio Balcani e Caucaso, (Rovereto, Italy) have launched mediafreedom.ushahidi.com, a website that will enable the reporting and mapping of media freedom violations across the 28 EU countries...
EU project to explore media freedom and pluralism
Media freedom has always been on European Union’s agenda. With funding from the EU, four organisations, including Index on Censorship, will tackle problems currently facing journalists and media personnel across Europe. Alice Kirkland reports