Facebook has agreed to work with the German government on a code of conduct aimed at privacy protection. The code, agreed at a meeting on Wednesday...
Germany: Facebook agrees to work with government on privacy code
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USA: LA Councillor motions for ID requests to buy spray paint
Stores may be required to request ID for those buying spray paint under new motions. LA Councilman Dennis Zine has made calls for a motion which...
Indonesia: Radio station manager jailed
A sentence of six months and a suspended sentence of another year in prison were handed down on Tuesday to Gatot Machali, manager of Batam-based...
Twitter joke trial appeal set for 10 November
The appeal of Paul Chambers in the "twitter joke trial" is to take place on 10 November. The trainee accountant from Doncaster who was convicted for...
DOOM, Deutschland and the violent video game fallacy
Sara Yasin: DOOM, Deutschland and the violent video game fallacy
Libya: Overcoming the challenges
As jubilant Libyans vent their hatred of an autocratic leader who for decades, stifled all forms of free expression and creativity. Shahira Amin asks whether “One Libya” can ever be more than a revolutionary slogan
RBS pulls out of Belarus after Index campaign
RBS is no longer Belarus’s broker — the bank has announced that it will no longer work on behalf of the government of Belarus after an Index on Censorship and
Free Belarus Now campaign
Sudan’s new press laws will threaten free speech
A flawed media law already hampers the work of journalists in Sudan. But now the government is considering introducing even more restrictions.
Abdelgadir Mohamed Abdelgadir reports
We’re too easily offended
The Starkey brouhaha follows a well-trodden path says John Kampfner. Curmudgeonly man says something crass. Somebody gets cross.
Blocking mobile networks to quash protest? Already a reality in the US
Emily Badger: Blocking mobile networks to quash protest? Already a reality in the US