INDEX POLICY PAPER Is the EU heading in the right direction on digital freedom? While in principle the EU supports freedom of expression, it has often put more emphasis on digital competitiveness and has been slow to prioritise and protect digital...
INDEX POLICY PAPER Is the EU heading in the right direction on digital freedom? While in principle the EU supports freedom of expression, it has often put more emphasis on digital competitiveness and has been slow to prioritise and protect digital...
Marxists express solidarity with Brazil’s protesters. The army warns Egyptians. Edward Snowden is in Moscow on his way to Ecuador.
Is the EU heading in the right direction on digital freedom? Media freedom is on the decline in the Balkans, Turkey. Cyber attacks on civil society in Vietnam and more.
A special report on journalists in exile from the Committee to Protect Journalists, the Toronto Star reports on Pakistan’s web snooping, Russia charges activists with plotting mass demonstrations and more.
BRAZIL Brazilian protests see 200,000 take to the streets As many as 200,000 demonstrators marched through the streets of Brazil's biggest cities on Monday in a swelling wave of protest tapping into widespread anger at poor public services, police...
CHINA Chinese Studio Head Wang Zhonglei Discusses Censorship Originally, Huayi Brothers was set to launch its 2013-14 slate at Cannes – but somehow plans changed and the company decided to unveil its slate in a lavish press conference a day before...
CANADA Free speech doesn’t cover libel or slander, in any language It was back in 2006 that Vancouver lawyer Roger McConchie warned in a CanWest News Service interview that libel cases were on the increase in Canada and that the Internet was “the...
GLOBAL Q&A: “Media Concentration Is an Attack on Democracy” "We have to understand that information, above all else, is a social service. If we lose sight of that dimension we begin to regulate it as merchandise, but the state has many other...
AUSTRALIA WA premier denies censorship over PM event THE West Australian government scuppered the venue booking for a Labor fundraiser featuring Prime Minister Julia Gillard, but claims it was not political censorship. (Herald Sun) BELARUS The...