Parliament must be fully involved in shaping the government’s proposals for online regulation as the proposals have the potential to cause large-scale impacts on freedom of expression and other rights.
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Freedom of expression and the Counter-Terrorism and Border Security Act
Britain’s new counter-terrorism bill, which passed into law on Tuesday, threatens freedom of expression, Index warns
Media freedom in the US under threat, report finds
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Threats to media increased during the Obama administration, which brought record number of whistleblower...
Mapping Media Freedom 2017 annual report
Mapping Media Freedom has been monitoring press freedom violations since May 2014.
It’s not just Trump: threats to US media freedom go far deeper, survey shows
Threats to media freedom in the United States go far beyond the high-profile attacks on news outlets made by President Donald Trump, a new study shows.
Journalists in jeopardy: new report launches media freedom campaign
Media Freedom Month highlights pressures on journalists. Report shows media workers silenced through violence and arrest in 2016
Media freedom comes under unprecedented crackdown in 3Q 2016
An unprecedented series of crackdowns on media professionals and news outlets took place during the third quarter of 2016, recorded by Index on Censorship’s Mapping Media Freedom project.
Journalists caught in the middle: Protests turn violent across Europe
Violence against journalists in Europe increased in the second quarter of 2016, reports submitted to Index on Censorship’s Mapping Media Freedom platform show.
Mapping Media Freedom: Two years of uncovering attacks on Europe’s press
Mapping Media Freedom launched to the public on 24 May 2014. Two years on, the platform has verified over 1,800 media violations
Obscene Publications
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