Padraig Reidy: Social media guidelines: Nice start, but still a long way to go
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The Libel Reform Campaign
In November 2009, after months of research and reporting on England’s anti-free speech libel laws, Index, in association with our partners, launched...
Freedom for Belarus
Belarus is Europe’s last dictatorship. Its people have suffered under president Alexander Lukashenko since 1994. Opposition media and activists are...
WCIT12 — The UK stood up for internet freedom
Dominique Lazanski: WCIT12 — The UK stood up for internet freedom
Look who is cooking the news… not women
Miren Gutierrez: Look who is cooking the news… not women
The future of internet governance? I wouldn't start from here
If there was ever any doubt that the UN’s International Telecommunications Union (ITU) was the wrong body to run the internet, you only needed to...
Why aren't we talking about protecting free speech online at WCIT?
Today is International Human Rights Day, so with the UN’s International Telecommunications Union (ITU) meeting in Dubai to reframe its guiding...
Index discusses hate speech at Cambridge Union Society annual debate
Index's own Head of Advocacy Mike Harris discussed the issue of hate speech and free expression at Cambridge Union's annual Free Speech debate on 29...
Russia’s anti-gay laws no laughing matter
The gay community is one of the most vulnerable minorities in Russia, and homophobia is one of the country’s most rampant prejudices. According to...
Leveson – what the papers say
Padraig Reidy: Leveson – what the papers say