Two unidentified gunmen riding on a motorcycle fired at the building where Bangued-based media offices are housed. Police have yet to establish if the shooting was aimed at the Catholic-run community weekly newspaper “Abra Today”, along with affliates dzPA and dwWM radio stations whose offices are within the building. Read more here
A Social Democrat member of the Reichstag has moved to the Pirate Party in a protest against web censorship legislation, becoming the party’s first MP in the process. Read more here
Transparency is no longer just an obsession for journalists and campaigners, writes Chris Ames
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New documents reveal that the FBI worked desperately to block the landmark 1972 pornographic film Deep Throat in a vain attempt to curb the spread of permissive thinking in the US, according to newly-released files containing 4,800 pages of information. Read more here