The upcoming autumn issue of Index on Censorship magazine brings together articles from writers including Amartya Sen, Philip Pullman, Jonathan Dimbleby and Peter Kellner, and covers India, China, Brazil, South Africa, Honduras, Colombia,...
AUSTRALIA Jetsetter: Australia, censorship, and the banning of ‘Saints Row IV’ Great artists will tell you on the regular that the key to making great art is to make it for yourself first, but that’s not always a realistic end point for people...
Index on Censorship calls on the Turkish government to end its attempts to limit free speech as seen in its pressurising of journalists, criticism of social media commentary, and excessive violence in policing of recent protests.
Index on Censorship is pleased to announce Charley-Kai John as the winner of our first student blogging competition on free speech.
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...
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The EU needs to develop a coherent and comprehensive digital freedom strategy. Brian Pellot writes
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...
Coming on the heels of Russia's enactment of a "gay propaganda" law, the European Union's decision to adopt guidelines to protect the rights of lebian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex persons in foreign relations on Monday is welcome. Sean...
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...
Should search engines be forced to block results that link to newspaper articles? No, the Advocate General of the European Court of Justice said earlier today, deciding Google need not block “legal and legitimate information that has entered the public domain”. Brian Pellot writes
As the European Commission opens a consultation on its planned freedom of expression guidelines, Index on Censorship is publishing a public note setting out what it sees as the key principles that must underpin such guidelines.