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...
Turkey must end attempts to limit free speech
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.
Charley-Kai John: A country that is secluded from the internet is secluded from the world
Index on Censorship is pleased to announce Charley-Kai John as the winner of our first student blogging competition on free speech.
Free expression in the news
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...
Does economic freedom guarantee free media?
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Post-Prism leaks, where does the EU stand on digital freedom?
The EU needs to develop a coherent and comprehensive digital freedom strategy. Brian Pellot writes
Free expression in the news
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...
EU adopts guidelines to “protect and promote” LGBTI rights
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...
Free expression in the news
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...
Spain’s Google privacy case “an interference with the freedom of expression”
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
Free expression guidelines a crucial opportunity for EU
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.
Free expression in the news
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...
