We, the undersigned, welcome the consultation on Facebook’s draft charter for the proposed oversight board.
Joint statement on Facebook’s draft charter for content oversight board
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Index on Censorship
Spotlight on threats against journalists in Malta in European report (The Shift News, 10 May 2019)
“Burned in effigy. Insulted. Menaced. Spat at. Discredited by their nation’s leaders. Assaulted. Sued. Homes strafed with automatic weapons. Rape threats. Death threats. Assassinations.” This is the landscape faced by journalists throughout Europe...
Is the end of free speech a natural solution to the hatred shared online? (Metro, 8 May 2019)
The internet has a problem with hate speech. So wouldn’t it be easier to just turn it all off? Would limiting what people can say really stop the hate? ‘You don’t just end up scooping up the violent communications, but also essential public...
UK tax researcher fired from think tank for tweeting that ‘men cannot change into women’ (Christian Post, 8 May 2019)
For saying that males who identify as trans are not women, an internationally renowned tax expert was fired and is contesting her termination in court after being accused of "offensive and exclusionary" language. Index on Censorship, a campaigning...
From A Turkish Prison To Tate Modern: The Story Of Zehra Doğan, The Kurdish Artist And Journalist Endorsed By Banksy And Ai Wei Wei (Run Riot, 7 May 2019)
Zehra Doğan was released from prison on 24 February 2019. She was jailed over a painting she adapted from a Turkish army photograph where she depicted armored vehicles devouring civilians in her hometown, Nusaybin. She was denied access to painting...
Eric Gill / The Body: Terminology
One of the issues addressed in the exhibition Eric Gill: The Body is the sexual abuse of his teenage daughters Betty and Petra. The way in which we address these issues and explain them to our audiences and visitors is extremely sensitive and...
Eric Gill / The Body: Q&A for visitor services
Eric Gill / The Body: Q&A
Eric Gill / The Body: Statement from the Director
Ditchling Museum of Art + Craft is an award-winning museum in a picturesque Sussex village, yet its charm belies a deeper conflict. For some time, the staff, trustees and our colleagues outside the institution have been engaged in a difficult and...
Eric Gill / The Body: Training Day Schedule
Eric Gill: The Body Training Day Schedule 10.00 to 13.30, 10 April, Clore Learning Space Please arrive promptly, refreshments served from 9.30 Please rsvp if you haven’t already done so to [email protected] SCHEDULE 10.00 NH:...
Tax expert Maya Forstater fired for saying trans women aren’t women (The Times, 5 May 2019)
An internationally renowned researcher on tax avoidance is believed to be the first person in Britain to lose her job for saying that transgender women are not women. Maya Forstater, 45, was told by her managers that she had used “offensive and...
What is left of a free Press? (Buenos Aires Times, 4 May 2019)
The last and really big incident was the murder in Pinamar on January 25, 1997, of Noticias reporter and photographer José Luis Cabezas, aged 36, trapped when enquiring into the proceedings of mafia groups closely linked to the government of Carlos...
World Press Freedom Day: Jailed for a painting (BBC World, 3 May 2019)
Today marks World Press Freedom Day. Around the world, hundreds of journalists are imprisoned for doing their jobs, and the highest number is in Turkey - according to the Committee to Protect Journalists. Zehra Doğan, a Kurdish journalist and...