Joy Hyvarinen

Joy Hyvarinen is head of advocacy at Index on Censorship.

Joy Hyvarinen: The internet shouldn’t become a place just for pre-approved opinions

Under pressure to be seen to be doing something, the UK government has rushed out the proposals in the online harms white paper without thinking through the consequences.

Jeremy Hunt’s sudden enthusiasm for media freedom is welcome – but the UK should look at its own track record first (Independent, 2 May 2019)

by Joy Hyvarinen | 02 May 19

With press freedom and journalists under attack all over the world, foreign secretary Jeremy Hunt’s decision to make global media freedom his...

Slapp: Shadowy legal actions are being used to silence the media

by Joy Hyvarinen | 19 Jan 18

Journalists who dare to investigate powerful people or companies are facing increasingly expensive legal threats to stop them publishing