Every so often (roughly generationally) there are upheavals in mores and language. We’re on that cusp now.
Padraig Reidy: Just another old man yelling at a cloud?
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CATEGORY: Americas
Mass surveillance: Journalists confront the moment of hesitation
Following Edward Snowden’s revelations outlining the capabilities of intelligence agencies to monitor private online communications journalists are confronting a moment of hesitation.
Jodie Ginsberg: “I believe in free expression, but…”
The decision by six authors to withdraw from a PEN American Center gala in which Charlie Hebdo will be honoured with an award once again emphasises the dangerous notion that some forms of free expression are more worthy than others of defending
Honor Diaries: Who is afraid of human rights?
The organisers of a women’s conference at the University of South Dakota react to attempts to ban a screening of Honor Diaries
#IndexAwards2015: Digital activism nominee Nico Sell
Nico Sell is a US-based entrepreneur and activist for online privacy and secure digital communication.
#IndexAwards2015: Digital activism nominee Valor por Tamaulipas
Valor por Tamaulipas is a crowd-sourced news platform, based in Mexico and set up in 2012 to fill the void created by the region’s cartel-induced media blackout.
Ecuadorean cartoonist Bonil facing charges after mocking politician
Ecuadorean cartoonist Xavier Bonilla, known as Bonil and an arts nominee in the 2015 Index on Censorship Freedom of Expression awards, faces a hearing today under the country’s controversial communications law.
#MagnaCarta800: Debating the merits of a First Amendment for the UK
On the day when the four surviving copies of the original 1215 Magna Carta were briefly brought together for the first time, Index on Censorship held a debate to celebrate the launch of the winter issue of the magazine.
Why we should be worried about relinquishing our privacy to a secret state
Edward Snowden’s lawyer Ben Winzer talks to Index about his client and what the loss of privacy to the secret state means to the future of free expression.
Finances threaten independent student media
As many campus media struggle to maintain a steady revenue, Index hears from two US university papers about their work and how they finance themselves independently