On the heels of 2013’s mass protests, Brazil’s state and local governments have introduced restrictions on the use of masks during protests. Simone Marques reports
Brazil moves to unmask protesters
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CATEGORY: Americas
Is Reddit censoring climate change deniers?
San Fransisco based Reddit.com made headlines when it allegedly banned climate change deniers from posting on the site. But what’s the truth behind the uproar? Alastair Sloan reports
Canada: Legislation limits free speech for journalists
Canadian journalists will face fines for commenting on the striking action of trade unionists under new legislation passed in Alberta.
Canadian journalists face limits on free speech
New legislation imposes fines on journalists in the Canadian province of Alberta who show their support to striking union members
We must demand an end to the culture of impunity
On the eve of the International Day To End Impunity, we look back at the journalists intimidated, attacked and killed in 2013
The fight for the fourth power in Latin America
In light of the Argentinian supreme court’s ruling to uphold the country’s controversial media law, Ronaldo Pelli reports on the fight between governments and private media across Latin America
PEN America survey: Mass surveillance causing self-censorship among writers
Sixty-six percent of American writers disapprove of their government’s collection of phone and internet data, according to a survey from the Pen American Center.
Honduran journalists use sensationalised crime reporting as a safety measure
Honduran journalists present the country’s spiralling crime without context to avoid being targeted by the powerful crime cartels that control the drug trade, Ana Arana and Daniela Guazo of Fundación MEPI write
Surveillance critic barred from US
Author Ilija Trojanow, a driving force behind an anti-surveillance campaign, was travelling to the US for a conference on German literature. That was his plan, anyway. At an airport in Brazil, he was told his entry to the US had been denied. No explanation was provided then, and none has been provided since, Milana Knezevic writes
Obama and Harper — Modes of Support for Fossil Fuel Development
The collision between climate science and energy politics, and threats to freedom of communication, are playing out differently in the United States and Canada, Rick Piltz, founder and director of Climate Science Watch, writes