Index rounds up of some of the key stories covering censorship and free expression from the past seven days
The week in free expression 3 October – 10 October
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CATEGORY: United States
Banned Books Week: The author writing to stop history repeating itself
Rachel Seiffert is confronting her family’s Nazi past to prevent the world making the same mistakes in the future
The week in free expression 26 September – 3 October
Index rounds up of some of the key stories covering censorship and free expression from the past seven days
Jimmy Kimmel: No laughing matter
From the USA to India leaders can’t take a joke. Comedians are paying the price
The week in free expression 19 September – 26 September
Index rounds up of some of the key stories covering censorship and free expression from the past seven days
Freedoms in flames: Trump’s second term in figures
Index takes a deep dive into the data around the US president’s flurry of activity after returning to the White House
An un-American story on book bans
Librarians and public institutions in the US are facing a growing threat to independent thinking and tolerant values
Charlie Kirk’s murder: Use words to counter speech you don’t like, not bullets
People may disagree with the views of the right-wing influencer and Trump ally but his death must be condemned
What the US closure of global media means for freedom of speech in Asia
The defunding of USAID has had a catastrophic impact on Radio Free Asia and other independent news sources
The rise of the newsfluencer under Donald Trump
What does the erosion of the press amid a rapid increase in citizen journalism mean for American democracy?
Smears about the media made by US President Donald Trump have obscured a wider problem with press freedom in the United States: namely widespread and low-level animosity that feeds into the everyday working lives of the nation’s journalists, bloggers and media professionals. This study examines documented reports from across the country in the six months leading up to the presidential inauguration and the months after. It clearly shows that threats to US press freedom go well beyond the Oval Office.
“Animosity toward the press comes in many forms. Journalists are targeted in several ways: from social media trolling to harassment by law enforcement to over-the-top public criticism by those in the highest office. The negative atmosphere for journalists is damaging for the public and their right to information,” said Jodie Ginsberg, CEO at Index on Censorship, which documented the cases using an approach undertaken by the organization to monitor press freedom in Europe over the past three years. Learn more.