Category : Digital Freedom Statements
Wider definition of harm can be manipulated to restrict media freedom
Index on Censorship welcomes a report by the House of Commons Digital, Culture, Media and Sport select committee into disinformation and fake news that calls for greater transparency on social media companies’ decision making processes, on who posts political advertising and on use of personal data. Europe’s proposed regulation on online extremism endangers freedom of expression
Index on Censorship shares the widespread concerns about the proposed EU regulation on preventing the dissemination of terrorist content online. The regulation would endanger freedom of expression and would create huge practical challenges for companies and member states. The European Commission must amend the regulation on terrorist content online to protest fundamental rights
On 12 September, the European Commission published a proposal for a Regulation on preventing the dissemination of terrorist content online. The proposal is very problematic from a fundamental rights and free expression perspective. Index on Censorship joins others in highlighting these concerns. Dear Ministers, The undersigned organisations are dedicated to protecting fundamental human rights, including […] Adopt a ‘human rights by design’ approach towards regulating online content, say civil society groups
Global Partners Digital, Index on Censorship and Open Rights Group are concerned about recent government proposals and announcements related to the regulation of online content, which could have significant adverse impacts on human rights, and particularly freedom of expression. NGOs call for full repeal of Egypt’s “cybercrime” law and block of dangerous law regulating media
Index on Censorship joins a coalition of some of the world’s leading human rights and digital rights organisations to call for full repeal of Egypt’s “cybercrime” law Alex Jones, Infowars and the internet
Index believes that all speech - eccentric, contentious, heretical, unwelcome, provocative and even bigoted - should be protected unless it directly incites violence. The actions of the Russian Federation are jeopardising online freedoms everywhere
Index on Censorship joins 52 other international organisations to warn that the Russian Federation is pursuing policies that are significantly and rapidly encroaching online freedoms. Russia: Telegram block leads to widespread assault on freedom of expression online
53 international and Russian human rights, media and Internet freedom organisations, strongly condemn the attempts by the Russian Federation to block the Internet messaging service Telegram. Net neutrality decision has huge implications for free expression online
Internet users should be able to access the legal content they want - not have their choices dictated by the whim of major corporations Index rejects UK committee’s recommendation to outsource censorship
Index on Censorship rejects many of the suggestions made in a report into intimidation of UK public officials by a committee tasked with examining standards in public life. Article 13: Monitoring and filtering of internet content is unacceptable
Index on Censorship joined with 56 other NGOs to call for the deletion of Article 13 from the proposal on the Digital Single Market. 
