Academics worldwide face economic and political attacks that restrict their freedom to challenge convention, says Jo Glanville
Soldiers in the fight for the open society need reinforcements
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CATEGORY: Campaigns
Putin’s grip on the internet
Vladimir Putin says [Ru] he doesn’t use the internet very much. But he has definitely recognised its power. The biggest protest rallies in post-Soviet Russia, against Putin and his party United Russia, were organised online. No wonder that...
Who controls the internet?
Marta Cooper: Who controls the internet?
Web 2.0: Don’t shoot the messenger
Search engines and social networking sites are at the heart of Web 2.0. To unreasonably threaten them with liability for user content misses the point, says
Marta Cooper
Indian government restricts web and text services after clashes
Sukumar Muralidharan: Delhi’s censorship may only worsen sectarian violence
India’s face-off with Internet freedom
The world’s largest democracy is all too willing to censor the web, says Marta Cooper
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India’s face-off with internet freedom
Although only 10 per cent of India's population is online, a divisive national debate over internet freedom has implications for the country's economic and political growth. In December 2011 journalist Vinay Rai filed a complaint under sections 200...
The strange cyber-utopianism of the internet censor
Padraig Reidy: The strange cyber-utopianism of the internet censor
The mechanics of China’s internet censorship
With 500 million internet users, how does China censor the web? Dinah Gardner explains the Communist Party’s sophisticated online controls
Petitions, letters, and press releases from Index on Censorship