A draft law is set to create a digital blacklist of Russian websites which promote drugs or suicide or contain contain porn or "extremist" materials. The draft law would allow websites to be blacklisted without judicial oversight --- it merely...
British MPs back Index campaign to protect free speech in Eurovision host state
Comics Dara Ó Briain and Dave Gorman and scientist Professor Brian Cox joined Index and the Libel Reform Campaign at Downing Street to demand a public interest defence in the defamation bill
While the internet and social media facilitate democratic instant global discourse, they are also tools of control, says Kirsty Hughes
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This week’s debate will be a key staging in the progress of libel reform, but serious issues remain for campaigners
The inquiry into UK press standards does not seem to understand how to deal with the web, says Marta Cooper
The website of a South African newspaper has been forced to remove an image of a controversial painting of President Jacob Zuma. City Press newspaper were put under pressure from the ruling African National Congress (ANC) who called for the...
A Thai webmaster has been found guilty of not removing posts deemed insulting to the country's monarchy quickly enough. The court showed leniency to Chiranuch Premchaiporn, who faced up to 20 years in prison under the country's computer crime...
Song contest puts focus on human rights.
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Hacktivists have targeted two Indian government websites, as discussions of internet regulation took place in parliament. The websites of India’s apex court and the ruling Congress party were hacked in an apparent protest against the censorship of...
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