In 2013, National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden leaked thousands of documents detailing US government surveillance to the press, igniting a global debate on the ways authorities can watch citizens’ communications
A new report by the World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers criticises the restriction of press freedom in the name of national security, the Royal Charter press regulator and the UK’s lack of constitutional guarantees for freedom of expression
Index welcomes the report by the World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers (WAN-IFRA) on the worrying state of press freedom in the UK. The WAN-IFRA report criticises the use of national security concerns to threaten and restrict...
WeChat was the darling of the Chinese start-up scene, the sexy competitor to Weibo domestically, and Twitter and WhatsApp, on the global stage. That was until China cracked down, Alastair Sloan reports
The Turkish government continues to threaten internet freedom, placing added pressure on social media platforms, writes Catherine Stupp
Tails is an open-source encryption tool that can help protect free online communication in any country, regardless of official limits on free expression.
Index on Censorship had a Google Hangout on how to protect yourself from mass surveillance, and what you can do to demand the right to privacy from your government. Jim Killock, Executive Director at Open Rights Group, Mike Rispoli, Communications...
Alex Gabriel shares his experience with illegal file downloading and Germany’s Abmahnung system.
London, 28 February 2014 Mr. Alvaro Sanchez, Charge dAffaires, Embassy of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela in the United Kindgom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Index on Censorship, an international organisation that promotes and...
Index’s editorial intern and recent graduate, Alice Kirkland, returned to her old university to speak to journalism students about the real world of work and how to stand out and get noticed in a fast-paced and changing media industry
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