With secret trade negotiations reportedly at a critical stage, campaigners have mounted a global plan to draw the attention to the role that internet providers would play in preventing the free flow of information. Alastair Sloan reports
Ofcom’s decision to declare the UKIP a ‘major party’ has led to questions about who should be allowed to address the public. Behind the scenes, broadcasters have asked why their right to editorial freedom is restricted at all, Sophie Armour reports
Ben Jennings on David Cameron’s war on online pornography.
Flora Carr explores what it means to be a person of faith on a university campus.
In Uganda, journalists are not only dealing with outright censorship. It seems the government of president Yoweri Museveni is employing a strategy that is aimed at pushing journalists towards self-censorship, Jos Van Steelandt writes
Cynical politicians make the most of ineffective laws and a weak regulator, Saurav Data reports
After a bloody civil war, Burundi looked like it had turned the corner, until the country’s president rounded on the press with repressive legislation, Jos Van Steelandt reports
It’s been a bad week for the internet in Russia, with the founder of “Russian Facebook” claiming that Putin loyalists have total control of the site, and the Duma adopting controversial amendments targeting bloggers. Milana Knezevic writes
Poet Maya Weeks explores the 45 reasons she thinks twice, despite the protections afforded to her as an American.
There is a strong attitude across university campuses that censorship is a good tool for the benefit of a multicultural and inclusive society, that respects the values of all its members, freeing them from being exposed to anything they may find “harmful”, Christopher Beckett writes