The major news in internet censorship in summer 2013 in Russia is a new law on copyright covering film, television and video productions. Andrei Soldatov reports
Russia: We know what you blocked this summer
read more
CATEGORY: News and features
Sudan’s government silences press through ownership
The two most influential independent newspapers in Sudan, Al-Sahafa and Al-Kartoum, have recently been bought by the National Intelligence
Security Service. Zeinab Mohammed Salih reports
Europe really, really doesn’t trust the NSA
A briefing paper calls for putting pressure on U.S. e-commerce. Marc Herman of Pacific Standard reports
Sudan blacks out internet to hide brutal suppression of protests
Peaceful protests in Sudan have led to an ongoing violent government crackdowns and internet blackout – Dalia Haj-Omar reports
Social media erase button not a solution
It is right that we should have some control over posts from our past: but this alone will not solve the problems teens face in the online world, says Padraig Reidy
An open letter from Pakistan to the chief of the NSA
Who will rid Pakistan of the west’s Weapons of Mass Surveillance, asks Sana Saleem
Global development: “A matter of human rights”
Freedom of expression must be at the core of future global development, Milana Knezevic writes
Bahrain’s government strangles opposition with impunity
As Bahrain braces itself for its fourth yearly cycle of revolt, progress looks bleak. The regime continues to target human rights defenders and journalists, Ahmed Ali writes
Europe can lead the fight against surveillance
After Edward Snowden’s revelations about the NSA, what is the EU doing to ensure our online privacy, asks Padraig Reidy
India: Right to information and privacy ‘two sides of the same coin’
India’s Right To Information act is being challenged by questions of privacy protection, Mahima Kaul reports