Index welcomes the government's rejection of a proposal for mandatory blocking of "internet filth" On Friday (14 December), UK government announced that it will not force internet providers to block online pornography. Despite high-profile...
If there was ever any doubt that the UN’s International Telecommunications Union (ITU) was the wrong body to run the internet, you only needed to look at its handling of its own World Conference on International Telecommunication (WCIT), which...
Leveson’s “statutory underpinning” is no way to protect press freedom, says Kirsty Hughes
Kenan Malik argues that free expression is now seen as an enemy of liberty
The British government's Communications Data Bill is to be redrafted after the Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg said he would block the current bill. The bill, which would give government agencies unprecedented access to email, web and phone...
Home Secretary Theresa May’s plan to store information on every citizen’s use of email, the web, and phones have been dealt a severe blow by a parliamentary committee. Padraig Reidy reports
Section 5 of the 1986 Public Order Act could be adjusted to remove the word "insulting" from legislation, it was announced today (10 December). Director of public prosecutions Keir Starmer has said that past cases could be classified as "abusive",...
An exhibition by British artists Jake and Dinos Chapman is being investigated by St Petersburg prosecutors after visitors complained that it was "blasphemous" and "extremist". The exhibition, at the world-famous Hermitage museum, features a...
Index's own Head of Advocacy Mike Harris discussed the issue of hate speech and free expression at Cambridge Union's annual Free Speech debate on 29 November. Also speaking were Cambridge Union President Austin Mahler and celebrated philosopy...
As online freedom comes under attack from big business and governments alike, Jennifer Granick assesses the legal landscape