Between government policy and deliberate vulnerabilities in the technology, citizens of most countries can be monitored online says Gus Hosein
Making the internet safe for free speech
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Put your questions to Facebook and Google – We ask is the internet safe for free speech?
New technology has revolutionised freedom of expression, but it’s also transformed the business of censorship. So what will it take to make the internet safe for free speech?
Iran sentences journalist Maziar Bahari
Maziar Bahari sentenced by Iran in absentia — 13 years and 6 months in jail and 74 lashes
Behzti is no longer taboo
An unpublicised reading of the cancelled Sikh play proved excuses for its continued censorship have been demolished argues Robert Sharp
Pakistan: Radio broadcasts jammed
Twenty-four different radio stations were prevented from broadcasting BBC Urdu bulletins on 27 April. According to the Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (PEMRA) the 24 stations had neglected to seek permission to broadcast foreign...
Maguindanao massacre: Impunity and power
The Aroyo governments drops the pretence it is capable of prosecuting its political allies implicated in the slaughter of reporters. The only hope for the victim’s family is that the upcoming elections will deliver change argues Harry Roque
World Press Freedom Day: Belarus
Natalia Radzina: Must more Belarusian journalists die before Europe pays attention?
World Press Freedom Day: Local Hero
Carlos Flores Borja, winner of an Index on Censorship Award, reports from Peru on how his radio station was closed down for reporting a government massacre, and his subsequent fight for justice
Get one month of Index on Censorship for just $0.99
To mark World Press Freedom Day SAGE and Exact Editions are offering a 30 day subscription to Index on Censorship magazine for only $0.99
Atheists and asbos: What price offence?
The conviction of Liverpool atheist Harry Taylor for placing “offensive” cartoons in an airport prayer room has caused controversy among secularists. Butterflies and Wheels’ Ophelia Benson and Paul Sims of New Humanist magazine go head to head