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PODCAST: Debating web privacy with Facebook and Google
In an event hosted by Index on Censorship, executives from Google, Facebook and Privacy International debate privacy and free speech on the web. 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? Or is it really time for Facebook hara-kiri?
Verdict in blogger versus blogger libel case
Blogger and political activist Johanna Kaschke has had her libel case against fellow blogger David Osler struck out in the High Court today. Padraig Reidy reports
Making the internet safe for free speech
Between government policy and deliberate vulnerabilities in the technology, citizens of most countries can be monitored online says Gus Hosein
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?