Journalist Emilio Gutiérrez fled Mexico after soldiers sent him a warning. Now the USA wants to send him back.
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Podcast: Freedom of Expression Awards 2019 Winners’ Roundtable
A special edition of the Index on Censorship podcast celebrating the winners of the Freedom of Expression Awards 2019.
This week at Index: 2019 Freedom of Expression Awards roundup
“These winners deserve global recognition for their amazing work.”
Ireland: Students at Trinity College vote against proposition to defund University Times
The controversy followed reporting of alleged hazing at an all-male and secretive sporting club, the Knights of the Campanile
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The Digital Economy Act 2017 has the potential to pose a severe threat to the anonymity of people in the UK.
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Ireland: Trinity College newspaper faces closure over investigation into all-male student society
The initiation ceremony, or “hazing”, was seemingly meted out to those invited to become members of the Knights of the Campanile, an invitation-only sporting society, based on similar bodies at Oxford and Cambridge universities.
Joy Hyvarinen on the UK government’s online harms white paper (BBC Radio Foyle, 9 April 2019)
Combine a legal duty of care with very large fines and personal criminal responsibility for senior managers, and you get a strong incentive for online platforms to remove lots of content.
Joy Hyvarinen on the UK government’s online harms white paper (BBC Newshour, 8 April 2019)
“It’s very important that when you propose laws that will affect people on a very large scale, that it needs to be based on evidence and a thoughtful, careful approach because you can do a huge amount of damage,” Hyvarinen said.
Joy Hyvarinen on the UK government’s online harms white paper (BBC Today, 8 April 2019)
“The government is under public pressure to be seen to be doing something about this problem,” Hyvarinen said.