Brazil is the world’s second-biggest user of both Facebook and Twitter, with already 65 million Facebook users and 41.2 million tweeters and counting.
Brazil: Digital access and inclusion
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Steve Coogan joins Index on Censorship as patron
Index on Censorship, an international organisation that promotes and defends the right to freedom of expression, is delighted to announce that...
Brazil: Towards an internet “bill of rights”
When it comes to the internet, Brazil is a conundrum. On the one hand it is among the top requesters to Google and other internet firms for content takedowns. On the other hand, Brazil has passed a progressive law — Marco Civil — putting it on a footing to be one of the world leaders on internet freedom.
Index report: Can Brazil be the global referee for internet freedom?
World Cup host country Brazil has the potential to become an influential, global leader in digital rights — but that will depend on key decisions taken in the coming months
Index calls on Brazil to take the lead in digital rights
Ahead of the World Cup, Index on Censorship’s new policy paper Brazil: A new global internet referee? explores the challenges and threats to online freedom of expression in the country.
11 countries where you should think twice about insulting someone
Insult laws can be very easily manipulated by those in positions of power to shut down and punish criticism
Mapping Media Freedom: Selected reports
As part of its effort to map media freedom in Europe, Index on Censorship's regional correspondents are monitoring media across the continent. Here...
When Google tripped: Forgetting the right to be forgotten
Who limits access to information in the context of a search, and what it produces, continues to loom large. The right to know jousts with the entitlement to be invisible, writes Binoy Kampmark
Children of the internet: Free speech in the digital age
There is a generation growing up today with unprecedented knowledge and power at their immediate and constant disposal, and they are politically and socially empowered in ways that are not yet clearly understood, writes Nishith Hegde
Index urges court to rethink ruling on “right to be forgotten”
Index reiterates its concern at the ruling on the so-called “right to be forgotten” and its implications for free speech and access to information....
Perfection as the enemy of the good: Weakening surveillance reform
The US Congress has made it clear by passing the USA Freedom Act that compromise is one way of doing nothing, a form of sanctified inertia. Binoy Kampmark writes
Index launches project to map media freedom violations in Europe
Index on Censorship, (London, United Kingdom) and Osservatorio Balcani e Caucaso, (Rovereto, Italy) have launched mediafreedom.ushahidi.com, a...
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