The Turkish government continues to threaten internet freedom, placing added pressure on social media platforms, writes Catherine Stupp
Erdogan’s threat to shut down social media is warning for media freedom in Turkey
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Index Freedom of Expression Awards: Digital activism nominee Tails
Tails is an open-source encryption tool that can help protect free online communication in any country, regardless of official limits on free expression.
#dontspyonus: The fight against mass surveillance
Index on Censorship had a Google Hangout on how to protect yourself from mass surveillance, and what you can do to demand the right to privacy from...
Germany offers frightening glimpse at copyright trumping privacy
Alex Gabriel shares his experience with illegal file downloading and Germany’s Abmahnung system.
Venezuela must respect human rights and free expression
London, 28 February 2014 Mr. Alvaro Sanchez, Charge dÂ’Affaires, Embassy of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela in the United Kindgom of Great...
Index speaks to Liverpool John Moores’ future journalists
Index’s editorial intern and recent graduate, Alice Kirkland, returned to her old university to speak to journalism students about the real world of work and how to stand out and get noticed in a fast-paced and changing media industry
Russia: Putin opponent Aleksei Navalny banned from the internet
The noted regime critic has been placed under house arrest
Censorship and university student unions
Degree leader Matt Grimes asks why censorship issues have arisen at UK universities — the very places that should be open to competing ideas and consistency.
We need a privacy rapporteur, says UN free speech boss
Frank La Rue also called for a coordinated effort from the UN human rights system to deal with the issue of privacy
Internet repression in Vietnam continues as 30-month prison sentence for blogger is upheld
The case of Le Quoc Quan is just the latest move in the Vietnamese authorities’ ongoing attack on dissent, free speech, free press and a free internet. Helen Clark reports
High Court dismisses David Miranda challenge to Heathrow detention
Ruling represents a dangerous elision of terrorist activity and legitimate journalistic practice
Australia: Authorities want ISPs to police the web
The government will consider various legal means to provide a “legal incentive” for internet service providers to collaborate with copyright owners to combat infringements, Binoy Kampmar writes
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