As debates continue around the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA), Cynthia M Wong argues that policy makers must look more closely at whether the bill truly supports free expression
US piracy law could threaten human rights
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CATEGORY: Americas
Twitter user arrested for joking about helicopter crash
At least one Mexican Twitter user was detained by local police after a series of sarcastic tweets made after a helicopter crash that killed Mexico's...
Mexico: Second moderator from anti-crime site killed
The fourth murder of a blogger in the northern Mexico state of Tamaulipas has confirmed the suspicion many journalists have in this country: that...
Members of “Voodoo group” responsible for journalists’ murders
New reports indicate the murder of two female journalists in Mexico City in September was carried out by a group of Santeria followers, the...
USA: Justice dept appeal in fresh bid for New York Times reporter’s sources
A New York Times reporter may be forced to reveal his sources, despite a ruling which said his testimony was protected by reporters privilege. On...
Peru: Drunken congressman attacks journalists
The security guards of a Peruvian congressman have been involved in attack on two journalists. Carlos Chávez Galdós and Leucario Madera Guardaluna,...
Wikileaks hits Argentina
Like in a good spy novel, Santiago O'Donnell met Julian Assange, the head of Wikileaks, in an English country house after taking a serpentine route....
For Zetas, Guatemala is the new Mexico
Mexico's most ruthless drug cartel, the Zetas, have expanded throughout Guatemala in the last four years to the point where they control three...
Journalist’s decapitation another warning to social media users
Mexican organised drug cartels have again threatened social network users using a mutilated body. In the second incident this month, the decapitated...
Murders a warning to Mexican social media users
The butchered bodies of a young man and a woman were found on Tuesday hanging from freeway overpass in Nuevo Laredo, Taumalipas on the US-Mexico...
Mexico targets “Twitter terrorists”
Free expression and press freedom in Mexico have again taken several hits in recent days. Last week, two Twitter users were sent to jail in...
Rumours fly about journalist’s death
Rumours about murdered reporter Humberto Millan Salazar have grown out of all proportion since his death last week. The journalist was kidnapped in...
