National news media can’t agree whether buzzfeed.com erred when it published the 35-page compendium of salacious rumors about Donald Trump in...
Why BuzzFeed published the Trump dossier (CityBeat)
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CATEGORY: Index in the Press
The Battle of Raging Bitch (Washingtonian)
A look inside Flying Dog, the company that made a bestseller out of a beer with a naughty name—and launched a First Amendment fight to call its...
Legacy of Charlie Hebdo honoured in event at Parliament (National Secular Society)
Members and supporters of the National Secular Society gathered in Portcullis House on Wednesday night to discuss the future of free speech, two...
Section 40 – David Cameron’s ticking time-bomb under the press (The Guardian)
Surely David Cameron will be remembered as one of the most ham-fisted prime ministers in British history. For party political (ie, personal) reasons...
Time running out to help stop new law on the media (News & Star)
Could you be landed with a crippling bill for telling the truth? It’s hard to believe it could happen in a free country but there’s a serious risk...
The stories which would NOT have been told under controversial new press law (Birmingham Mail)
The press industry in Britain is under threat like never before. The future of journalism in the UK could be effectively killed off if controversial...
Why Fleet Street is right to fight Government-backed regulation of the press (Independent)
A proposed piece of legislation threatens to bring press freedom to a halt – and news organisations are right to take a stand in defence of true...
Press gagging laws will be a ‘gift to the corrupt’ as deadline looms (Mirror)
Anti-censorship groups have warned new press gagging laws will be a “gift to the corrupt". Read the full article
Free Speech Groups, Literature Associations, English Teachers Declare Support for MILO Book Publisher (Breitbart News)
Several major literature and anti-censorship organizations have signed a statement defending publisher Simon and Schuster’s “right to publish”...
Free Speech Groups Defend S&S Yiannopoulos Deal (Publishers Weekly)
Free speech organizations including the National Coalition Against Censorship (NCAC) have begun to speak out in defense of Simon & Schuster after a...
Times naming of Rotherham child abuser would be ‘inconceivable’ under Section 40, says Andrew Norfolk (Press Gazette)
The Times journalist who uncovered the Rotherham child abuse scandal has said under Section 40 it would be “inconceivable” that the paper would have...
‘Index’ translates work of murdered Argentine writer (The Bookseller)
Freedom of expression magazine Index on Censorship has negotiated rights to translate a short story from Haroldo Conti, an Argentine writer who was...
Index on Censorship in the press contains news and updates on Index campaigns and projects in media outlets. Index on Censorship also provides commentary to news organisations on free expression topics.Â
