Journalists are facing an “unprecedented” wave of attacks around the world with increased hostility to the media leading to assaults on individuals...
Index on Censorship: journalists now under ‘unprecedented’ attack (Guardian)
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CATEGORY: Index in the Press
Telegraph letter turns up heat over Digital Economy Bill data sharing proposals (Government Computing)
Information specialists call for removal of personal data sharing proposals 'in their entirety' if necessary technical and legal safeguards cannot...
Privacy campaigners call for rethink on government data-sharing proposals (Public Technology)
Twenty-six IT experts and privacy advocates have urged the government to improve protections around the personal data sharing proposals in the...
Website porn crackdown leads to row on censorship (Daily Mail)
Pornography websites that show ‘non-conventional sexual acts’ could be blocked in a tough Government crackdown. Internet service providers could be...
No super-kinky web smut please, we’re British (The Register)
Film censors in the United Kingdom will be able to ban Brits from accessing websites that stream especially kinky X-rated videos, if a proposed...
UK ISPs may be forced to block porn sites that snub age checks, sex acts face ban (Ars Technica)
Late on Wednesday, the government's planned amendment to the Digital Economy Bill—which, if unopposed by parliament, will force ISPs to block porn...
Backlash over UK bill to block ‘unconventional’ porn (The Week)
New proposals to force internet service providers to block sites hosting sexually explicit content amount to draconian censorship, campaigners say....
UK to censor online videos of ‘non-conventional’ sex acts (Guardian)
Web users in the UK will be banned from accessing websites portraying a range of non-conventional sexual acts, under a little discussed clause to a...
‘Christians feel they are being censored’: Index on Censorship CEO (Christian Institute)
Christians in Ireland feel unable to express their opinions on same-sex marriage, the CEO of free speech group Index on Censorship has said. Read...
Preview: Forbidden Songs with Moddi (Songlines)
Norwegian singer-songwriter Moddi brings his interesting collection of reworked banned tracks to London for a special show in support of the Music...
City University students vote for campus ban on Sun, Mail and Express (Guardian)
Students at City University of London, home to one of the country’s most respected journalism schools, have voted to ban the Sun, Daily Mail and...
Christians feel their views are being ‘shut down’ says CEO of Index on Censorship (Premier)
Christians in the UK believe their views are being "shut down" by wider society, the CEO of Index on Censorship Jodie Ginsberg has said. Speaking at...
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