New Copyright Rules Will Be Devastating to the European economy.
Activists, start-ups, and businesses alike warn that a new copyright proposals out of the European...
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Category: Press Freedom
When censorship is so over-the-top that it becomes a joke.
Disney’s Christopher Robin has been banned in China. While no specific reason was given for the...
Read MoreA Chinese Professor Was Interrupted by Police During a Live Television Interview. He’s Been Silent Ever Since.
A Chinese professor and outspoken Beijing critic appears to have gone missing after police broke into his home and abruptly ended his interview with U.S.-backed radio broadcaster Voice of America earlier this week. Wenguang Sun,...
Read MoreWhy some of Tencent’s WeChat users are feeling locked out of an online life
Although Chinese internet users live closely alongside censorship some have found it hard to cope as the state’s internet clampdown gets more intrusive and personal
Read MoreOVER 160 ORGANISATIONS OPPOSE JURI COMMITTEE ON EU COPYWRITE REFORM.
On 2 July, over 160 organisations sent this open letter [PDF] on the EU copyright reform to the Members of the European Parliament ahead of the 5 July plenary vote on the JURI mandate which was granted on 20 June. During this...
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Milo Yiannopoulos: My call for shooting journalists was just a ‘troll’
Conservative provocateur Milo Yiannopoulos on Thursday insisted on Thursday that he...
Read MoreUN assembly requested to review the case of Julian Assange as protection of human rights of journalists.
Request to the UN for review of the Julian Assange case on human rights grounds.
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Will Shujaat Bukhari’s assassination finally force India to wake up?
Shujaat Bukhari, one of Kashmir’s foremost journalists, was assassinated Thursday, the eve of Eid,...
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A New Wave of Censorship: Distributed Attacks on Expression and Press Freedom
KEY FINDINGS In both authoritarian or democratic contexts, new forms of censorship online are...
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WHATEVER YOU THINK OF THE TRUMP-RUSSIA INVESTIGATION, WHISTLEBLOWER REALITY WINNER DESERVES YOUR SUPPORT
BY THIS WEEKEND, Reality Winner, the former NSA contractor accused of releasing national security...
Read MoreEPA limiting reporters at chemical summit.
A number of media outlets are pushing back at the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for limiting the reporters allowed to cover part of its chemical summit on Tuesday — including one reporter who says she was forcibly...
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