Category: Freedom of Press
03/10/10
Danish newspapers should continue publishing the cartoons parodying the violence advocated in the name of the prophet Mohammad until Danish authorities have locked up all those using violence to suppress ideas they find offensive.Muslim clerics and f… more »
03/08/10
What a delightful initiative; the government of Iceland is considering using its national sovereignty to encourage and facilitate frictionless and transparent Internet information flows.The first nation to adopt1 the 21st century motto2 "no secret is… more »
01/01/10
Danish intelligence uncovers a three five person (one Dane, two Tunisians, all Muslim) murder plot aimed at killing the cartoonist parodying the violence advocated in the name of the prophet Mohammad.The cartoons were published by the Danish newspap… more »
12/31/09
Originally Published November 07, 2006; Updated and Republished March 12, 2009; Updated and Republished March 18, 2009:Today, Reporters without Borders has published its list (2006 data see below for 2009) of countries with the worst records of censo… more »
11/26/09
United States District Court Judge Reggie B. Walton will hold USA Today reporter Toni Locy in contempt if she refuses to disclose a confidential source.This case cries out for a federal shield law—it also highlights a potential con and the diff… more »
11/10/09
Originally Published May 19, 2008; Last Updated and Republished August 21, 2009:Frustrated politicians, worldwide, are whipsawing Google seeking Internet censorship as solutions to the problems they perceive are confronting their nation. Ironical… more »
10/13/09
The Free Flow of Information Act of 2009 (S. 448) has been reintroduced by Senator Arlen Spector—hopefully California's two senators will appear shortly as cosponsors of this needed legislation.Our reporters must be free to go about the business… more »
China's state controlled Xinhua news agency is sponsoring a World Media Summit in Beijing (October 8-10, 2009) under theme of "Cooperation, Action, Win-Win and Development".To this theme must be added transparency—each nation has an obligation t… more »
08/16/09
12:24:08 am by first, Categories: Freedom of Press, Freedom of Speech, Censorship, Intellectual Freedom, Religion The respected Yale University Press (YUP) is expected to publish the forthcoming book The Cartoons That Shook the World, analyzing the 2005 Muslim cartoon controversy, without the cartoons that created the controversy.
Ignoring two of America's lodest… more »
05/03/09
Freedom House's global map on press freedom is less green and more yellow in 2009 as more state actors seek to impede global information flows.
It is difficult to understand how states will cooperate on the scale required to solve our global issue… more »
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