San Francicsco Chronicle: How China clamps down on the Internet

Posted on 11 October, 2007 by Martin Stabe

"A report released today provides a highly detailed account of how the government there keeps a tight lid on online information, including quoting from orders officials sent to various Chinese Web sites to remove objectionable news stories."

Reuters: Internet ‘has freed up discussion in China’

Posted on 29 September, 2007 by Martin Stabe

"The internet in China is not as restricted as sometimes believed in the West, with most controls actually coming from sites practicing self-censorship, an academic who studies the Chinese web has said."

Independent: Junta restricts internet access

Posted on 28 September, 2007 by Martin Stabe

"A "window of information" is closing in Burma as the junta fights networks of disaffected citizens by restricting mobile phones and internet access, a leading dissident journalist said yesterday."

Christian Science Monitor: Drug wars endanger Mexican press

Posted on 12 June, 2007 by Martin Stabe

"Mexico is now considered the most dangerous country for journalists, after Iraq."

The End of Journalism? : The ‘Diana Effect’ – censorship in the name of sensitivity

Posted on 8 June, 2007 by Martin Stabe

Despite the innocence of the photographers, the ‘Diana effect’ which dampens criticism, scrutiny and a free exchange of ideas in the name of protecting privacy and sensibilities was starting to dominate our culture back then and continues to haunt it

Followthemedia: The Journalist Whom Yahoo Identified to Chinese Authorities And Now Languishes in Jail Serving 10-Years Wins WAN’s Golden Pen of Freedom

Posted on 5 June, 2007 by Martin Stabe

The Shi Tao has won WAN's Golden Pen of Freedom award

…My heart’s in Accra » Never thought of using it that way…

Posted on 20 May, 2007 by Martin Stabe

Ethan Zuckerman: "My favorite example of repurposing recently is my friend Alaa’s use of Twitter to coordinate activities of activists in Egypt."

Milton Keynes Citizen: Citizen offices raided by police

Posted on 11 May, 2007 by Martin Stabe

"The Milton Keynes Citizen newspaper offices have been raided by police executing a search warrant as part of an investigation into leaks to the media."

Rocky’s bru: My fellow Journalists, please blog!

Posted on 5 May, 2007 by Martin Stabe

Ahirudin Attan urges Malaysian journalists to blog: "the media in this country will become freer if journalists blog". The government there is looking at categorising bloggers as ‘professionals’ and ‘non-professionals’ to limit access to blogging

Comment is free: World press freedom day

Posted on 3 May, 2007 by Martin Stabe

The Guardian's blog site had a whole series of posts for World Press Freedom Day.

Frontline Club: Media Talk: Blogging – Self-exposure or self-expression?

Posted on 29 April, 2007 by Martin Stabe

Ben Hammersley, Kevin Marsh, Ethan Zuckermann and Alaa Abd El-Fattah debate on a panel moderated by Richard Gizbert at the Frontline Club on World Press Freedom Day.

Fort Wayne News-Sentinel: Woodlan teacher’s hearing April 28

Posted on 13 April, 2007 by Martin Stabe

A US secondary school journalism teacher could lose her job because she allowed a student to write an editorial in a school newspaper advocating tolerance for homosexuals.

MediaPaL@LSE: Press Under Surveillance

Posted on 13 April, 2007 by Martin Stabe

A new WAN web site in support of World Press Freedom Day on 3 May highlights how anti-terrorist surviellance often has been used to "stifle debate and the free flow of information about political decisions" or have adversely affected press freedom.

WebProNews: Google Faces Pressure Over Censorship

Posted on 6 April, 2007 by Martin Stabe

New York City's powerful pension funds own 486,617 shares of Google stock, and will use their position to get Google shareholders "to consider the company's ongoing role in countries that routinely censor the Internet."

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