More: freedom of speech
Serious concern about the use of spyware against journalists, abusive lawsuits and journalists in exile
The unlawful deployment of spyware against journalists, the use of abusive lawsuits against journalists to hamper their investigative work and the precarious situation of...
Tyranny comes to our Main Street
Americans today have the “freedom” to be fleeced, groped, wiretapped, injected, censored, injected, ticketed, disarmed, beaten, vilified, detained, and maybe shot by government agents....
Political Advertising Online: a Regulation fit for Digital Democracy
The EU's regulation on political advertising online is intended to enhance transparency, but it may inadvertently threaten free speech, especially impacting grassroots political discussions....
Regulating Quality Journalism: A Mission Impossible Against Algorithm
Authors: Hanif Abdul Halim and Haekal Al Asyari*
Due to the shift in modes of communication from mass to personalized media; concerns of digital platforms...
India Slips 11 Ranks in the World Press Freedom Index
India dropped 11 positions to take up position 161 in Reporters Without Borders' 2023 World Press Freedom Index. 180 nations are ranked based on...
Beijing and New Delhi Eject Each Other’s Reporters in 2023
In a concerning turn of events, the diplomatic tensions between China and India have escalated to the point where both countries have expelled each...
Journalism facing rising threats on all fronts
It’s a timely and apt question given revelations of an unreported consequence of the war in Ukraine – deaths of journalists.
Since Russia’s launched its...
Big Data is watching you, and Big brother is controlling you
Authors: Md. Sohrab Hossen and Md. Obaidullah
Big brother is watching you" is a repeated phrase used throughout the whole novel 1984 by George Orwell...
Some News, Some Tweets and a Farewell to 2022…
Today, the online news platforms and independent journalists play a key role in reaching alternative sources of information particularly in the societies where the...
Threats to media workers’ freedom ‘growing by the day’
Journalists and media workers are facing “increasing politicization” of their work and threats to their freedom to simply do their jobs, that are “growing...