Aid Urged for Groups Fighting Internet Censors: “Five United States senators want the government to move ahead with plans to provide $45 million to help people in other countries evade Web restrictions.” (Via NYT >…
Right to Free Speech Collides With Fight Against Terror: “The Supreme Court will hear a challenge to a ban on providing ‘material support’ to terrorist groups in a test of the constitutionality of a provision…
Student Suspended for Facebook Page Can Sue: “Katherine Evans did not like her English teacher. She created a Facebook page to say so. Now the matter is in court.” (Via NYT > Freedom of Speech…
129 16.02.2010 Press release issued by the Registrar Chamber judgment1 Akdas v. Turkey (no 41056/04) SEIZURE OF THE NOVEL Les ONZE MILLE verges BY Guillaume Apollinaire and conviction of the publisher hindered public access to…
Hillary Clinton guards internet freedom in attack on China’s new ‘Berlin Wall’: Hillary Clinton has deepened a row over freedom of expression in China by warning Beijing that its alleged attack on Google would have…
Reuters: Turkey blocking 3,700 websites Turkey blocking 3,700 websites: OSCE VIENNA, Mon Jan 18, 2010 8:37am EST VIENNA (Reuters) – Europe’s main security and human rights watchdog said Monday Turkey was blocking some 3,700 Internet…
OSCE conference: Get Rid of Penal Code for the Media – Bianet OSCE Representative on Freedom of Media Haraszti critisized in the recent conference: ‘The government waits for a ‘mature’ media before granting full legal…
Report of the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media on Turkey and Internet Censorship (PDF file) Prepared by Dr. Yaman Akdeniz, Associate Professor, Human Rights Law Research Center, Faculty of Law, Istanbul Bilgi University….
Global Voices partners with Google on freedom of expression award: “ Nominations open today (December 29, 2009) for the Breaking Borders Award, a new prize created by Google and Global Voices to honor outstanding web…
Newspaper thwarts libel claim with E-Commerce Regulations defence: “A newspaper publisher was not liable for user comments posted after an online article and will not have to pay out libel damages, the High Court has…