Nearly a quarter of Americans surveyed did not regard political attacks on journalists or news organisations as a threat to press freedom.
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Anti-SLAPP legislation is being drawn up to protect journalists from being hounded out of reporting on corruption – but agreeing on key definitions is proving difficult.
Nine months into the pandemic, Indonesia has seen serious threats to civil liberties, involving not only privacy but also freedom of expression and of the press in the digital realm.
For almost a century, American popular culture has perpetuated the idea that only journalists working in foreign countries could be in danger.
The rise of black comedy to explain Venezuela’s chaos recalls an old saying in the crisis-stricken South American country: ‘Laugh so you don’t cry.’
Trump may rhetorically attack the media, but the US still ranks 45th of 180 countries in terms of press freedom. North Korea ranks last. And Mexico is the world’s most dangerous place for reporters.
Saddled with a repressive government that cuts their wages in the name of austerity, Iraq’s Kurds are demanding something better.
A decade and a half after it was invaded in the name of spreading democracy, Iraq turns out to have been set up to fail.
The public must prepare to stand up for a free press, and against online censorship and surveillance.
The revelation that PayPal co-founder Peter Thiel financed the Hulk’s lawsuit against Gawker raises important questions in the battle between privacy and a free press.
The Moroccan state’s case against a leading academic could have far reaching ramifications for academic freedom and research at the country’s universities.
As is distant wars, journalists in France are now kept away from areas where security forces intervene against terrorists. Should this be welcomed?
Hulk Hogan is suing Gawker for $100 million in a case that not only could bankrupt the media empire known for its gossip but could erode the First Amendment as well.
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Honorary Research Fellow, Department of International Politics, City St George's, University of London
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Associate Professor of Journalism & Media Communication, Colorado State University
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Professor of Media Ethics and Law, University of Minnesota
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Assistant Professor of Digital Communication, The University of Texas at San Antonio
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Senior Research Associate, University of Cambridge
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Brechner Eminent Scholar in Mass Communication, University of Florida
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Edwin L. Artzt Dean and Professor, School of Journalism and Communication, University of Oregon
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Lecturer in Commercial Law, University of Aberdeen
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Professor of Journalism and Communication, USC Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism
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Associate Professor of Constitutional Law and Human Rights, Universitas Gadjah Mada
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Professor of Private International Law and EU law, University of Aberdeen
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Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Oxford Climate Journalism Network, University of Oxford
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Historienne, chercheur-partenaire au SIRICE (Sorbonne Université), chercher associé à l'IESD (Lyon 3), Sorbonne Université
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Director of the Information Integrity Initiative, a project of TheNerve/Professor of Journalism, Chair of the Centre for Journalism and Democracy, City St George's, University of London