Tag: Free Expression
Sri Lanka: shutting down social media to fight rumors hurts victims
Cutting communications channels can block the emergency and rescue services that keep people alive.
EU Parliament deletes the worst threats to freedom of expression proposed in the Terrorist Content Regulation
While we welcome the improvements to the initial European Commission proposal on this file, we doubt its objectives will be achieved. No meaningful evidence has been presented to demonstrate the need, nor the efficacy, of this new European counter-terrorism instrument.
Morocco’s Hirak movement has gone quiet, but the crackdown on independent media continues
Journalists remain behind bars for covering the protests.
Global coalition urges India to withdraw proposed amendments to Intermediary Guidelines
The government’s proposed amendments on intermediary liability in India won’t fix disinformation, but will harm digital security and human rights, the coalition warns.
Philippine government must drop cyber libel charges against Maria Ressa
Cybercrime provisions must not be deployed to silence journalists and those who perform the vital role of uncovering facts.
#KeepItOn: Joint letter on keeping the internet open and secure in Zimbabwe
Joint letter from #KeepItOn coalition members urging Zimbabwe to end the internet shutdown.
Zimbabwe orders a three-day, country-wide internet shutdown
Sources in Zimbabwe have disclosed to Access Now that the government has ordered a three-day internet shutdown across the country, starting today.
Pakistan shuts down the internet three times in one week
Regardless of the rationale for imposing these shutdowns, all three did what shutdowns do: damage human rights, put people in danger, and hurt the economy.
Saving free expression in MENA: what happens after Khashoggi’s death?
The international community must act to investigate the evident murder of Jamal Khashoggi, and to amplify Arab voices.
Malaysia’s dangerous “fake news” law is still on the books. It must be repealed.
This law is part of a global trend that harms free expression and threatens democratic discourse. We’re urging Malaysia to re-table the legislation for repeal.