Seized LGBT books
An online exhibition from Senate House Library which marks the 40th anniversary of the 1984 “Operation Tiger” customs raids on Gay’s the Word bookshop on charges of importing indecent and obscene literature. The site lists the books taken and has original photographs plus background detail on the historic context of section 28 and the censorship of LGBT writings […]
Minecraft game: Uncensored Library
Uncensored Library by Reporters without Frontiers A minecraft game created by RSF which is filled with articles and websites which are censored in their countries of origin. It aims to expose the nature of censorship to teenage game players. The site also has a 360 video of the design of the library. Players can get started from […]
What is the current state of the Internet?
Find out in the latest annual report on the global rate of connection from the ITU. This year’s theme is Broadband as Foundation for Sustainable Development. It considers issues on how to bring Africa online and the global digital gap. A new report by the Collaboration for International ICT Policy for East and Southern Africa (CIPESA), considers […]
Open Observatory of Network Interference: Tor Project
A free software, Global Observation Network, for detecting censorship, surveillance and traffic manipulation on the internet. You can look at a map to see measurements of censorship, interference and blocking of social media Its blog has a series of links to recent reports and discussion on use of blocking in specific countries and during individual election […]
Unshackling expression – A study on laws criminalising expression online in Asia
Free access to this special issue from GISWatch. It focuses on conditions in six Asian states: Cambodia, India, Malaysia, Myanmar, Pakistan and Thailand.
U.S. Press Freedom Tracker launched
Recently released a new independent tool which is aiming to track press freedom in the USA. It is being supported by key organisations such as the Committee to Protect Journalists and Freedom of the Press Foundation. It provides news and monitoring of incidents impeding the work of journalists ranging from physical assault to legal cases […]
Internet freedom has declined for the sixth consecutive year
…according to the latest annual Freedom on the Internet report from Freedom House. In particular it highlights the restrictions being placed by many countries on instant messaging apps. Download the full text of the report for national rankings to find out which nations are considered the most free and most censored in terms of internet […]
Online censorship on social media
A first report from OnlineCensorship.org, a project of the Electronic Frontier Foundation and Visualizing Impact. They asked users (November 2015-March 2016) users to send us reports when they had their content or accounts taken down on six social media platforms: Facebook, Flickr, Google+, Instagram, Twitter, and YouTube. Then presented results by geography, platform, content type, […]
Onlinecensorship.org
Onlinecensorship.org Created by the Electronic Frontier Foundation. This new website seeks to improve transparency of Twitter, Google and Facebook in take-down policies and to understand their nature and impact. It encourage users to report instances and collects news stories. It maintains a bibliography of online readings. Also on this topic a recent report on public […]
Media freedom in Europe
Map of Media Freedom in Europe Index on Censorship and Osservatorio Balcani e Caucaso are joining forces to map the state of media freedom in Europe. This is being built using ushahidi system which allows users to submit reports of censorship abuse and reporting restrictions. Click on the map to view examples of recent reports […]
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