Freedom of Expression
D+C: Development and Cooperation, issue 3 (2022), pp. 19-33
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Other editions: also published in German
"Quality media are indispensable. People must be able to form opinions competently. They must also be free to express their views. At the same time, there must be limits to slander, fake-news propaganda and the spreading of conspiracy theories. The internet is proving to be ambivalent. On the one hand, some kinds of online exchange are excellent – not least, as some news websites are standing up to governments with authoritarian tendencies. On the other hand, the under-regulated cyber sphere gives too much scope for spreading lies and disinformation." (Page 3)
Why Rappler, an independent website, has become indispensable in the Philippines / Emmalyn Liwag Kotte, 19
Hateful propaganda is distorting public discourse in India to the benefit of Hindu supremacists / Arfa Khanum Sherwani, 21
Assessing the limits of free speech in Eastern Europe and Central Asia / Interview with Hugh Williamson, 23
Market dynamics favour powerful interest groups in public debate, including on social-media platforms / Ndongo Samba Sylla and Hans Dembowski, 25
In Ghana, journalists and civil-society organisations are responding vehemently to arrests of media workers / Dasmani Laary, 28
A journalist shares what he experienced in detention in Zimbabwe / Jeffrey Moyo, 30
The Philipp Schwartz Initiative supports scholars at risk who have fled to Germany / Mareike Ilsemann, 31
Relevant reading: Reporters Without Borders has never before counted as many imprisoned journalists as now / Jörg Döbereiner, 33
Hateful propaganda is distorting public discourse in India to the benefit of Hindu supremacists / Arfa Khanum Sherwani, 21
Assessing the limits of free speech in Eastern Europe and Central Asia / Interview with Hugh Williamson, 23
Market dynamics favour powerful interest groups in public debate, including on social-media platforms / Ndongo Samba Sylla and Hans Dembowski, 25
In Ghana, journalists and civil-society organisations are responding vehemently to arrests of media workers / Dasmani Laary, 28
A journalist shares what he experienced in detention in Zimbabwe / Jeffrey Moyo, 30
The Philipp Schwartz Initiative supports scholars at risk who have fled to Germany / Mareike Ilsemann, 31
Relevant reading: Reporters Without Borders has never before counted as many imprisoned journalists as now / Jörg Döbereiner, 33
