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Fostering Freedom Online: The Role of Internet Intermediaries
Top Insights
Paris: UNESCO (2014), 210 pp.
"The research showed that internet intermediaries are heavily influenced by the legal and policy environments of states, but they do have leeway over many areas of policy and practice affecting online expression and privacy. The findings also highlighted the challenge where many state policies, laws
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Global Internet Report 2014: Open and Sustainable Access for All
Geneva: Internet Society (2014), 144 pp.
Freedom of Expression and the Internet
Strasbourg: Council of Europe (2013), 190 pp.
"This book sets out to answer essential questions regarding the extent and limits of freedom of expression online. It seeks to shed light on the often obscure landscape of what we are allowed to say online and how our ideas, and the process of imparting and receiving information, are protected. It s
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2013 Social Media Guidebook
Vienna: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media (2013), 153 pp.
Belarus: Pulling the Plug. Policy Paper on Digital Challenges to Freedom of Expression in Belarus
London: Index on Censorship (2013), 24 pp.
Regulating Social Media: Legal and Ethical Considerations
New York: Peter Lang (2013), ix, 243 pp.
Enabling Openness: The Future of the Information Society in Latin America and the Caribbean
Montevideo; Ottawa: Comunica;International Development Research Centre (IDRC) (2013), 200 pp.
Freedom of Expression and the Internet
Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, Office of the Special Rapporteur for Freedom of Expression (2013), v, 81 pp.
"In this document the Office of the Special Rapporteur endeavors to make available to all States in the region, general principles for the protection of the right to freedom of thought and expression online. These principles are intended to provide guidance to governments, legislative and regulatory
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Iraq’s Information Crimes Law: Badly Written Provisions and Draconian Punishments Violate Due Process and Free Speech
New York et al.: Human Rights Watch (2012), 15 pp.
"Iraq’s parliament is in the process of enacting an “Information Crimes Law” to regulate the use of information networks, computers, and other electronic devices and systems. The draft law includes vague provisions that would allow Iraqi authorities to deter legitimate criticisms of or peacefu
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A Buzz in Cyberspace, But no Net-Revolution: The Role of the Internet in Singapore’s 2011 Elections
Berlin: Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES) (2012), 44 pp.
"The May 2011 general election has been the most contested and most discussed in Singapore’s history. Prior to the polls, the government relaxed the rules on election campaigning in the Internet. For the first time in the highly wired city-state with its tech-savvy population of 5 million people,
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Global Survey on Internet Privacy and Freedom of Expression
Paris: UNESCO (2012), 142 pp.
"This publication seeks to identify the relationship between freedom of expression and Internet privacy, assessing where they support or compete with each other in different circumstances. The publication maps out the issues in the current regulatory landscape of Internet privacy from the viewpoint
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Freedom of Expression on the Internet: A Study of Legal Provisions and Practices Related to Freedom of Expression, the Free Flow of Information and Media Pluralism on the Internet in OSCE Participating States
Vienna: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media (2012), iv, 345 pp.
Politik und Internet in Lateinamerika
St. Augustin; Berlin: Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung (KAS) (2012), 118 pp.
Access Contested: Security, Identity, and Resistance in Asian Cyberspace
Cambridge, Mass.; Ottawa et al.: MIT Press;International Development Research Centre (IDRC) (2012), xv, 414 pp.
Netzpolitik aus internationaler Perspektive: Länderberichte aus den USA, Großbritannien, Spanien, Polen, Indien und Korea
Sankt Augustin; Berlin: Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung (KAS) (2011), 114 pp.
"Die Forderung nach Sicherheit im Internet, besonders in Hinblick auf die persönlichen Daten, die Gewährung der Freiheit dieses Mediums ohne staatliche Eingriffe, die Diskussion um adäquate Formen des Urheberrechts und seiner Durchsetzung sowie eine Fokussierung auf die Risiken verbunden mit eine
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Media and the Law: An Overview of Legal Issues and Challenges
Washington, DC: Center for International Media Assistance (CIMA) (2011), 26 pp.
"This report provides an overview of the different kinds of laws that affect the media and explains how they are used in many countries to influence the operations of news outlets and the information they offer. It focuses on restrictive laws more than on those of the enabling and empowering variety
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The Media and Liability for Content on the Internet
London: Open Society Foundations, Open Society Media Program (2011), 23 pp.
"Speakers may be liable for content online in many of the same ways as offline, but additional rules often exist. Many countries are enacting internet-specific speech laws, often imposing enhanced liability for online expression. In addition, some governments are extending broadcast-type regulations
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Freedoms in Iraq: An Increasingly Repressive Legal Net
Washington, DC: IREX;Centre for Law and Democracy (CLD) (2011), 41 pp.
"This report reviews five pieces of legislation affecting the freedoms of assembly and expression that have been introduced in recent years in Iraq. Of these, only one, the Journalists Rights Law (Journalist Law), has actually been passed into law, in August 2011. The other four – the draft Commis
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Política e Internet en América Latina
Diálogo Político, volume 28, issue 2 (2011), pp. 13-121
A New Frontier, an Old Landscape: A Report for the Ford Foundation About the Impact of Digital Communications on Media and Communications, and on Human Rights
London: Global Partners (2011), 270 pp.
Examines the impact that the rise of digital communications is having on the media, and on human rights activism. The report goes on to explore the main policy issues which must be addressed at the national and international levels to shape an enabling environment. The report combines global level a
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