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Content Moderation and Freedom of Expression: Bridging the Gap Between Social Media and Local Civil Society
Article 19; UNESCO (2022), 46 pp.
"This report presents a summary analysis of research on current practices of content moderation in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Indonesia, and Kenya, with a specific focus on 'harmful content' such as 'hate speech' and disinformation. The methodology combined desk research with qualitative interviews wit
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What is an Ideal Internet to You? A Global Exploration of Digital Rights Trends
Pollicy (2022), 56 pp.
"This white paper seeks to provide an overview of the core thematic issues around digital rights and digital safety across the world. The content builds off a global mapping exercise of organisations and knowledge, predominantly focused on Africa and the Middle East, Latin America, Asia-Pacific, Eas
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Content Moderation and Local Stakeholders in Kenya
Article 19; UNESCO (2022), 83 pp.
"This report specifically looks at the situation of local actors who, while they are impacted by the circulation of harmful content on social media or the moderation thereof, often find themselves unable to take effective action to improve their situation in that respect." (Introduction)
Togo: La liberté d’expression à l’épreuve des réseaux sociaux
Paris: L'Harmattan (2022), 135 pp.
"Sébastien Vondoly aborde dans cet ouvrage, deux thématiques d’actualité intrinsèquement liées : la première explore la conception et la pratique de "la liberté d’expression" telle qu’elle est exercée en public, son abus par des citoyens, ses limites, et les risques que ces derniers co
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The Global Expression Report 2022: The Intensifying Battle for Narrative Control
Deep Insights
London: Article 19 (2022), 75 pp.
"In 2021, the GxR metric registered two of the most dramatic declines ever seen: both Afghanistan and Myanmar dropped more than 30 points, plummeting two categories, as democratic governments were driven out and people were brutally attacked as they resisted the takeover of their governments. Countr
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"South Asia witnessed major political and economic upheaval this past year, even as the region was slowly emerging from the grip of the Covid-19 pandemic. While 23 journalists lost their lives and others were subjected to more than 60 attacks by the police, armed militia, vigilante mobs, politicians
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Indonesia: Submission to the 41st Session of the UPR Working Groups, November 2022
Amnesty International; Alliance of Independent Journalists (2022), 3 pp.
"This joint submission was prepared for the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) of Indonesia in November 2022. In it, Amnesty International and the Alliance of Independent Journalists (AJI) evaluate the implementation of recommendations made to Indonesia in its previous UPR, including in relation to hum
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Journalism is a Public Good: World Trends in Freedom of Expression and Media Development, Global Report 2021/2022
Deep Insights
Paris: UNESCO (2022), 160 pp.
"Over the past five years, approximately 85 percent of the world’s population experienced a decline in press freedom in their country. Even in countries with long traditions of safeguarding free and independent journalism, financial and technological transformations have forced news outlets, espec
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Information Controls and Internet Shutdowns in African Elections
Journal of African Elections, volume 21, issue 2 (2022), pp. 1-22
"Internet shutdowns in Africa are becoming increasingly widespread, particularly when governments face competitive or contentious elections. They have also come to symbolise a widening fracture between competing conceptions of the global Internet and its regulation. Governments in Africa are justify
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Universal Periodic Review 41st Session Period – Brazil. Joint Stakeholder Contribution: Freedom of Expression, Freedom of Religion and Belief, and Digital Rights
Association for Progressive Communications (APC) (2022), 17 pp.
"This submission focuses on Brazil's fulfilment of human rights obligations in the digital context and seeks to strengthen recommendations focused on guaranteeing universal access to the internet in order to enable free expression and association; access to information, knowledge and culture; and th
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The Universal Periodic Review (UPR): Model Recommendations in the Field of Freedom of Expression, Safety of Journalists and Access to Information
UNESCO (2022), 14 pp.
"This note provides suggestions for Member States on how to word the recommendations for the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) in the field of freedom of expression, safety of journalists and access to information. The background and recommendations below can also assist UN Country Teams, National Hum
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Actualización de la jurisprudencia del Sistema Interamericano de Derechos Humanos sobre libertad de expresión. Caja de herramientas para escuelas judiciales Iberoamericanas: Formación en libertad de expresión, acceso a la información pública y seguridad de periodistas
Montevideo: UNESCO (2022), 33 pp.
"Este trabajo tiene como objetivo avanzar en la comprensión de una serie de casos del Sistema Interamericano de extraordinario contenido y valor para fortalecer el rol de los jueces en la prevención de situaciones que vulneren el derecho a libertad de expresión, el acceso a la información, así
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Universal Periodic Review 41st Session – Indonesia (Fourth Cycle). Joint Stakeholder Contribution: Freedom of Expression, Freedom of Religion and Belief, and Digital Rights
Association for Progressive Communications (APC) (2022), 16 pp.
"In this submission, the Association of Progressive Communications (APC), EngageMedia and Southeast Asia Freedom of Expression Network (SAFEnet) examine Indonesia's compliance with the recommendations received during the third Universal Periodic Review cycle in 2017. This submission will focus parti
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Pluralismo, diversidad y libertad de expresión: Estándares interamericanos sobre obligaciones de los Estados y límites a la regulación de medios
Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES) (2022), 29 pp.
"Este documento hace un recorrido por los estándares fijados por los órganos del Sistema Interamericano de Derechos Humanos que establecen las obligaciones de los Estados para garantizar el pluralismo y la diversidad de los sistemas mediáticos como parte de la protección del derecho a la liberta
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Silencing Voices, Suppressing Criticism: The Decline in Indonesia's Civil Liberties
Jakarta: Amnesty International (2022), 67 pp.
"Between January 2019 and May 2022, Amnesty International recorded at least 328 physical and/or digital attacks directed against civil society, resulting in a total of at least 834 victims. The victims include human rights defenders (HRDs), activists, journalists, environmental defenders, students,
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Internet shutdowns in international law
New York: Columbia University, Global Freedom of Expression (2022), 45 pp.
The Fate of Hong Kong Journalists Told in Seven Real-Life Stories
Oxford: Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism (2022), 29 pp.
"The author used her stay at the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism, to interview Hong Kong journalist. This document gathered seven archetypal stories of the consequences of National Security Law (NSL) on journalists' lives. For security reasons, all names (bar the first) and some identi
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