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Where Did Press Freedom Suffer Most in 2013? Online.
This month the Committee to Protect Journalists released its annual analysis of Attacks on the Press, including a “Risk List” of the places where press freedom suffered most in 2013. As you might...
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Mideast Media Study: Facebook Rules; Censoring Entertainment OK
A new study by Northwestern University in Qatar and the Doha Film Institute reveals that Middle Eastern citizens are quite active online, with many spending time on the web daily to watch news and...
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Mediatwits #120: Mideast Media Study Shows Demand for Social Media, Censored...
Even though Western music and movies are a major export to the Middle East, many people there support censoring these programs if they are deemed offensive. This is one of several findings in a new...
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2014 Was a Chaotic Year for Free Speech in the Middle East, North Africa
Click the image to read the whole series With the rise of the Islamic State (or “ISIS”) and increasing repression in several countries — including Egypt and Saudi Arabia — 2014 has proven to be a rough...
View ArticleDaily Must Reads, February 23, 2015
1. Egypt jails activist-blogger for five years (via BBC News) 2. Edward Snowden documentary Citizenfour wins Oscar (Andrew Pulver / Guardian) 3. Ken Silverstein reportedly quits First Look, blaming...
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Survey on Media Use in Middle East Shows a ‘Return to the Local’
A newly updated survey by the Northwestern University in Qatar reveals an expansive look at attitudes and behaviors toward the media across the Middle East. The survey, “Media Use in the Middle East,”...
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Netizen Report: Is Egypt Blocking Voice Calls on WhatsApp and Skype?
The Netizen Report offers an international snapshot of challenges, victories, and emerging trends in Internet rights around the world. Photo by Flickr user Daniel Go and reused here with Creative...
View ArticleDaily Must Reads, December 14, 2015
1. On Fact-Checking in Politics (Angie Drobnic Holan / New York Times) 2. Mic Hires Cory Haik from The Washington Post (Benjamin Mullin / Poynter) 3. Video Tech Veterans Raise $6 Million for Virtual...
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Netizen Report: Facebook’s ‘Free Basics’ App is Under Fire in India, Offline...
Global Voices Advocacy’s Netizen Report offers an international snapshot of challenges, victories, and emerging trends in Internet rights around the world. Netizens in India rang in 2016 amid burning...
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Netizen Report: Egyptian Activists and Authorities Brace for Jan. 25 Protests
Global Voices Advocacy’s Netizen Report offers an international snapshot of challenges, victories, and emerging trends in Internet rights around the world. Activists online and on the ground in Egypt...
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Netizen Report: Uganda and Nigeria Seek Stricter Controls for Social Media
Global Voices Advocacy’s Netizen Report offers an international snapshot of challenges, victories, and emerging trends in Internet rights around the world. On the heels of a forced social media...
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Mideast Media Study Shows Setbacks for Facebook and Twitter, Concern for...
In the Middle East, Twitter and Facebook are losing ground amid privacy concerns, internet users are increasingly watching films online (as long as they’re free), and more people say they’re concerned...
View ArticleDaily Must Reads in Media & Technology, May 19, 2016
Must Reads is MediaShift’s daily curation of the big stories about media and technology from across the web. Sign up here to get these delivered right to your inbox. 1. Choose Your Own News: Readers...
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Netizen Report: Two of Egypt’s Leading Human Rights Defenders Face Legal...
Global Voices Advocacy’s Netizen Report offers an international snapshot of challenges, victories, and emerging trends in Internet rights around the world. Two human rights defenders in Egypt are...
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Netizen Report: The UN Condemned Internet Shutdowns. But Does it Matter?
Global Voices Advocacy’s Netizen Report offers an international snapshot of challenges, victories, and emerging trends in Internet rights around the world. Notorious “Internet enemies” like China,...
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Netizen Report: Brazilians Find the Limits of Free Speech on Facebook
The Advox Netizen Report offers an international snapshot of challenges, victories, and emerging trends in Internet rights around the world. Tensions between citizens and public officials in Brazil are...
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Netizen Report: Draft Laws in Egypt Could Lock Down Social Media
Global Voices Advocacy’s Netizen Report offers an international snapshot of challenges, victories, and emerging trends in Internet rights around the world. The Egyptian parliament is reviewing a bill...
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Netizen Report: In ‘State of Emergency,’ Internet Shutdowns Leave Ethiopians,...
Global Voices Advocacy’s Netizen Report offers an international snapshot of challenges, victories, and emerging trends in Internet rights around the world. On Tuesday, May 30, Ethiopians woke up to...
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Netizen Report: China Has a New Cybersecurity Law
Global Voices Advocacy’s Netizen Report offers an international snapshot of challenges, victories, and emerging trends in Internet rights around the world. It has been only two weeks since China’s new...
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Netizen Report: U.S. Tech Company Bans White Supremacist Group for Being...
Global Voices Advocacy’s Netizen Report offers an international snapshot of challenges, victories, and emerging trends in Internet rights around the world. Several U.S. technology companies have banned...
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