Tag Archives: Freedom of Information
Efforts afoot to make State Dept. blogs, Tweets and websites legal
You know the old joke: If “pro” is the opposite of “con,” what is the opposite of “progress?” According to The Cable, Congress is finally looking at amending the Smith-Mundt Act of 1948 that forbade the non-military foreign policy agencies from … Continue reading
Filed under Freedom of access, Connections, Freedom of Information, Story Ideas
Freedom House: State of media in the world
International Press Freedom day saw Freedom House roll out its annual report on media freedom in the world. As expected, it had its moments of elation and gloom. The year 2011 featured precarious but potentially far-reaching gains for media freedom … Continue reading
Filed under Censorship, International News Coverage, Press Freedom
Internet Freedom: Home and Abroad
It is easy to criticize China and Iran over the way they attempt to control the Internet. But where do they get the technology to do so? And do Britain, India and the United States (great democracies all) really want … Continue reading
Filed under Censorship, Freedom of access
Venezuela Court Bans Independent Pollution Reporting
Reporters Without Borders and the Committee to Protect Journalists commented late last week on the Venezuelan court decision that bans news media from reporting pollution figures not approved by the central government. CPJ: Venezuelan court ruling limits coverage of water quality … Continue reading
Filed under Censorship, Corruption, Freedom of Information, Press Freedom, South America
China bans comments on websites
Once the Chinese government realized that people in China were going to use microblogs — such as Twitter — it moved to make sure uncontrolled groups — such as Twitter — could not operate within China. Local versions of Twitter … Continue reading
Filed under China, Freedom of access, Freedom of Information
