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China reaffirms online censorship policy

donal brown June 10, 2010

While claiming to safeguard free speech, the Chinese government issued a long list of online speech it considers undesirable. -db CNET AllThingsD Commentary June 9, 2010 By John Paczkowski Though it has given no indication otherwise, China would like the world to know that it has no plans to allow free access to online content–Google’s “new approach” to the country be damned. In a lengthy white paper titled “The Internet in China,” China’s State Council

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Irag video research edges Wikileaks into investigative reporting role

FAC April 8, 2010

Wikileaks has adopted the tools of investigative and advocacy journalism–including sending two people to Baghdad to research the story behind the Iraq video–to get leaked information out to the public. Iraq Video Brings Notice to a Web Site The New York Times By NOAM COHEN and BRIAN STELTER “Have encrypted videos of U.S. bomb strikes on civilians. We need super computer time,” stated the Web site, which calls itself “an intelligence agency of the people.”

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Sunlight Foundation wants freedom of information law for Internet

donal brown March 23, 2010

The Sunlight Foundation argues that in the Internet age it is imperative to require the government to post public information in a timely and user-friendly way. It supports Public Online Information Act, a law that modernizes government disclosure. -db Sunlight Foundation Opinion March 23, 2010 In the age of the Internet, government is transparent only when public information is available online. The Sunlight Foundation supports the Public Online Information Act (POIA), legislation that embraces a

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Opinion: Time for bloggers to gain protections afforded traditional media

donal brown March 2, 2010

With more of the public gaining their news from online sources rather than print media and using the social media to become more interactive and participatory in accessing the news, a CMLP blogger argues that bloggers should be entitled to the same protection as mainstream press. -db Citizen Media Law Project Commentary March 1, 2010 By Andrew Moshirnia Well, it turns out this whole Internet thing is getting pretty popular. According to the Pew Internet

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Report says press freedom eroding with shift to online media

donal brown February 10, 2010

A report in CQ Researcher says that with no way established to charge for online news content, there is less money to spend accessing courts, public records and public meetings. -db The Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press February 9, 2010 By Cristina Abello As newspaper circulations drop and nightly news broadcasts garner fewer viewers, more people are getting their news online — a medium not as likely as traditional media to spend the

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