The Risks Of Censorship, The Threats To Privacy
US:
Is Bush Gov't Using "Anti-Terrorism" To Shield Government And Business From Public?
February 3,
Mother Jones
via GVNews.Net
ASIA:
Globalization And Anti-Terrorism Have Ended Asia's Information Age
January 30,
Asia Times Online
via GVNews.net
GLOBAL:
"Security" And "Public Morals" Versus Freedom Of Expression (COMMENTARY)
February 3,
Index on Censorship
US:
Cybersecurity Czar To Resign
January 28,
Associated Press
via Wired News
US:
FBI's Possible Involvement In Pentagon Data Project Raises New Privacy Questions
January 22,
ABC News
Also see:
• Congress Puts Brakes On Pentagon's 'Total Information' Database
• Bills: Down With Citizen Database
US:
Hearings Sought On Pentagon's Total Information System
January 14,
Washington Post
Also see:
• Groups
Urge Congress To Halt 'Information Awareness' Plan
US:
Cybersecurity Plan Revisions Could Increase Privacy Problems
January 8,
IDG News Service
via PC World.com
Also see:
• Department Of Homeland Security Cast In Privacy Role
• White House: Privacy Safe In Web Security Plan (Dec. 22)
US:
Changed Priorities In Wake Of Terrorist Attacks – An Overview Of Tech Policy In 2002
December 31,
Washington Post
US:
Bush Administration To Propose System For Monitoring Internet
December 20,
The New York Times (free registration req'd)
via Moreover.com
US:
Report: Cyber Attacks Are Not Major Terrorism Threat
December 20,
Wired News
UK:
Mobile Phone Companies "Overwhelmed" By Police Requests For Data
December 20,
BBC
Also see:
• Mobile Phones Are A Storehouse Of Data For Police, Even Deleted Info
US:
Activists Target Director Of "Total Information Awareness" System With 'Privacy-Invasion' Campaign (REAL AUDIO)
December 18,
Democracy Now!
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Also see:
• "The International Poindextering Of Poindexter"
• Study Seeks Technology Safeguards For Privacy
• Privacy Group Sues Pentagon For Documents On 'Total Information' Project
• DOD Accused of 'Outsourcing Big Brother'
• "Snooping In All The Wrong Places"
• Poindexter's Incredible Shrinking Website
UK:
Rethink Urged Over Net Snooping Laws
December 19,
BBC
US:
FBI's Reading List Worries Librarians
December 16,
USA Today
US:
Can New Technology Protect Our Privacy? (COMMENTARY)
December 16,
ZDNet
INTERNATIONAL:
Quote "Invented" By Reporter Blamed For Canada's Ban On Hezbollah
December 16,
Christian Science Monitor
Also see:
• Hezbollah Responds About Misquote Of Leader's Statement
• Media Caught In A Lie Demonizing Hezbollah (COMMENTARY)
US:
Military Wants Limits On Wireless Internet Technology
December 17,
The New York Times (free registration req'd)
US:
Internet Domain Company Verisign Pushes "National Security" As Excuse To Speed Up Gov't Action
December 16,
USA Today
via Benton Foundation
US:
U.S. Military Considers Secret Propaganda Missions In Allied Nations
December 16,
The New York Times (free registration req'd)
US:
Washington Eyes Big Brother Plan
December 11,
BBC
US:
Media Withheld Story On Software Company's FBI And Terror Ties At Request Of U.S. Government
December 7,
The Boston Globe
US:
Why Are U.S. Media Failing To Report On Kissinger? (COMMENTARY)
December 5,
Los Angeles Times (free registration req'd)
via MediaNews.org
US:
'Operation TIPS' Citizen Informant Program Quietly Killed
November 4,
Wired News
US:
Ethnic Media Conference Weighs Challenges Of Reporting On Civil Liberties 'Post 9-11'
December 3,
New California Media,
US:
The Homeland Security Act: "Taking Liberties With Our Freedom" (COMMENTARY)
December 2,
Wired News
US:
Pentagon's Proposed Total Information System Touches Off Debate On Ethics And Feasibility
December 2,
Wired News
RUSSIA:
Journalists Wary Of Putin As Defender Of The Press
November 27,
Sunspot.net
Also see:
• Amnesty International welcomes Putin media law veto
US:
Government To Release Surveillance Documents To ACLU
November 26,
Associated Press
via Wired News
RUSSIA:
Putin Vetoes Restrictive Media Law
November 26,
The Moscow Times
via GVNews.net
GLOBAL:
Report: Press Freedom Deteriorates Worldwide In 2002 (PRESS RELEASE)
November 25,
World Association of Newspapers
Also see:
• Read The Full Report
AUSTRALIA:
Proposed Anti-Terrorism Bill Threatens "Lives, Rights And Ethics Of Journalists," Warns Editor
November 25,
The Age
via Asia Pacific Media Network
US:
Concerns About Commercial Privacy Invasions Increase But More Gov't Invasions Accepted
November 24,
The New York Times (free registration req'd)
Also see:
• Transcript Of Briefing On Gov't "Total Information Awareness" Program
US:
Will Secrecy Laws For Security Cover-Up Vital Public Health Info?
November 24,
Washington Post
via Freedom of Expression Network
RUSSIA:
Media Ask Putin For Help On Pending Media Law
November 25,
St. Petersburg Times
via Moreover.com
Also see:
• Journalist Accuses Police Of Erasing Chechnya Footage
US:
Pentagon Recently Considered Reconfiguring The Internet For Better Surveillance
November 22,
The New York Times (free registration req'd)
EUROPE:
Germany, Austria Stand Alone In Opposing EU Data-Retention Laws
November 21,
The Register
via Project for Excellence In Journalism
PHILIPPINES:
Press Groups Say Proposed Anti-Terrorism Laws Threaten Media Freedom
November 19,
International Freedom of Expression Exchange
RUSSIA:
Leading Media Organizations Call On Putin To Reject Restrictive Media Law Amendments
November 20,
AP/Yahoo
US:
Net Spying Gets OK From Secret Court
November 20,
CNET News.com
via Journalism.org
Also see:
• Court ruling raises red flag over privacy
• Secret Court Overturns Limits on Surveillance to Combat Terror
US:
Critics Say Personal Privacy Takes Alarming Hit With Passage Of Homeland Security Bill
November 20,
SFGate.com
Also see:
• Homeland Security Bill Has Internet Provisions
UGANDA:
President Warns Radio Stations Face Ban For Hosting Dissidents
November 18,
New Vision (Kampala)
via allAfrica.com
UK:
Terror Case Lawyer Says Press Has Intentionally Prevented Fair Trial
November 18,
BBC
US:
Homeland Security Bill Threatens Freedom Of Information, Media Groups Warn (PRESS RELEASE)
November 15,
Society of Professional Journalists
via Politech
Also see:
• Homeland Security Bill Would Greatly Expand Internet Surveillance
• Safire: Say Goodbye To Personal Privacy (COMMENTARY)
RUSSIA:
Worldwide Media Groups Urge Putin Against Censoring Press With Antiterrorism Laws (PRESS RELEASE)
November 14,
Commitee to Protect Journalists
via International Freedom of Expression Exchange
UGANDA:
Gov't Media Advisor Advocates Tougher Punishment For Journalists Who "Abet Terrorism"
November 15,
allAfrica.com
LIBERIA:
Gov't Shuts Down Amateur Radio Stations As "Threats To National Security"
November 14,
The News (Monrovia)
via allAfrica.com
INTERNATIONAL:
U.S. Gov't Alarm Over "Cyberterrorism" Grows, But Report Says Hack Attacks Declining
November 14,
Wired News
RUSSIA:
Parliament Passes Restrictions On News Coverage Of Anti-Terror Operations
November 13,
BBC
AUSTRALIA:
Don't Let It Bug You – Police Write To Tapped TV Journalist
November 13,
Sydney Morning Herald
via Moreover.com
US:
House OKs Computer Security Bill
November 13,
Wired News
Also see:
• Priming The Cybersecurity Pump
NEW ZEALAND:
New Bill Will Require Telecoms To Assist Gov't Surveillance
November 12,
The New Zealand Herald
US:
Pentagon Plans Cyber-Surveillance System
November 12,
Washington Post
Also see:
• Pentagon Plans A Computer System That Would Peek At Personal Data Of Americans
US:
Columnist Retracts Story On FBI Bugging Library Computers
November 7,
ctnow.com
RUSSIA:
Government Quietly Blocks Foreign Journalists From Chechnya
November 7,
Radio Free Europe
via European Journalism Centre
US:
Republican Control Of Congress Could Advance Security Laws Reducing Privacy Rights
November 6,
Wired News
US:
The FBI Has Bugged Our Public Libraries, Warns Journalist
(COMMENTARY)
November 5,
The Hartford Courant
via Freedom Of Expression Network
• UPDATE: Columnist Retracts Story, FBI Seached But Didn't Bug Computers
MALAYSIA:
Malaysian Government To Videotape Sermons In Mosques To Control "Militancy"
November 5,
Reuters
via Google News
RUSSIA:
Press Ministry Recommends New Guidelines For Media Coverage In National Emergencies
November 4,
AP/Yahoo
RUSSIA:
Government Won't "Take Action" On Media Over Hostage Crisis
October 31,
RFE/RE
via European Journalism Centre
Also see:
• Russian Press Berates Western Media For Negative Coverage Of Hostage Crisis
RUSSIA:
Legislators Approve New Restrictions On Anti-Terror News Coverage
November 1,
AP
via ABC News
Also see:
• Russian Deputies Back New Post-Siege Media Curbs
RUSSIA:
Hostage Used Cellphone To Circumvent Gov't Clamp On Coverage
October 29,
Wired News
RUSSIA:
New Anti-Terrorism Law 'Tightens Grip' On Media (PRESS RELEASE)
October 29,
International Freedom of Expression Exchange
Also see:
• Television Coverage Comes Of Age, from The Moscow Times
US:
Librarians, Booksellers Join Lawsuit Seeking Patriot Act Info From Justice Department (PRESS RELEASE)
October 29,
American Library Assn.
via Free Expression Network
RUSSIA:
Russian Bill Limiting Coverage Of Terrorism And Counter-Terrorism Raises Press Freedom Alarms
October 25,
Guardian Unlimited
US:
Will National Security Agency Spy On U.S. Citizens?
October 22,
politechbot.com
US:
Video, Audio Sources To Be Gathered And Vetted In New Homeland Security Database
October 22,
BBC
UK:
ISPs Refuse To Store More Email Data As Part Of Plan To Combat Terrorism
October 22,
BBC
SOUTH EAST ASIA:
US Media Urged To Highlight Islam's Diversity And Consult Local Experts In Regional Coverage
October 22,
The Straits Times
via Google News
FRANCE:
Author Cleared Of Racial Hatred Charges Over Islam Is "Stupidest Religion" Remark
October 22,
BBC
BANGLADESH:
Authorities Call "Time" Report Fictitious
October 17,
Globalvision News Network
Also see:
• Time Magazine Issues Clarification On Report Of Terrorists In Bangladesh
US:
Films With War Themes Are 'Victims of Bad Timing'
October 17,
The New York Times (free registration req'd)
US:
Government's Aggressive Antiterrorism Policies To Be Challenged By Civil Liberties Media Campaign
October 16,
Washington Post
UGANDA:
Gov't Says Newspaper Closure Is Justified By Antiterrorism Law; US Embassy, EU And Human Rights Groups Condemn Attack
October 16,
The Nation
via allAfrica.com
Also see:
• AllAfrica's Ongoing Coverage Of The Gov't Attack On Independent Newspaper The Monitor
FINLAND:
Police Investigate Internet And Chat Room Leads In Mall Bombing
October 15,
AP
via Wired News
US:
Freedom Of Information Act On The Ropes In Government Of Secrecy
October 11,
workingforchange
US:
Report: The Top "Censored" News Stories
October 2,
Minuteman
via Dodge City Daily Globe
Also see:
• The "Project Censored" Web Site
US:
News Media Win Conditional Access To Moussaoui Filings
September 27,
The New York Times (free registration req'd)
US:
As Security Cameras Sprout, Someone's Always Watching
September 29,
The New York Times (free registration req'd)
Also see:
•
The USA Patriot Act Turns Librarian Into Spies
•
Background: Chart On Surveillance Provisions of USA/Patriot Act
US:
University Bans Links To Colombia's FARC And Kurdish Group
September 26,
News.Com
US:
U.S. Urged To Break Silence On Al-Jazeera Journalist Held At Guantanamo (PRESS RELEASE)
September 24,
Reporters Sans Frontieres
via International Freedom of Expression Exchange
US:
Wartime Censorship Is Alive And Well - On Campus
September 20,
Slate.com
Also see:
• "Campus Watch" -- The Vigilante Thought Police
US:
Newspaper Editors Worry About Access To Public Records
September 23,
Freedom Forum
via Moreover.com
Also see:
•
U.S. Media Want More Information And Access From Highly Secretive Government
• Report: How the War on Terrorism Affects Access to Information and the Public's Right to Know.
INTERNATIONAL:
Information Industry And Governments Debate E-Privacy And Security
September 20,
Wired News
Also see:
•
Report: Anti-Terrorism Drive Threatens Internet Freedoms Worldwide
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