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European Parliament Backs Off Blog Regulation
The European Parliament has passed a resolution urging the European Commission and member states, “to safeguard media pluralism.” The resolution also calls for, “an open discussion on all issues relating to the status of weblogs.”
Are We Bloggers Journalists? Huge Question
It is indeed a loaded question in a world where technology and easy access to it has transformed the role of journalism and how it is practiced.
Can I be considered a journalist because I do have access to the necessary technology and information to expr
Chinese Activist May Nab Nobel Peace Prize
This may turn out to be China’s year, but not quite in the way that Beijing hopes.
Among the candidate names floating around for this year’s Nobel Peace Prize is Chinese dissident Hu Jia, who promotes democracy, AIDS awareness and environmental issues
U.S. Representatives send protest letter to Vietnamese president
Congresswoman Loretta Sanchez, a California Democrat, along with other U.S. House members, has written a letter to Vietnam’s President Nguyen Minh Triet expressing their concern over the Vietnamese government’s recent human rights violations. The letter d
Indonesia Journalist Club Condemns Malaysian Journalist Arrest
The Alliance of Independent Journalists (AJI) a journalist organization in Indonesia, condemned the second arrest of Raja Petra Kamarudin a malaysian editor for the popular opposition web site Malaysia Today.
The club's Secretary General Abdul Manan said
Exposing the Horror of Russia’s Crackdown on the Blogosphere
Blogger Dmitri Minaev has horrifying details on the arrest of Oborona activist and blogger Dmitri Solovyov for publishing critical posts about the Kremlin. He points out that back in July Solovyov published a post predicting that Russia would attack Geor
Media Bloggers Association
The Media Bloggers Association is a nonpartisan non-profit organization dedicated to promoting, protecting and educating its members; supporting the development of "blogging" or "citizen journalism" as a distinct form of media; and helping to extend the p
Media bloggers association launches education, legal advisory and liability insurance program for bloggers
The Media Bloggers Association (“MBA”) announced today that it has launched a comprehensive program to provide bloggers access to the same sort of legal and financial resources long available to traditional media organizations including BlogInsure, a firs
Legal Threats Database
The database contains lawsuits, cease & desist letters, subpoenas, and other legal threats directed at those who engage in online speech. You can view, search, and comment on every entry in the database.
China: An hour later, he was taken away
Another blogger arrest, this time we find out about merely by chance. Just days after WordCamp China 2008 wrapped up, citizen reporter and web editor Wen Yunchao is in Beijing and today posts, ‘An hour later, he was taken away‘:
New Insurance Program for Bloggers Offered by the Media Bloggers Association
Here is a simple, but often ignored, truth: if you publish online, whether it's a news article, blog post, podcast, video, or even a user comment, you open yourself up to potential legal liability. It doesn't matter whether you are a professional journal
Loui Has Been Set Free!
Yemen Hurr website announced yesterday in a press release that its founder and editor-in-chief Loui Al-Moayed has been released from prison yesterday after about more than 70 days in detention. In a press release, the website thanked all those organizatio
Raja Petra Kamarudin begins two-year detention
Raja Petra Kamarudin, editor of Malaysia Today, is to be detained for two years under Malaysia’s Internal Security Act.
A statement to the Egyptian general prosecutor seeking the release of a blogger
Today a number of Egyptian artists and human rights activists submitted a statement to the General Prosecutor, demanding the release of blogger activist and novelist Mosaad Abu Fajr, who has been in jail since December 2007.
Detained in Borg al Arab pris
GYet another blogger apprehended
Malaysian blogger Syed Azidi Syed Aziz, or kickdefella, was arrested today. From initial reports, it is not clear if he was arrested for inciting the public to fly the national flag upside-down or for an article he wrote. Other reports suggest that Syed A
Advocacy 2.0 Guide: Tools for Digital Advocacy
The Advocacy 2.0 Guide (Tools for Digital Advocacy) describes some of the best techniques and tools that digital activists - and others who wish to learn from this subject - can use as part of their online advocacy campaigns. While our previous guide (Blo
Blogger jailed for insulting judge
Former Singaporean citizen and naturalized American, Gopalan Nair, has been sentenced to three months imprisonment for insulting a high court judge on his blog. Newspaper reports that the court, in handing out the sentence, had stated that Gopalan had “sc
Blogger arrests continue in Malaysia
Well-known blogger Syed Azidi Syed Abdul Aziz, also known as Kickdefella, was arrested at his home on 17 September under the Sedition Act.
The arrest came after he posted blog entries in which he severely criticised the country’s political and economic s
Damage control in milk powder case
ChinaSmack comes with translations of earlier reports on the Sanlu milk powder case, showing that the case might have been discovered as early as May this year. It describes a post by a father whose child got sick:
Later, a reporter learned that Sanl
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