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Film protests about much more than religion
Reducing the backlash over “The Innocence of Muslims” to a hysterical reaction to blasphemy ignores deep unease at the US’s role in the Arab world, says Myriam Francois-Cerrah Take Two: Islam...
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Pakistan’s Prime Minister Raja Pervaiz Ashraf has reportedly ordered the state-owned Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) to block YouTube after the video-sharing website failed to remove a...
View ArticleLetter: White House guilty of censorship by stealth in seeking YouTube removal
This letter appeared in the Financial Times Sir, Your editorial (“Obama’s realist foreign policy”, September 27) claims that free speech purists were offended by Barack Obama’s comments on Innocence...
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How the law caught up with the internet
As online freedom comes under attack from big business and governments alike, Jennifer Granick assesses the legal landscape The decentralised, ungovernable nature of the early internet was an...
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Should religious or cultural sensibilities ever limit free expression?
Writer and broadcaster Kenan Malik and art historian and educator Nada Shabout on one of the art world’s most contentious debates Mark Boardman/www.mark-boardman.com Dear Nada, I regard free speech...
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Free expression in the face of violence
A peaceful protest against the Innocence of Muslims in London – Brian Minkoff/Demotix The Innocence of Muslims controversy put a spotlight on whether offensive online content should be censored or...
View ArticleGoogle Transparency Report shows Brazil tops takedown table
Governments around the world are ramping up their takedown requests, the latest data from Google’s Transparency Report revealed yesterday. 56 countries issued a record 2,285 requests to remove 24,179...
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