Vietnam Tightens the Squeeze on Its Bloggers
February 12, 2014 1:42 AM ET
A mushrooming blogosphere has challenged the state's media monopoly, drawing a heavy-handed bid to bring the Internet under government control. By Shawn W. Crispin Blogger Pham Viet Dao attends a conference on social media in Hanoi on December 24, 2012....
Turkish president should veto Internet bill
February 6, 2014 11:18 AM ET
San Francisco, February 6, 2014--The Committee to Protect Journalists calls on Turkish President Abdullah Gül to veto the Internet bill passed Wednesday by the Turkish Parliament. The bill would grant the Turkish government unprecedented control over the Internet by allowing...
Turkish Internet bill would deepen press freedom crisis
February 3, 2014 5:01 PM ET
The Turkish parliament is on the verge of voting on radical censorship measures that, if approved, would allow the government to block individual URLs without prior judicial review, mandate Internet data retention for periods of up to two years,...
On Internet freedom, India's perilous trajectory
January 13, 2014 2:18 PM ET
By the time the first story based on former NSA contractor Edward Snowden's disclosures splashed across the front pages of the world's newspapers, India had reportedly begun deployment of its own major surveillance architecture, the Central Management System (CMS). The...
While tech companies call for spying reform, telcos silent
December 12, 2013 5:20 PM ET
On Monday, eight of the world's leading technology companies set aside their rivalries to issue a direct challenge to U.S. lawmakers: lead the world by example and fix America's broken surveillance state. Although the tech companies' statement sends a powerful...
Decree targets online freedoms in Vietnam
July 22, 2013 11:18 AM ET
Bangkok, July 22, 2013--A new decree aimed at regulating Internet-related information and services in Vietnam represents a significant new danger to online journalists and bloggers, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today. The decree was signed into law on July...
In NSA surveillance debate, tech firms urge transparency
June 28, 2013 2:00 PM ET
Some of the Internet companies at the heart of the outcry over U.S. government surveillance today joined with human rights and press freedom groups, including CPJ, in calling for greater government disclosure of electronic communications monitoring....
Iranian authorities target Internet, media before elections
June 13, 2013 5:15 PM ET
New York, June 13, 2013--Iranian authorities have intensified their crackdown on the Internet, including on media outlets and journalists, in the days leading up to Friday's presidential election, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today. Several opposition websites have reported...
Online and in danger in Burma
June 13, 2013 12:02 AM ET
Early moves by Thein Sein to ease Internet censorship are viewed as a limited concession to press freedom, since Burma has one of the lowest Internet penetration rates in the world. Now, planned foreign investments in mobile infrastructure promise to...