As German hate speech law sinks Titanic's Twitter post, critics warn new powers go too far
January 23, 2018 2:05 PM ET
The satirical magazine Titanic appears to have been an unlikely victim of Germany's recently adopted online anti-hate speech law, NetzDG. "We were truly surprised," the magazine's editor-in-chief Tim Wolff told CPJ, as he explained how Twitter blocked the Titanic...
In Zimbabwe, three journalists investigating elephant poisoning charged with slander
November 5, 2015 1:01 PM ET
Three journalists from Zimbabwe's state-owned weekly newspaper Sunday Mail were arrested in the capital, Harare, on November 2, 2015, after the paper published a report about more than 60 elephants being poisoned in Hwange National Park, according to news reports....
CPJ hails elimination of criminal defamation in Jamaica
November 7, 2013 3:56 PM ET
New York, November 7, 2013--The Committee to Protect Journalists welcomes the repeal of criminal libel provisions by the Jamaican Parliament on Tuesday as a step forward in the campaign to eliminate criminal defamation in the Americas....