For clues to censorship in Hong Kong, look to Singapore, not Beijing
April 27, 2015 11:01 AM ET
When journalists covering pro-democracy demonstrations in Hong Kong on September 28, 2014, got word that protesters were having problems with cell phone service, it appeared to be a familiar response from governments across the world to dissent....
Yahoo! End-to-End email preview promises greater protection for journalists
March 30, 2015 5:00 PM ET
Good news for journalists wanting added protection from surveillance. Yahoo! has announced a technical preview of its email security tool End-to-End, which it has been developing in collaboration with Google. This is another milestone in the tech companies' efforts to...
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...
Is China silencing rumors, or the public?
September 12, 2013 12:17 PM ET
China's Internet has changed fundamentally since Shi Tao was given a 10-year prison sentence in 2005. Shi's case was a marker of sorts--- the first high profile sentencing in China for online activity. The government says 40 percent of...
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....
Secrecy, scale of PRISM raise alarms
June 7, 2013 7:19 AM ET
Government surveillance of electronic communications "should be regarded as a highly intrusive act that potentially interferes with the rights to freedom of expression and privacy and threatens the foundations of a democratic society," Frank La Rue, U.N. special rapporteur...
Singapore bloggers wary of news site license scheme
June 4, 2013 10:48 AM ET
Singapore's Internet community is in backlash since the government announced on May 28 a new licensing scheme for "news websites"--a term it did not define--arguing that digital news platforms ought to be regulated on par with offline media. The...
Singapore imposes licensing fees on news websites
May 29, 2013 12:17 PM ET
New York, May 29, 2013--Singapore's plan to impose licensing fees on news websites will further stifle the press in the city-state's already claustrophobic media atmosphere, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today....