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- The global expression report 2022: the intensifying battle for narrative control (2022)
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- A taxonomy of internet shutdowns: the technologies behind network interference (2022)
- Journalism is a public good: world trends in freedom of expression and media development, global report 2021/2022 (2022)
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The unfreedom monitor: Morocco country report
Advox
(2022), 27 pp.
"Journalists and independent press are tried and prosecuted with harsh charges that reach up to 20 years of imprisonment under the Penal Code, rather than the Press Code of 2016, which abolished imprisonment for criticising the monarch. The government closely monitors and controls media content thro...
The unfreedom monitor: Egypt country report
Advox
(2022), 20 pp.
"According to Reporters Without Borders (RSF), half of the media in the country is owned by the government or affiliated with the intelligence services. The rest are owned by pro-government businessmen. The few independent press websites that are still open have been blocked. Their owners and editor...
The unfreedom monitor: Tanzania country report
Advox
(2022), 22 pp.
"Tanzania has exercised authority on digital avenues in three main vital ways:• Surveillance: Data governance in Tanzania has been one area that has had fewer restrictions as there are still laws that adequately speak to things such as data protection and privacy. However, laws such as the Cyb...
Internet shutdowns and human rights: submission in response to the call for comments by the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights as input for the report on internet shutdowns and human rights to the fiftieth session of the Human Rights Council in June 2022
Association for Progressive Communications (APC)
(2022), 29 pp.
"Temporary internet disruptions and shutdowns pose serious challenges to the exercise of a wide range of rights and therefore cannot be justified under any pretext, whether these relate to preservation of national security, safeguarding the public order, or countering disinformation, among others. A...
What is an ideal internet to you? A global exploration of digital rights trends
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Pollicy
(2022), 56 pp., bibliogr. p.47-56
CC BY-SA
"This white paper seeks to provide an overview of the core thematic issues around digital rights and digital safety across the world. The content builds off a global mapping exercise of organisations and knowledge, predominantly focused on Africa and the Middle East, Latin America, Asia-Pacific, Eas...
Independent media under pressure: evidence from Russia
Post-Soviet affairs, volume 38, issue 3 (2022), pp. 155-174
"Existing literature recognizes growing threats to press freedom around the world and documents changes in the tools used to stifle the independent press. However, few studies investigate how independent media respond to state pressure in an autocracy, documenting the impact of tactics that stop sh...
Let the net work: internet shutdowns in India 2022
New Delhi:
SFLC
(2022), 48 pp.
"The observations made in this report make emphatically clear the failings of the current legal framework in defending human rights in the context of access to the internet. As seen in the report, the disruption of access to the internet is triggered at the most menial of instances, including for re...
The global expression report 2022: the intensifying battle for narrative control
London:
Article 19
(2022), 75 pp.
ISBN 978-1-910793-46-6
CC BY-NC-SA
"In 2021, the GxR metric registered two of the most dramatic declines ever seen: both Afghanistan and Myanmar dropped more than 30 points, plummeting two categories, as democratic governments were driven out and people were brutally attacked as they resisted the takeover of their governments. Countr...
The state of freedom of expression, press freedom, and access to information in Cambodia. Annual report: 1 September 2021 – 31 August 2022
Cambodia Center for Human Rights
(2022), 42 pp.
"The present report outlines key information pertaining to the rights to freedom of expression, press freedom, and access to information and findings regarding the state of these rights in the Kingdom of Cambodia over a period of a year, starting from 1 September 2021 to 31 August 2022. This annual ...
Mapping of legal framework and responses by actors to address harmful content online in Kenya
Build Up
(2022), iv, 47 pp.
CC BY-SA
"Although hate speech, misinformation, and disinformation have likely always existed in our societies, social media platforms have added a new dimension to the spread and access of harmful speech. This report details the legal framework / rule of law tools in place, and responses by the government, ...
The unfreedom monitor: data governance
Amsterdam:
Advox; Global Voices
(2022), 11 pp.
"Data governance is an integral aspect of digital authoritarianism because it incorporates any type of control, authority, and manipulation of data […]. Within the context of digital authoritarianism, data governance may incorporate both states and non-state actors that collaborate with states to ...
Let free media thrive: selected stories of 4 years of impact of the multi-donor programme on freedom of expression and safety of journalists (2018-2021)
Paris:
UNESCO
(2022), 18 pp.
"The stories presented here are some examples of how the Multi-Donor Programme for Freedom of Expression and Safety of Journalists (MDP) works to provide countries and their populations with the necessary tools to nurture a free and independent media. This includes promoting the adoption of policies...
Solidarity and survival: the story of South Asia. Afghanistan country report
International Federation of Journalists (IFJ)
(2022), 0,708333333
CC BY-SA
"An independent media is essential to tell the world the complex unfolding story of Afghanistan. Journalists remaining in Afghanistan, as well as those who have left, desperately need support from the international community. There is need for solidarity and interventions on several fronts. The Afgh...
A taxonomy of internet shutdowns: the technologies behind network interference
Access Now
(2022), 45 pp., glossary p.39-45
"In this paper, we outline each of the various technical mechanisms for implementing a shutdown, and the options for mitigating each type. Our hope is that technologists and civil society groups working to end shutdowns will find this a useful technical resource to understand, prepare for, circumven...
Equally safe: towards a feminist approach to the safety of journalists
London:
Article 19
(2022), 63 pp., bibliogr. p.56-60
"In 2021, ARTICLE 19 set out to make sometimes invisible practices more visible, building on our existing programmes on the safety of women journalists worldwide. We undertook original research globally and specifically in six countries, three in Asia (Bangladesh, Nepal, and Sri Lanka) and three in ...
Jornadas de violencia generalizada y sistemática vivió la prensa ecuatoriana durante el paro. Informe Junio 2022
Quito:
Fundamedios
(2022), 16 pp.
"Los números, videos, historias y relatos no engañan. Los equipos de prensa que trabajaron durante los 18 días del paro nacional, convocado por el movimiento indígena, fueron agredidos desde todos los frentes. Pero, en especial, las agresiones provinieron de los manifestantes, los ciudadanos que...
Human rights online in India: joint stakeholder report. Universal Periodic review, 41st session - India
Access Now; Association for Progressive Communications (APC); Internet Freedom Foundation (IFF)
(2022), 19 pp.
"This joint stakeholder report focuses on key issues relating to human rights online in India, including internet shutdowns, digital exclusion, freedom of speech and expression online, online harassment and hate speech, privacy, surveillance and data protection. The report draws on extensive and ong...
Digitalisation and civic space: chances and challenges
Berlin:
Brot für die Welt
(2022), 58 pp.
"Multifaceted, uncensored, promoting democracy - that is the internet, many people had long hoped. But from today's perspective, this is not true - or only partially. Because the big digital platforms and the world wide web are both: media of freedom and control. In many places, they support civil s...
Atlas der Zivilgesellschaft. Freiheitsrechte unter Druck: Schwerpunkt Digitalisierung
München; Berlin:
oekom Verlag; Brot für die Welt
(2022), 86 pp.
ISBN 978-3-96238-379-4
Other Editions: shortened version also published in English
The Universal Periodic Review (UPR) and its potential to foster freedom of expression, access to information and safety of journalists: guidelines for civil society organizations
UNESCO; Amnesty International
(2022), 17 pp.
CC BY-SA
"This guide aims to encourage civil society and community organizations, activists and individuals to engage with the United Nations' (UN) Universal Periodic Review (UPR) mechanism on freedom of expression, safety of journalists and access to information issues. The guide explains why it is importan...
