Censorship

New Media Freedom Campaign Launched in Serbia

Serbian journalists and activists who protested recently over what they called the worsening situation of the free media will meet in Belgrade on Thursday to coordinate a new campaign in defence of media freedom in the country.

The official Facebook group "For Media Freedom" said all the participants at the meeting will sign a "Freedom of the Media Declaration".  

Princeton anthropology Prof’s “F*CK FREE SPEECH” lecture flaunts a complete ignorance of U.S. Constitution

Rouse, Director of Princeton’s Department of Anthropology, gave a lecture on Constitution Day titled, “F*ck Free Speech: An Anthropologist’s Take on Campus Speech Debates,” although is still unclear why an anthropology professor was giving a lecture on the Constitution.

Journalist Ahmet Şık slams state of emergency measures in third hearing of daily Cumhuriyet case

Journalist Ahmet Şık slammed measures taken in the wake of the last year's failed coup attempt in his first testimony in the case of daily Cumhuriyet journalists and executives on July 26 in which they are being indicted on terror charges.

My country, good or bad!

I spent the last two weeks mostly in London and then in Vienna for two days. My latest journey only confirmed my resolve to live in my country, good or bad. No, I did not go abroad to check if I could ever consider living in these places, but I often encountered this question if I would think of living outside of Turkey, given the political crises and difficulties at home.

US concerned over Turkey's actions against opposition

The United States is concerned over Turkey's actions against opposition, U.S. State Department Spokesperson Heather Nauert has said. 

When asked to comment on the arrest of main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) Istanbul lawmaker Enis Berberoğlu, Nauert said that "they are trying to gather information."

Germany: EUR 50mn fines for "hate speech and fake news"

Germany will impose fines of up to EUR 50 million against "online giants that fail to remove hate speech and fake news reported by users within a week."

Tanjug is reporting this on Wednesday, citing an AFP report, that specified the measure was approved by the German government, that announced it in a statement.

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