(June 2016/Issue 68)
Do you have any concerns about the situation of media freedom in the worldwide? More and more violent attacks against reporters happened and more restrictions on access to information which make censorship become a hot topic in Hong Kong. But guess what, many places in the world are facing the same problem every day.
The New Censorship: Inside the Global Battle for Media Freedom, wrote by Joel Simon, the executive director of the Committee to Protect Journalists, describes global information about censorship facing by the media industries nowadays. He also discusses some new threats from “democratators”, web wars and surveillance, which gives the critical conditions to reporters and to the flow of information. Some steps have been mentioned for “global citizens” to meet the challenges.
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