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					An introductory guide to the ten principles
				
Our social media team have created a new way to explore the 10 principles on Youtube.

					For all that is changing, free speech is still ‘under siege’ in Nigeria
				
Bill Snaddon discusses political reform in Nigeria and the prosecution of the killers of Nigerian writers and journalists.

					Between Islamists and secularists: debating free speech in the Arab world
				
Sara Khorshid reports from a panel discussion that brought together former hate preachers, feminists and ordinary Arab youth to debate the limits of free speech in the new Middle East.

					Hyperreality beats free speech in Turkey
				
Kerem Öktem describes the dramatic deterioration of Turkey’s media landscape after the attempted coup of July 2016.

					Noam Chomsky: Does America have uncensored, diverse, and trustworthy media?
				
Noam Chomsky talks about Edward Snowden, laws regulating historical memory, no-platforming, internet echo chambers and the lack of diversity in the American media.

					What next for Rhodes Must Fall?
				
Free Speech Debate organised a panel discussion on the Rhodes Must Fall campaign and its future. In this video and its highlights, panelists debate the range of issues surrounding the campaign and its impact on free speech. Panelists include Dr David Johnson, Professor David Priestland, Sizwe Mpofu-Walsh and Monica Richter.

					The Russian Orthodox Church and freedom of expression: 2016 update
				
Olga Shvarova explores how the Russian Orthodox Church’s interpretation of traditional moral values and spiritual security affects freedom of expression in Russia.

					Russia tightens control of the internet
				
Yury Sorochkin describes the implications of the Russian government’s decision to ban Rutracker.org, the country’s most popular torrent tracker.

					A Turkish newspaper is shut down, condolences accepted
				
Ezgi Basaran cries out at the forced end of Radikal, the Turkish newspaper she used to edit.

					Russia’s law on offending religious feelings
				
Helen Haft examines the case of a blogger prosecuted after an online argument and its implications for Russian free speech.

					Chicago university’s free speech policy
				
Timothy Garton Ash introduces the report of a committee on freedom of expression at the University of Chicago

					Shirin Ebadi on the fight for free speech and human rights in Iran
				
A transcript of our conversation with Nobel Peace Prize winner Shirin Ebadi, who spoke to Free Speech Debate about her book ‘Until We Are Free’.

					Nobel Laureate Shirin Ebadi: How has free speech changed in Iran?
				
Nobel Peace Prize winner Shirin Ebadi talks to Free Speech Debate about her book Until We Are Free and the state of free speech and human rights activism in Iran.

					Evgeny Morozov on the dark side of internet freedom
				
Evgeny Morozov highlights the dangers that can emerge when governments and corporations harness the internet to serve their own objectives.

					‚No-platforming’ on university campuses: political correctness and the subversion of free speech
				
Monica Richter argues that no-platforming is more about censoring unpalatable views than protecting marginalised groups.

					‚Oxford University has no regard for black life‘
				
Sizwe Mpofu-Walsh argues that Oxford has shown itself to have no regard for black life in its decision not to remove the statue of Cecil Rhodes.

					Cecil Rhodes in Oxford: from unnoticed statue to political scapegoat
				
Monica Richter argues that the inward looking Rhodes Must Fall campaign detracts from greater issues of social justice.

					What happened to ‘the right to be forgotten’?
				
Free Speech Debate tells the story of the advisory council to Google on the right to be forgotten, and talks to council member Luciano Floridi.

					The rise and fall of free speech under Turkey’s Islamists
				
Looking at the long sweep of the AKP’s rule, Kerem Öktem shows how the window of free speech in Turkey has closed.

					Unsere Höhepunkte des Jahres 2015
				
Neil Dullaghan fasst ein Jahr der Konflikte und Kontroversen um die Meinungsfreiheit zusammen. Mehr zu diesen Themen findet Ihr auf unserer Seite.

					Mark Zuckerberg’s speech: a political statement about the future of Facebook?
				
Evelyn Walls explores how Facebook may navigate Chinese free speech restrictions as it seeks to enter the market.

					Non-governmental organisations v Government of India: dissent and development in tension
				
Mujahid Mohammad discusses how India’s government has prioritised economic development over free speech.

					Self-censorship in Israeli society, or: what can and cannot be said about Gaza
				
Maja Sojref examines the subordination of free speech to politics and security in Israeli society.

					In India, the censor’s razor is here to stay
				
Udit Bhatia explores the changing nature of state censorship of film in India and prospects for the future.

					‚Innocence of Muslims‘ and the manufacture of outrage
				
Danyal Kazim explores the violent reaction to the YouTube video in Pakistan – starting with trying to access it from there.

					The rise of the left and the fall of free speech in Latin America
				
Maryhen Jiménez Morales explores how leftist political leaders in Latin America have limited free speech in their countries through populist discourse and political propaganda. 

					Is the Inter-American Court of Human Rights setting regional standards?
				
Laura Bernal-Bermudez examines a judgement that actually led to a change in the Chilean constitution

					Ist die französische Haltung zur Meinungsfreiheit Heuchelei?
				
Vor dem Hintergrund des Attentats auf Charlie Hebdo untersucht Arthur Asseraf die Geschichte der kolonialen Doppelmoral Frankreichs in Algerien.

					Can a book be too dangerous for the public?
				
Sebastian Huempfer examines the tortured controversy around republication of a copyright-free Mein Kampf in Germany.

					What do artists say about freedom of expression in the arts?
				
Tore Slaatta investigates Norwegian artists‘ views on their freedom of expression in contemporary society.

					John Naughton: Are private superpowers a threat to free speech?
				
John Naughton discusses the state of the internet, net neutrality and private companies.

					Silencing India’s daughters
				
Vanya Bhargav explains the battle behind the Indian government’s ban on a BBC documentary about a notorious gang rape.

					Has Demotix democratised journalism?
				
Demotix founder Turi Munthe discusses the role of citizen journalism and Demotix in today’s media environment.

					How and why Hong Kong’s press downplayed the ‘umbrella movement’ of 2014
				
Rebecca Wong describes the combined pressures of Chinese political power and the interests of media proprietors.

					What is it like to be a satirical cartoonist in Malaysia?
				
Malaysian cartoonist Zunar talks about what it means to be a satirical cartoonist in Malaysia.

					What is right speech and why is it important?
				
Leslie Green argues that Buddhist ideas  about avoiding divisive, abusive and  false speech can help us live together well in free societies

					Living in outrageous times
				
Peter Bradley argues that we should tolerate offence but be less offensive

					How a Weibo post gets censored
				
Jason Q Ng traces the path of a censored Weibo post and tracks keywords that trigger automatic review.

					Gibt es ein Recht, zu Fantasieren? Vom Zusammenhang zwischen Pornographie und sexueller Gewalt
				
Jo Fidgen erörtert die negativen Auswirkungen von Pornographie auf das Sexualverhalten.

					Google grapples with the ‘right to be forgotten’
				
Katie Engelhart attends the public hearing of Google’s Advisory Council, set up in response to a European Court of Justice judgement.

					Woran erkennt man Zensur im Internet?
				
Joss Wright erläutert die technischen und ethischen Herausforderungen bei der Erforschung von Zensur im Internet.

					A new initiative to defend free speech in India
				
Hartosh Bal explains the role of the new Freedom Trust in the context of India’s media environment, and how they hope to defend freedom of expression.

					Religion: Sample our intellectual buffet. Or make your own meal.
				
Timothy Garton Ash introduces a sample tour of the content on our site. 

					Vote for Hong Kong – on the streets and online
				
In 2014, the citizens of Hong Kong staged an unofficial civil referendum in protest against the Beijing authorities’ attempts to undermine its independence. As Rebecca Wong reports, the majority of the votes were cast via a voting app on mobile phones.

					Importierte Repression im Nahen Osten
				
Ein veröffentlichtes Dokument des ägyptischen Innenministeriums vom Juli 2014 belegt die Ausschreibung von Cybertechnologien zur Überwachung von Blasphemie, Sarkasmus und „mangelnde Moral“. Ein Bericht von Max Gallien.

					Sollten Netzbetreiber Pornographie im Internet zensieren?
				
Internetanbieter (engl. Internet Service Providers, ISPs) übertragen nicht nur Datenpakete von A nach B, sondern spielen auch eine wichtige Rolle bei der Überwachung von Internetnutzern. Ian Brown zeigt in diesem Kontext die Auswirkungen eines in Großbritannien geplanten Gesetzes auf, das vorsieht, dass Kunden sich von pornographischen und anderen jugendgefährdenden Themen abmelden können.

					In Ecuador, cartoonist gets the last laugh
				
Kim Wilkinson looks at an unusual order to ‘correct’ a cartoon, and the cartoonist’s clever reply. 

					The way Xi moves: free speech under assault in China
				
Shi Yige examines different approaches to censorship in China, and argues that while internet controls might avail the leadership in the short term, they are unsustainable.

					What really threatens free expression in India
				
Faisal Devji explores the deeper lessons from the forced withdrawal of an ‘alternative history’ of the Hindus. 

					Is it a crime to offend bread?
				
For one taxi company in the Russian town of Kostroma, the answer turned out to be yes. Sergey Fadeev explains.

					From incitement to self-censorship: the media in the Kenyan elections of 2007 and 2013
				
Katherine Bruce-Lockhart looks at the media’s role in two Kenyan elections and argues that peace and critical media coverage should not be mutually exclusive. 

					Pressing for press accountability in Britain
				
Jonathan Heawood on ten reasons why independent self-regulation is good for free speech – and how his new initiative, IMPRESS, proposes to go about it. 

					Britain’s proposed online porn filters
				
How do we strike the right balance between freedom of expression and child protection? Sarah Glatte explores a proposal by the British government.

					What does George Orwell mean to people in Burma?
				
At  the 2013 Irrawaddy Literary Festival, Burmese writers including Pascal Khoo Thwe and blogpoet Pandora talk about George Orwell in the country where he was once an imperial policeman.

					Thou shall not leak: Thomas Fingar on why leaking classified information is unnecessary and dangerous
				
Thomas Fingar, 2013 winner of the Sam Adams Awards for Integrity in Intelligence, argues that leaking classified information from within the intelligence services is unnecessary and dangerous.

					Ist Facebook nur die neue Handelskammer und Twitter nur der neue Telegraf?
				
Der Politologe Rob Reich erörtert die Bedeutung des Internets für Meinungs- und Versammlungsfreiheit. Gelten alte Regeln auch in einer neuen Welt?

					Vladimi Pozner: Why Russia does not have a concept of free speech
				
Famous Russian journalist Vladimir Pozner says he thinks Russia really has no concept of free speech. Oh, but there’s one place where you do have complete freedom of expression.

					The best director censored
				
Ang Lee’s winning Oscar speech was censored in China to remove his special thanks to Taiwan.

					Wann und wo sollten Extremisten aufmarschieren dürfen?
				
Aufmärsche rechtsextremer Gruppen in Gegenden, in denen Menschen verschiedenster ethnischer Herkunft leben, sind eine Provokation. Sie zu verbieten kann jedoch unvorhergesehene Konsequenzen haben. Josh Black untersucht einen Fall, in dem der rechtsextremen Englischen Verteidigungsliga ein Aufmarsch im Osten Londons verboten wurde.

					Der „Brandeburg-Test” zur Gewaltanstiftung
				
Im Jahr 1969 legte der Oberste Gerichtshof der Vereinigten Staaten in einer historischen Rechtsprechung fest, dass Anstiftung zur Gewalt nur dann strafbar sein kann, wenn Gewalt beabsichtig, wahrscheinlich und immanent ist. Von Jeff Howard.

					Kinderpornographie und Meinungsfreiheit
				
Im Prozessfall Karttunen gegen Finnland hat der europäische Gerichtshof die Verbreitung von Kinderpornographie unter dem Recht der Meinungsfreiheit verteidigt ohne dabei die Sachlage tiefgehender zu ergründen. Das Ausbleiben klarer Richtlinien stellt ein Problem dar, mit dem sich das Gericht in Zukunft auseinandersetzen müssen wird, schreibt Rónán Ó Fathaigh.

					A Turkish journalist’s censored plea for press freedom
				
Kerem Oktem introduces our translation of a column by Hasan Cemal, which his newspaper, Milliyet, refused to print.

					Free speech and the gun in Libya
				
Libyan media are crippled by their Gaddafi legacy. Without new regulations and, above all, bravery to stand up to violent intimidation, freedom of speech remains a distant dream, writes Jerry Timmins.

					Is Myanmar sliding back into censorship?
				
For all its talk of press freedom, the Burmese government has produced a surprise new bill containing oppressive provisions and undermining the press council it created. Ellen Wiles reports.

					Hat der Europäische Gerichtshofs regionalen Tabus zu viel Spielraum gegeben?
				
Der Fall I.A. gegen die Türkei des Europäischen Gerichtshofs für Menschenrechte aus dem Jahr 2005 liefert einen umstrittenen Präzedenzfall für die Einschränkung des 10. Artikel zum Recht auf freie Meinungsäußerung im Namen von Religionen, erklärt Michele Finck.

					China’s public expression philosophy: a case of too little theory?
				
The Chinese government’s stance towards the question of free speech is guided by a philosophy that is complex but intelligent. Rogier Creemers diagnoses the underlying causes.

					The Southern Weekly affair: No closer to the Chinese dream?
				
2013 began dramatically in China with a standoff between journalists and state propaganda authorities over a drastically rewritten New Year editorial.  Timothy Garton Ash introduces English translations of the original and finally published versions.

					Pressing for freedom: the protest over China’s “Southern Weekly”
				
The Chinese Communist Party aims to control privately owned media without appearing to do so. A strike at a local newspaper imperils that balance, writes Liu Jin.

					Freiheit in Praxis
				
Der Kampf für die Freiheit beginnt mit der Meinungsfreiheit, schreibt die Hoffnungsträgerin der Demokratiebewegung Myanmars, Aung San Suu Kyi.

					In the Philippines, be careful of what you retweet
				
A new cybercrime law in the Philippines would give unfettered powers to the state to monitor internet users, take down websites and imprison citizens writes Purple S. Romero

					Arundhati Roy spricht über die Medien und die nationale Sicherheit in Indien
				
Die preisgekrönte indische Romanautorin und Aktivistin spricht mit Manav Bhushan über die Grenzen der Meinungsfreiheit in Indien.

					The Kremlin’s grip tightens on Russia’s answer to Facebook
				
Russian social network VK launched six years ago and has since attracted 122 million users. But as Olga Shvarova explains, political and copyright crackdowns are limiting the free flow of information and ideas its users once enjoyed. 

					Ahmed Mansoor on blogging his way into a UAE prison
				
One of the United Arab Emirate’s most prominent human rights activists, Ahmed Mansoor was imprisoned in 2011 for criticising the country’s leadership. Here he discusses the death threats, defamation campaigns and physical attacks he continues to face for speaking his mind. 

					Eine Universität der unfreien Künste?
				
Sollte die US-Eliteuniversität Yale in Singapur einen Campus eröffnen, obwohl dort Menschenrechte und die Meinungsfreiheit erheblich eingeschränkt werden? Katie Engelhart wägt ab, was für und gegen diese Entscheidung spricht.

					Die nackte Herzogin
				
Judith Braun untersucht Theorie und Praxis der Stellung von Privatsphäre in Europa und hinterfragt, ob eine einstweilige Verfügung genügte, um die Privatsphäre der Herzogin von Cambridge zu schützen.

					Egypt’s one-way traffic in books
				
Historian Khaled Fahmy describes how historic Egyptian books are more easily found in Western than in Egyptian libraries – and how a scholarly history of the Middle East was recently banned from entering Egypt.

					Censoring a billion voices to save a nation
				
Manav Bhushan, an Indian member of the Free Speech Debate team, makes the case for blocking hate-filled websites in his country.

					Wie die Fantasie der Türkei während der Olympischen Spiele zensiert wurde
				
Während der Abschlussfeier für die Olympischen Spiele 2012 in London zensierte ein Moderator des türkischen Senders National TV den John Lennon-Song Imagine. FSD-Teammitglied Funda Ustek debattiert die Versuche der Türkei, ihren Bürgern die Fähigkeit zu nehmen, sich eine Welt ohne Religionen vorzustellen.

					Wie die journalistische Kultur des “braunen Briefumschlags” Subsahara-Afrika zurückhält
				
Dominic Burbidge untersucht die korrupten Beziehungen zwischen politischen Eliten und Massenmedien in Afrika, die eine wahrhaft demokratische Debatte unmöglich machen.

					Evgeny Morozov: What is the dark side of internet freedom?
				
Author Evgeny Morozov highlights the dangers that sometimes emerge when governments and corporations harness the internet to serve their own objectives. 

					Pussy Riots Kirchenprotest – ein Akt politischen Widerstandes
				
War der Anti-Putin-Auftritt der Punkband Pussy Riot in einer Moskauer Kathedrale „Vandalismus aus religiösem Hass“ oder ein politischer Protest? Olga Shvarova erläutert den Fall.

					Die EU-Harmonisierungsmaschine soll die Geschichte bitte nicht bestimmen
				
‚Erinnerungsgesetze‘ hindern eher als helfen Europäer daran, ihre vielfältige, schwierige Geschichte aufzuarbeiten. Ein Beitrag von Claus Leggewie und Horst Meier.

					Haiyan Wang: What is it like being an investigative journalist in China?
				
Former investigative journalist Haiyan Wang describes the ways in which Chinese reporters push the boundaries of press freedom. Interview by Judith Bruhn.

					Warum sollte Amazon für uns die Geschmacks- und Anstandspolizei spielen?
				
Der Onlinehändler Amazon ist wegen Profiten aus dem Verkauf von eBooks zu Terror und Gewalt in Kritik geraten. Niemand sollte bestimmen dürfen, was wir lesen, sagt Jo Glanville.

					Zuma und sein Speer
				
Eine südafrikanische Galerie entfernte ein anzügliches Gemälde des Präsidenten, Jacob Zuma, auf Druck der Regierungspartei, des African National Congress. Nimi Hoffmann und Maryam Omidi berichten.

					Is it time for a global conversation on free speech?
				
A panel of experts joins FSD Director Timothy Garton Ash at London’s Frontline Club to discuss some of the world’s most pressing free speech issues.

					Africa: media and free speech
				
„People in Africa don’t have the freedom to speak freely and hold governments accountable,“ says Nqobile Sibisi of Highway Africa’s Future Journalists Programme. 

					How should publishers respond to protests for and against the publication of the same essay?
				
In 2011, three Indian scholars called on OUP India to re-publish an essay which had been denounced by Hindu extremists. Less than two weeks later, the publisher reversed its earlier decision not to re-publish.

					Did Tamiflu work? How can we know if we can’t find out?
				
Medical science frequently favours commercial interests over free speech, writes Deborah Cohen of the BMJ.

					How can connections between the traditional press and the internet freedom movement be kept open?
				
Punishing internet intermediaries for their content will have a chilling effect on free speech, says Kevin Bankston of the Centre for Democracy and Technology.

					Richard Sambrook: What does the BBC mean by impartiality?
				
The former director of BBC Global News explains what  Britain’s historic public service broadcaster means by ‚impartiality‘ – and why it has not always achieved it.

					Hilft China etwa den freien Medien in Afrika?
				
China hilft zwar autokratischen Regierungen in Afrika bei der Zensur, doch westliche Firmen dominieren noch immer diesen Markt, schreibt Iginio Gagliardone von der Universität von Oxford.

					Free speech in Turkey & the world – part two
				
Historian Halil Berktay discusses the denial by the Turkish state that the mass murders of hundreds of thousands of Armenians in 1915 constituted a genocide.

					Free speech in Turkey & the world – part one
				
In the first past of this debate, research fellow Kerem Öktem argues that an individual’s understanding of free speech is shaped by their personal history and geography. 

					Moez Chakchouk: Can the Tunisian Internet Agency defend net neutrality?
				
Online censorship is futile as it can almost always be circumvented, says Moez Chakchouk, the head of the Tunisian Internet Agency.

					RapeLay: ein virtuelles Vergewaltigungsspiel
				
Ein japanisches Computerspiel, bei dem es darum ging, Frauen zu vergewaltigen, wurden drei Jahre nach seiner Veröffentlichung verboten, nachdem Frauenrechtsorganisationen weltweit sich gegen das Spiel eingesetzt hatten.

					Geschichte als Staatsgeheimnis: der Fall Xu Zerong
				
Der Historiker Xu Zerong wurde im Jahr 2002 der Preisgabe von Staatsgeheimnissen beschuldigt, nachdem er Kopien von Texten über den Koreakrieg an einen südkoreanischen Akademiker geschickt hatte. Die Dokumente wurden erst nach seiner Inhaftierung als „streng geheim“ eingestuft, schreibt Lik Hang Tsui.

					Ungarns neue Mediengesetze
				
Der ungarische Premierminister erliess 2010 eine Reihe von Gesetzen, die der Regierung ein überbordendes Maß an Kontrolle über alle privaten Medien geben, schreibt Peter Bajomi-Lazar von der University of Oxford.

					Wendy Barclay: Should scientific knowledge which could be used as a bioweapon be withheld from publication?
				
An influenza expert speaks out against the censorship of controversial bird flu research 

					Free speech at the heart of the Arab Spring – part two
				
In the second part of this panel discussion just off Tahrir Square in Cairo, a panel of bloggers, journalists and human rights experts ask what are – and what should be – the limits to freedom of expression in Egypt today.

					Free speech at the heart of the Arab Spring – part one
				
In this panel discussion just off Tahrir Square in Cairo, a panel of bloggers, journalists and human rights experts ask what are – and what should be – the limits to freedom of expression in Egypt today.

					Rebecca MacKinnon: How do we ensure that the consent of networked citizens?
				
The co-founder of Global Voices discusses the nexus between governments, internet companies and citizens.

					The enemies of the internet
				
Belarus and Bahrain are the latest additions to the Reporters Without Borders’ “Enemies of the Internet” 2012 list while France and Australia are „under surveillance“.

					Die Journalistin und der „betrunkene Präsident“
				
Die mexikanische Journalistin Carmen Aristegui wurde vor laufender Kamera gefeuert, weil sie den Präsidenten des Landes beschuldigt hatte, er sei ein Alkoholiker. Felipe Correa berichtet.

					Nokia-Siemens: What can communications companies do to prevent state surveillance?
				
The head of media relations at Nokia Siemens Networks talks to FSD about the misuse of technology by autocratic regimes and its new human rights due diligence process.

					Irshad Manji on Allah, Liberty and Love: Why offence is a sign of truly free speech
				
The director of the Moral Courage Project says so-called ‚respect‘ for Muslims is often lined with fear and „low expectations“ of those practising the faith.

					Orville Schell: An upside to state-controlled television?
				
State control of media in China has certain benefits, including high quality television programmes, says Orville Schell of the Asia Society. 

					Rede Globo und die brasilianischen Wahlen im Jahr 1989
				
Beyond Citizen Kane, eine Dokumentation über die brasilianischen Wahlen im Jahr 1989, vertritt die Meinung, dass der Sender Rede Globo eine einseitige Zusammenfassung der Fernsehdebatte zwischen den beiden Kandidaten ausstrahlte, schreibt Felipe Correa.

					Mark Thompson: How does the BBC approach religious programming?
				
The director general of the BBC explains why it aired Jerry Springer: The Opera, and talks about different responses to Christianity and Islam.

					Das Zugunglück von Wenzhou
				
Am 23. Juli 2011 kollidierten zwei Hochgeschwindigkeitszüge auf der Yongtaiwen-Bahntstrecke nahe der ostchinesischen Küstenstadt Wenzhou. 40 Menschen starben und 191 wurden verletzt. Eine Woche später waren alle Spuren des Zugunfalls aus Zeitungen und Fernsehprogrammen verschwunden, schreibt Amy Qin.

					Das Lexikon des “Gras-Schlamm-Pferdes”
				
Das Gras-Schlamm-Pferd-Lexikon, ein chinesischer Katalog subversiver Internet-Witze, ist ein Beispiel fuer die unerschütterliche menschliche Kreativität, schreibt Amy Qin.

					Timothy Garton Ash at the Brandenburg Gate: Should we all become a bit more German, or not, when it comes to privacy?
				
Speaking at the Brandenburg Gate on the 22nd anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, Timothy Garton Ash, director of Free Speech Debate, discusses the new barriers to information and communication. 

					Maldivian president was pathbreaker for freedom of expression
				
Deposed president Mohamed Nasheed will always be remembered as the man who brought free speech to the Maldives, writes Maryam Omidi.

					Ian Brown: How should cyberspace be regulated?
				
In part one of this interview with Timothy Garton Ash, Ian Brown of the Oxford Internet Institute talks about the internet and freedom of expression, net neutrality, internet service providers and censorship by both democratic and autocratic governments. 

					Free Speech Debate launch with Jimmy Wales
				
For those of you who missed it first time round, here’s Timothy Garton Ash, director of Free Speech Debate, speaking to the Wikipedia co-founder, a day after the encyclopedia’s English pages were blacked out in protest against two anti-piracy bills in the US. They talk about SOPA and PIPA, the controversial Muhammad cartoons and Wikipedia’s decision to go dark.

					Han Han, der chinesische Blogger
				
Judith Bruhn berichtet von dem chinesischen Blogger Han Han, dessen Blog als Plattform für Bürgerjournalisten dient.

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