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We’re Jewish and we would like to ban this
Is the Zionist Diaspora somehow pre-programmed to try and censor anything that mildly challenges Israeli policies? The latest madness in Canada.
One more nail in the coffin of Israel’s “image”
One of the Israeli journalists at the centre of the current censorship row – Uri Blau, temporarily living in London to avoid the oppressive arm of Israeli state security – writes in Haaretz what is truly at stake: The telephone call I received about a month ago should not have been a surprise. “Your apartment…
The role of a journalist in a truly free state is to challenge the state
An Haaretz response to a growing Israeli and global scandal (does the Jewish state really want more attention on its clearly illegal policy of assassinating “terrorists” without a clear legal mandate?) Over the last two years, Haaretz reporter Uri Blau has exposed a series of details that shed light on the conduct of the Israel…
How Beijing doesn’t trust its citizens to think for themselves online
The New York Times explains just one example of how China’s internet censorship regime works in reality: Jiaozuo, a city southwest of Beijing, deployed 35 Internet commentators and 120 police officers to defuse online attacks on the local police after a traffic dispute. By flooding chat rooms with pro-police comments, the team turned the tone…
How the British want to “protect” citizens from online truths
Yet another example of why governments can’t be trusted to properly regulate/censor the internet. Their main goal will never be to provide maximum coverage but rather remove politically problematic material: The [British] government forced through the controversial digital economy bill with the aid of the Conservative party last night, attaining a crucial third reading –…
Understanding the real agenda behind Wikileaks
I’ve written extensively about the wonderful website Wikileaks and its ability to continually release vitally important information. But Mother Jones provides a more shaded view, questioning some of the tactics of the secretive group: WikiLeaks hatched in 2006 on a private mailing list used by Assange and other journalists and activists. To help navigate the…
The Israeli story that the Israeli press can’t/won’t report
A story that’s been percolating on the blogosphere for a while – initially revealed by US, Jewish blogger Richard Silverstein (look here and here) – now finally reaches The Daily Beast, courtesy of one Judith Miller. What a teaser: A 23-year-old journalist is under arrest for exposing a secret Israeli assassination plot, and another has…
Journalists shouldn’t be silenced by Singapore
An important essay by the New York Times’ Public Editor about the limits a Western news organisation should go to when appeasing dictatorships. I understand the dilemma but surely being able to write freely is paramount. And if one can’t write that, say, the leader of Singapore is an autocrat, then how much influence can…
Signs of life inside North Korea
After my book The Blogging Revolution was released, I was constantly asked why I hadn’t examined North Korea. I always said it was simply because the internet barely existed in the Communist nation. Now, via the New York Times, a glimpse: North Korea, one of the world’s most impenetrable nations, is facing a new threat:…