Bob Ambrogi recommends this new publications
by Reporters Without Borders: «More than a legal guide, the handbook is a how - to for new bloggers, with chapters on setting up blogs, getting blogs recognized by search engines, and the ethics of blogging.
FutureLawyer was among the many blogs to comment on the list published yesterday
by Reporters Without Borders naming the 13 Internet enemies — the countries that rank as the worst offenders in systematically violating free expression online.
But Paul K. McMasters, ombudsman for the First Amendment Center, writes this week in a commentary, The News by Official Decree, that the chilling of press freedom in the United States goes beyond the concerns cited
by Reporters Without Borders.
We exclude from our portfolios those countries with the worst records according to Transparency International's Corruption Perceptions Index, governments that are classified as «not free» by Freedom House, countries that fail to adequately protect freedom of the press, as defined
by Reporters Without Borders, and countries with significant human rights concerns, as defined by the U.S. State Department of Human Trafficking Report.
According to the Annual Press Freedom Index provided
by Reporters Without Borders, press freedom in the country has declined since the war.
Not exact matches
Now, they have been taken down
by Google in a move that Jonathan Lundqvist, president of
Reporters Without Borders Sweden, said amounts to censorship.
The posters are
by the Swedish arm of
Reporters Without Borders, which digitally altered Street View in cities around the world.
Thanks to an Access to Information request filed
by Blacklock's
Reporter, an online newsmagazine, we've learned that the Harper government has been drafting legislation since last November to strip away pension security for federally - regulated workers, despite Finance Minister Joe Oliver's statement this past April that no changes would be made
without the consent of the retirees.
Legal actions launched
by the government targeting
reporters to demand the names of confidential sources represent gravest threat to journalistic expression in Canada, said a senior official with Reporters Without Borders amid celebrations of World Press Freedom Day
reporters to demand the names of confidential sources represent gravest threat to journalistic expression in Canada, said a senior official with
Reporters Without Borders amid celebrations of World Press Freedom Day
Reporters Without Borders amid celebrations of World Press Freedom Day on May 3.
(So that when you read a news story, for instance, you might also get a composite assessment value that was assigned directly from other readers
without them ever having to express such assessment via speaking, writing, etc. if a group of people are on the scene of some event covered
by the news, then obviously there would be great value in knowing some directly transferred assessment values from their brains, rather than what today we get as a summary from a few
reporters plus maybe a few witnesses that still have to express what they saw.)
Finally, while opponents of flavored milk in schools were likely alarmed
by Perdue's statement to
reporters yesterday that «I wouldn't be as big as I am today
without chocolate milk,» it's important to remember that even under the HHKFA standards, kids can take flavored milk daily.
Moreover, new Hungarian media laws adopted in late 2010 have been widely criticised, including
by the Media Freedom Representative of the Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE), the International Press Institute,
Reporters Without Borders, the UN Special Rapporteur on the Promotion and Protection of the Right to Freedom of Opinion and Expression and
by major international newspapers.
Reporters without Borders estimated that three - quarters of the deaths in 2016 were purposeful, either
by the regime or
by Islamic fundamentalists in the opposition.
ALBANY — Gov. Andrew Cuomo told
reporters he remains «cautiously optimistic» about completing a state budget
by the March 31 deadline, and hopes lawmakers will be able to do so
without waiving the required three - day waiting period on bills with a so - called message of necessity.
Speaking on the eve of the referendum, Sir Alan tells the BBC's
reporter: «I've always thought that Boris's wish was to lose
by one so that he could be the heir apparent
without having to have all the... you know, s - h - i - t of clearing up all the mess.
Workers like the
reporters at Law360 should be able to change jobs and advance their careers
without fear of being sued
by their prior employer.»
Therefore, alleging that President Buhari signs memos brought to him
by government officials or a so - called cabal
without reading them, immediately casts doubts on the credibility of the ubiquitous unnamed sources that the
reporters of these articles quote.»
In a piece that could have been written
by the dishonored correspondent who promoted Fidel Castro's revolution with giddy enthusiasm,
reporter Azam Ahmed offers a long puff piece about retiring Raul Castro
without any hint that Cuba is a police state that has not held real elections in nearly 60 years.
Under questioning yesterday
by lawyers for the Pataki camp, he repeatedly refused to answer, citing his right not to incriminate himself, then left the courthouse
without answering
reporters» questions.
Even
without subpoena power, here are some specific activities unearthed in recent years
by reporters and others who dig in records in Albany.
As I stated on my instagram page yesterday I was pretty inspired
by our local Indianapolis Star
reporter Leslie Bailey's short story on «Facing the World
without Makeup».
Elizabeth Banks adds a career crushing notch to her career
by playing a news
reporter who finds herself
without a car, money, ID or phone, following a one night stand with a stranger (James Marsden).
Raj Nair, Ford's group vice president of global product development, told
reporters those rules date «back to the 1970s, and they were created
by the EPA as a general means to provide fuel economy labels
without having to test every single vehicle in the industry.»
Ivan Oransky, the executive editor of Reuters Health, who also blogs on medical research and the press, has an important post at his invaluable Embargo Watch blog revealing how the embargo rules, involving signed agreements, used
by those involved with the rat study appear to have had the opposite goal — making sure
reporters ran with the scary news about tumor rates and premature mortality in rats fed chow with G.M.O. ingredients
without having time for analysis and crosschecking.
3) When a new paper appears
by authors
without a long track record in the field about which they write, what should a science
reporter do
by way of deciding how important the results are?
The point of Chatham House rule is that people feel free to communicate
without fear of their statements being misquoted, taken out of context, whatever,
by a
reporter.
Or Greenpeace (
without being ridiculed
by the
reporter)?
But the scientist, who spoke on the condition of anonymity because all agency employees are forbidden to speak with
reporters without clearance, said the kinds of changes made
by Mr. Cooney had damaged morale.
Reporters Without Borders marks the World Summit on the Information Society
by presenting 15 countries that are «enemies of the Internet» — «the countries that crack down hardest on Internet use, censoring news sites and opposition publications, monitoring the Web to stifle dissident voices, and harassing, intimidating and sometimes imprisoning Internet users and bloggers who deviate from the regime's official line.»
«
Reporters Without Borders has produced this handbook to help them, with handy tips and technical advice on how to to remain anonymous and to get round censorship,
by choosing the most suitable method for each situation.»
Reporters Without Borders marks the World Summit on the Information Society
by presenting 15 countries that are «enemies of the Internet» — «the countries that crack down hardest on Internet use, censoring news sites and opposition publications, monitoring the Web to stifle dissident voices, and harassing, intimidating and sometimes imprisoning Internet users and bloggers who -LSB-...]
«Following
Reporters Without Borders» lead, 25 North American, European, and Australian investment funds and other organizations, who collectively represent over 21 billion dollars under management, have endorsed a joint statement in which they affirm their commitment to freedom of expression on the Internet, and in which they agree, among other things, to monitor business practices being implemented in repressive countries
by Internet - sector companies.
Reporters without borders reports that pro-democracy writer Wang Yi's blog was closed down
by the Chinese... [Read More]
If you use a Yahoo e-mail account and are not familiar with the case of Chinese journalist Shi Tao, then I suggest you read this article
by Julian Pain of
Reporters Without Borders: «Shame on Yahoo: Information provided
by Yahoo helped journalist Shi Tao get 10 years in prison.»
Reporters Without Borders (an international group devoted to the freedom of the press) appealed to former President Bill Clinton with this letter, but I see from The AP's story
by Elaine Kurtenbach, courtesy of BusinessWeek Online, that it had little effect:
According to the
Reporters Without Borders Web site, 69 - year - old human rights activist Khedija Arfaoui is facing an eight - month jail sentence imposed
by a court in Tunisia for posting a message on Facebook referring to rumors about children being kidnapped in the country for their organs.
New York Times technology and finance
reporter Nathaniel Popper, author of «Digital Gold: Bitcoin and the Inside Story of the Misfits and Millionaires Trying to Reinvent Money,» noted that a permissioned blockchain could be jointly run
by the computers of the largest banks and serve as the backbone for a new, instant payment system
without a single point of failure.
We also can get our editorial viewpoint out to the public,
without fear of being misinterpreted
by a
reporter who may be unfamiliar with our industry.