Sentences with phrase «curbing freedom of the press»

RB: Think about the irony of the Murdoch press hacking scandal in the context of the bulk surveillance that we are discussing now, and the way that a public reckoning about that completely unacceptable intrusion into peoples» lives was neatly deflected into a fracas over whether or not regulation would curb the freedom of the press.

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He was secretary of state responsible for the Department for National Heritage — later rebranded the Department for Culture, Media and Sport by Labour — in John Major's Conservative government in 1992 and famously warned that «the press — the popular press — is drinking in the last chance saloon» and called for the «sacred cow» of press freedom to be curbed.

Iran The Iranian government employs an extensive Web site filtering system, according to the press freedom group Reporters Without Borders, and limits Internet connection speeds to curb the sharing of photos and videos.