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March 5, 2019 •
Aktuelt, Journalistiske prosjekt, Mediepolitikk, Pressefridom, Sensur •
by Damian Radcliffe and Payton Bruni
Being a journalist in – or reporting on – the Middle East brings with it many challenges. One key issue, for journalists and news consumers alike, is the relative lack of media freedom, and freedom of expression, in the region....
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November 26, 2018 •
Mediepolitikk, Pressefridom, Sensur •
by Raluca Radu
The European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) was meant to protect and empower all EU citizens’ data privacy. Here is how it can be abused to threaten journalists....
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April 26, 2018 •
Aktuelt, Journalistiske prosjekt, Pressefridom, Sensur •
by Al-Sharmani Amani
Yemen was once seen as a “happy” country. Nowadays it’s a war zone. Journalists reporting from the country face multiple challenges, ranging from psychological trauma to kidnapping and death threats. And yet, some of them don’t...
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July 11, 2017 •
Aktuelt, Mediepolitikk, Sensur •
by Philip Seib
On June 5 four Arab states – Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain and Egypt – declared a soft war on Qatar. They had a long list of demands, ordering Qatar to weaken ties with Iran, expel Turkish military forces from the...
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April 27, 2017 •
Digitale nyhende, Notisar, Sensur •
by Caroline Lees
Technology is transforming the way journalists work, but it is also changing the way governments are able to censor the media, according to Joel Simon, executive director of the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ). Launching the 2017...
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November 4, 2014 •
Notisar, Sensur •
by Mikal Hem
All dictatorships and authoritarian regimes censor the media in some way. The reason is obvious: a free press will usually investigate the actions of government officials, give space to the opposition and publish ideas contrary to official...
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