Global Voices Advox

This statement was originally published on globalvoices.org on 8 June 2018. It is republished here under Creative Commons license CC-BY 3.0. Papua New Guinea’s reported plan to ban Facebook for a month has raised concerns about government suppression of free speech. On 29 May 2018, the Post-Courier newspaper reported on a proposal of the Communications […]

The Fiji Times, its three executives, and an opinion columnist have been cleared by a High Court judge of the sedition charges filed by Fiji’s government.

Impunity for abuses committed by security forces and police unions “is almost becoming a norm,” according to the syndicate of Tunisian journalists.

It took just a few hours for Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to realise the mistake he made while speaking to the members of his party in Ankara on 8 May – #Tamam quickly went viral.

In recent years, internet shutdowns have become all too familiar for users in a number of countries, and for digital rights groups documenting them.

China ordered a ban on NeihanShequ, a popular app for jokes and riddles, arguing that Neihan content has become too “vulgar” and “banal”.

Egyptian parliamentarians will soon review a draft anti-cybercrime law that could codify internet censorship practices into national law.

The implications of this decision, if upheld on appeal, would set a new precedent for internet censorship in Tunisia.