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Which world leaders are *really really* committed to press freedom?

Yesterday, the Guardian asked a good question, which it then immediately failed to answer. The question was, in the context of the Paris unity march: “Which world leaders are really committed to press freedom?” Rather than answer it, however, the authors repeated the many articles and tweets of the past few days, focusing on the […]

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Some interesting reading on Charlie Hebdo

Sharpening Contradictions: Why al-Qaeda attacked Satirists in Paris, Juan Cole What Drives Blasphemy Charges in the Middle East? (It’s Not Just Religion), Afef Abrougui Charlie Hebdo: The ‘them and us’ narrative is a dangerous downward spiral, Nesrine Malik Joe Sacco: On Satire – a response to the Charlie Hebdo attacks, Joe Sacco Charlie Hebdo: This […]

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A note from Kathy Sierra

I received a lovely email last night from Kathy Sierra after she saw her name repeatedly being mentioned in the context of EFF’s legal support of weev, particularly in the aftermath of our latest post on harassment. She also sent a statement of sorts that I am free to publish as I wish; Kathy’s words […]