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The Net and its dodgy news
Pravit Rojanaphruk, The Nation
2011-09-05 15:34
 

Corporate mass media filter their information. So does the Internet

Dateline Earth: As if the Planet Mattered
By Kunda Dixit
Published by IPS Asia-Pacific Centre Foundation, 2011
Available at Asia Books, Bt450
Reviewed by Pravit Rojanaphruk

"Dateline Earth" is both an informal textbook suited to journalism students and a thought-provoking challenge to notions about corporate and online media.

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Nothing is Online – is it?
Frank G Anderson
2011-09-05 07:58
 

A little clarification is requested from the techies and legal eagles out there familiar with not just the contemporary legal issues of online content, but familiar with what it really is.

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Ten Internet Rights & Principles for Human Rights and Social Justice
Internet Rights and Principles Dynamic Coalition
2011-04-07 14:02
 

The Internet Rights and Principles Dynamic Coalition (DC-IRP) launched on 31 March 2011 its "10 Internet Rights and Principles" for an Internet governance rooted in human rights and social justice.

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Blackout for Hungary
2011-01-05 14:15
 

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Cyber Scout training
2010-12-17 05:31
 

The Ministry of Justice is inviting people to join its ‘Cyber Scout’ training programme in order to build a network of volunteers to protect the monarchy in the online world.

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Thai government urged to respect netizens' rights
Southeast Asian Press Alliance (SEAPA)
2010-12-15 14:47
 

Internet activists in Thailand criticized the government for infringing on the rights of online users and called for amending the controversial Computer Crime Act.

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EFF: Join EFF in Standing up Against Internet Censorship
Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF)
2010-12-09 10:40
 

Over the past few weeks, we here at EFF have watched as whistleblowing website WikiLeaks has fueled an emotionally charged debate about the secrecy of government information and the people's right to know. We have welcomed this debate, and the fact that there have been myriad views is the embodiment of the freedom of expression upon which this country was founded.

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Plans for Cyber Sedition law bode ill for freedom of expression online
The Centre for Independent Journalism
2010-12-04 12:08
 

Malaysia - The Centre for Independent Journalism (CIJ) is greatly concerned at Home Minister Dato' Seri Hishammuddin Hussein's references to a new law that will be introduced to govern sedition in cyberspace. The Home Minister reportedly said that it would be based on existing Sedition Act (1948) and would assist in determining what can be prosecuted on the Internet.

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Update on Chiranuch’s arrest #1
2010-09-24 18:22
 

The charges against Chiranuch were made by the Superintendent of Khon Kaen Police who alleged that she, as website administrator, and website users violated Sections 14 and 15 of the 2007 Computer Crimes Act and Section 112 of the Criminal Code (lèse majesté) for offensive comments made on the website on 27 April 2009.

(Correction: the charges were made by Sunimit Jirasuk, a local businessman in Khon Kaen, for comments on Prachatai in April 2008 about Chotisak Onsoong.)

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Thais consider cost of three-year-old Computer Crime Act to free expression
Southeast Asian Press Alliance (SEAPA)
2010-08-06 10:36
 

(SEAP/IFEX) - 2 August 2010 - It has been three years since the enactment of Thailand's controversial Computer Crime Act, a law that critics and experts say has had a troubling and detrimental impact on free expression in the country.

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