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Brave New Words
Is Technology the Saviour of Free Speech?

First Edition


March 2010 | 192 pages | SAGE Publications Ltd
Winner 2008 Amnesty International Consumer Magazine of the Year

About This Issue

The internet has not only been a revolution for free speech - it's reinvented censorship. Cyber utopia has brought with it new forms of control - and it's not just authoritarian regimes that are limiting access to what we read and watch. Democracies are also curbing our right to information, whether in the name of child protection or copyright. Index on Censorship takes a close look at the new rules of the game, with contributions from bloggers, activists, journalists and experts around the world.

About Index on Censorship

From 2010 SAGE is proud to be the publisher of Index on Censorship, the award-winning magazine devoted to protecting and promoting free expression. International in outlook, outspoken in comment, Index reports on free expression violations around the world, publishes banned writing and shines a light on vital free expression issues through original, accessible and intelligent commentary and analysis, publishing some of the world's finest writers.

Published four times a year (March, June, September, December), Index is available via annual subscription or to purchase on an issue-by-issue basis.

Forthcoming 2010 issues: Free Speech and Music; Radio and the Promotion of Free Expression

Jo Glanville
Editorial
 
PART ONE: DESPATCHES
Maureen Freely
Secret Histories: Turkey Is Being Forced to Confront Its Past
Giulio D'Eramo
Television Premier: An Interview with Filmmaker Erik Gandini
 
PART TWO: BRAVE NEW WORDS
Rebecca MacKinnon
Google Rules: David Drummond Discusses Free Speech and Policy
Xiao Shu
Lords of Misrule: China's Internet Is a Victim of the Political System
Wen Yunchao
The Art of Censorship: How China Wields Controls Online
Gus Hosein
No Hiding Place: Governments Must Not Be Allowed to Forget Why Privacy Matters
Andrei Soldatov
Kremlin.com: The Internet Is Democracy's Front Line
Ron Deibert and Rafal Rohozinski
Cyber Wars: The Battle for Online Space Turns Critical
Mohammed Khaled
New Gate to Freedom: Egyptian Bloggers have Transformed the Landscape
Martin Rowson
Stripsearch
Ian Brown
Beware Self-Regulation: Short-Sighted Policies Are Threatening Online Freedom
Joe McNamee
Out of Sight, Out of Mind: Blocking Child Abuse Websites Won't Solve the Problem
Manlio Cammarata
Red Lines: Online Censorship in Italy Reflects a Dismal Record
Roger Dingledine
Tools of the Trade: How to Beat the Censors at Their Game
Saeed Valadbaygi
Power to the People: Iran Will Not Succeed in Crushing Popular Dissent
David Allen Green
The Copyright Revolt: The Internet Has Subverted the Rules of the Game
Jillo Kadida
Ringing in Change: The Kenyan Government Has Mobile Phones in its Sights
 
PART THREE: AGAINST TYRANNY
Michael Scammell
Freedom Is Not a Luxury: The Founding of Index on Censorship
Lisa Goldman
Behud: A Writer Replies: Offence, Censorship and the Theatre
Gurpreet Kaur Bhatti
Behud: An Exclusive Extract from the New Play

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