Civil Defamation Reform Bill in Greece to Eliminate “Press Killer” laws
As reported by the International Press Institute, new draft legislation, recently introduced in Greece could pave the way for wider freedom of the press in…
Nearly 100 public interest organisations urge Council of Europe to ensure high transparency standards for cybercrime negotiations
Yesterday, 3 April 2018, Columbia Global Freedom of Expression, along with 93 civil society organisations from across the globe, sent a letter to the Secretary…
License to Protest: Examining the Role of Constitutional Courts in Upholding the Right to Protest
Part III Action Research & Resource Centre, an organization based in New Delhi, India, that works with intersectional themes of law, human rights, and social…
Content Moderation and Self-Regulation Mechanisms: The Facebook Oversight Board and its Implications for Latin America
This is a post from The Dialogue: Leadership from the Americas and the post is also available in: Spanish The role of social media in…
Loopholes in Election advertising on Facebook and Instagram in Brazil
This article was written and published on 14 February 2022 by Tow Fellow Patricia Campos Mello for Folha De S.Paulo and was translated from Portuguese to English for…
Kablis v. Russia: prior restraint of online campaigning for a peaceful, but unauthorised demonstration violated Article 10 ECHR
This post originally appeared on the Strasbourg Observers blog and is reproduced with permission and thanks On 30 April 2019, in Kablis v. Russia, the European Court’s…
The 2018 Global Freedom of Expression Prize Nominations Are Open!
NOMINATIONS FORM IN ENGLISH FORMULARIO DE NOMINACIÓN EN ESPAÑOL The Columbia Global Freedom of Expression Prizes celebrate judicial decisions and legal services around the world…
Global Cyberspace is Safer Than You Think: Real Trends in Cyberspace
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY What are the real trends in cybercrime? Recent media coverage has been rife with stories of large-scale data breaches, hacks and online financial…
Stalking the messenger: Ending impunity for illegal surveillance
This article was originally published by IFEX in recognition of the International Day to End Impunity for Crimes Against Journalists (IDEI) and is reposted here…
Brazilian 2014 Court Decisions: Most Important Developments
Introduction Brazil does not yet have a firmly established tradition on freedom of speech cases. This may be due to the country’s colonial origin, or…