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Can free speech be regulated? Photo by Jennifer Moo

How free is regulated speech? Do blasphemy laws protect groups or do they curtail freedoms?

Posted on October 14, 2010 in Media Development
Blog tags: Facebook, HTML5, media, privacy, social networking
Does the Internet know too much about you? Photo illustration by Mikey G. Ottawa

Is the new computer language, HTML5, invading our privacy? Or providing Internet surfers with a better user experience?

Posted on October 5, 2010 in Media Development
Blog tags: ECHR, Iraq, journalists, media, protection, South Africa, Turkey
Thousands of Turkish citizens hold vigil to protest Hrant Dink's murder in 2007.

If anyone with a camera, computer, or blog can be considered a journalist, does it make sense for laws to create special protections for journalists? Or, if a journalist must be someone employed...

Posted on August 18, 2010 in Media Development
Blog tags: alternative media, cultural sensitivity, music, Russia, Ukraine

One of my favorite things about working for IREX’s media development division is the chance to learn more about what kind of media makes people tick all around the world.

Posted on August 4, 2010 in Media Development
Blog tags: BlackBerry, information, journalism, media, mobile
Vendor at Makola Market, Accra, Ghana

As I read earlier this week about the United Arab Emirates’ decision to bar the use of BlackBerry’s data services, I was reminded of why the work we do in IREX’s media...

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