Tag Archives: Journalism
WikiLeaks Criminal Complaint Claims U.S. Seized Leaked Garani Bombing Video – Forbes
“I am informed by my legal advisors that this formal document may trigger an investigation and that independent judicial bodies may seek explanations of the responsible authorities as a result,” writes Assange in his statement to the Swedish government. “I request that Swedish judicial authorities act swiftly to question and arrest if necessary those who […]
Ex-Pentagon general target of leak investigation, sources say – Investigations
According to legal sources, Retired Marine Gen. James “Hoss” Cartwright, the former vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, has received a target letter informing him that he’s under investigation for allegedly leaking information about a massive attack using a computer virus named Stuxnet on Iran’s nuclear facilities. Gen. Cartwright, 63, becomes the latest […]
When the Surveillance State Is Used to Investigate and Prosecute Whistleblowers, the Occupy Movement and Environmental Activists
President Obama assured us on Friday that our phone conversations are not being listened to, but that is not a credible reassurance unless the White House comes up with documents that make what is going on transparent in terms of its protocols and process. There is little “an enemy” can learn from the broad strokes […]
Fourth World Radyo: Feminism and Media Discrimination FWR-03.17.2012|A-Infos Radio Project
Summary: TheAngryindian speaks with Jillian C. York, Director of International Freedom of Expression at the Electronic Frontier Foundation about women and the lack of visible female participation in mainstream and alternative news media. Ms. York is on the Board of Directors of Global Voices Online, and has written for a variety of publications, including Al […]
Mexico urged to protect human rights defenders and journalists | Amnesty International USA
Mexico’s federal senate must move swiftly to pass a proposed law to protect human rights defenders and journalists amid shocking levels of intimidation and killings, Amnesty International said on Friday.The country has seen an alarming pattern of journalists being attacked, assassinated and abducted for their work, with at least 60 reportedly killed in the last […]
WikiLeaks: Founder Julian Assange to run for Australian Senate – CNN.com
(CNN) — WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has decided to run for a seat in the Australian Senate, WikiLeaks announced on its Twitter page Saturday. The group, which facilitates the anonymous leaking of secret information, said it discovered it is possible for Assange to run while living in England under house arrest. Assange was born in […]
Azerbaijan journalist blackmailed with explicit video | The New Age Online
A leading Azerbaijani journalist on Wednesday said she was being blackmailed to stop her high-profile investigative reporting after a covertly-filmed explicit video of her was posted on the Internet.But Khadija Ismayilova, who reports for Radio Libertys Azerbaijani Service and has won several awards for her work exposing official corruption in the oil-rich ex-Soviet state, said […]
Judge issues declaratory judgment: DU did not infringe on Review-Journal copyright – Democratic Underground
Source: Vegas Inc Las Vegas Sun… On Friday, U.S. District Judge Roger Hunt in Las Vegas issued a declaratory judgment finding that the Democratic Underground did not infringe on the copyright to an R-J story when a user of the group’s website posted to the site a four-paragraph excerpt of a 34-paragraph R-J story…. After […]
Facebook Disables CLG Editors Account Name, Claiming It Is Illegitimate | Citizens for Legitimate Government
Facebook Disables CLG Editor’s Account Name, Claiming It Is ‘Illegitimate’ –‘The name you entered was not approved by our system.’ 17 Feb 2012 Facebook has decided that ‘Lori Price Legitgov,’ the personal Facebook account title of the Editor-in-Chief of Citizens for Legitimate Government, is (suddenly) not ‘legitimate’ and therefore disabled. Price’s Facebook account was established in September […]
Twitter ‘Censoring’ Doesn’t Apply To Re-Tweets | TPM Idea Lab
Twitter has responded to our questions about its new policy to “withhold” certain tweets on a country-by-country basis with some fascinating answers that make the accusations of “mass censorship” from some users and writers seem hyperbolic. To recap: Twitter on Thursday posted an entry on its official company blog explaining that it had overcome the […]
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