The Net Effect
April 2011 | 192 pages | Sage UK
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This issue of Index on Censorship magazine is available for purchase as an individual volume.

Free speech and protest around the world has been transformed by the digital revolution. Index hears from the grassroots activists, pioneering journalists and frontline bloggers who depend on new media to get the message out – and assesses its impact.

Index on Censorship is an award-winning magazine, devoted to protecting and promoting free expression. International in outlook, outspoken in comment, Index on Censorship reports on free expression violations around the world, publishes banned writing and shines a light on vital free expression issues through original, challenging and intelligent commentary and analysis, publishing some of the world's finest writers. Each issue is available for purchase separately, as well as on subscription.

Contents

Editorial

Editorial

PART ONE: DISPATCHES

  • Speak No Evil
  • Pakistan's Blasphemy Laws Are a Tool for Persecution
  • Do Not Disturb
  • The Trouble with Malta and Censorship
  • The Urge to Classify
  • Wikileaks, Obama and Transparency
  • Days of Anger
  • The Uprising in Egypt Was Not Unexpected

PART TWO: THE NET EFFECT

  • Taming Cyberspace
  • The Pressure Is Growing for Greater Surveillance Online
  • Tools of Resistance
  • Egyptians Strike back
  • Route to Revolution
  • Digital Activism Is Now a Way of Life in Egypt
  • Crowd Control
  • China's Microbloggers are Playing a Long Game
  • Storm in a Haystack
  • The Cautionary Tale of a Program that Didn't Live up to Its Spin
  • Open Secrets
  • Exposing a Closed World to Scrutiny
  • Going Local
  • The Future of Freedom Online
  • Surviving Lukashenko
  • Alternative Media Tactics in Belarus
  • A Round-up of Technology and Censorship Stories

Description

This issue of Index on Censorship magazine is available for purchase as an individual volume.

Free speech and protest around the world has been transformed by the digital revolution. Index hears from the grassroots activists, pioneering journalists and frontline bloggers who depend on new media to get the message out – and assesses its impact.

Index on Censorship is an award-winning magazine, devoted to protecting and promoting free expression. International in outlook, outspoken in comment, Index on Censorship reports on free expression violations around the world, publishes banned writing and shines a light on vital free expression issues through original, challenging and intelligent commentary and analysis, publishing some of the world's finest writers. Each issue is available for purchase separately, as well as on subscription.

Contents

Editorial

Editorial

PART ONE: DISPATCHES

  • Speak No Evil
  • Pakistan's Blasphemy Laws Are a Tool for Persecution
  • Do Not Disturb
  • The Trouble with Malta and Censorship
  • The Urge to Classify
  • Wikileaks, Obama and Transparency
  • Days of Anger
  • The Uprising in Egypt Was Not Unexpected

PART TWO: THE NET EFFECT

  • Taming Cyberspace
  • The Pressure Is Growing for Greater Surveillance Online
  • Tools of Resistance
  • Egyptians Strike back
  • Route to Revolution
  • Digital Activism Is Now a Way of Life in Egypt
  • Crowd Control
  • China's Microbloggers are Playing a Long Game
  • Storm in a Haystack
  • The Cautionary Tale of a Program that Didn't Live up to Its Spin
  • Open Secrets
  • Exposing a Closed World to Scrutiny
  • Going Local
  • The Future of Freedom Online
  • Surviving Lukashenko
  • Alternative Media Tactics in Belarus
  • A Round-up of Technology and Censorship Stories
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The Net Effect

The Limits of Digital Freedom


April 2011 | 192 pages | Sage UK

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Paperback 31/03/2026 9781446203217 $22.00

This issue of Index on Censorship magazine is available for purchase as an individual volume.

Free speech and protest around the world has been transformed by the digital revolution. Index hears from the grassroots activists, pioneering journalists and frontline bloggers who depend on new media to get the message out – and assesses its impact.

Index on Censorship is an award-winning magazine, devoted to protecting and promoting free expression. International in outlook, outspoken in comment, Index on Censorship reports on free expression violations around the world, publishes banned writing and shines a light on vital free expression issues through original, challenging and intelligent commentary and analysis, publishing some of the world's finest writers. Each issue is available for purchase separately, as well as on subscription.

Table Of Contents:

  • Editorial
  • PART ONE: DISPATCHES
  • Speak No Evil
  • Pakistan's Blasphemy Laws Are a Tool for Persecution
  • Do Not Disturb
  • The Trouble with Malta and Censorship
  • The Urge to Classify
  • Wikileaks, Obama and Transparency
  • Days of Anger
  • The Uprising in Egypt Was Not Unexpected
  • PART TWO: THE NET EFFECT
  • Taming Cyberspace
  • The Pressure Is Growing for Greater Surveillance Online
  • Tools of Resistance
  • Egyptians Strike back
  • Route to Revolution
  • Digital Activism Is Now a Way of Life in Egypt
  • Crowd Control
  • China's Microbloggers are Playing a Long Game
  • Storm in a Haystack
  • The Cautionary Tale of a Program that Didn't Live up to Its Spin
  • Open Secrets
  • Exposing a Closed World to Scrutiny
  • Going Local
  • The Future of Freedom Online
  • Surviving Lukashenko
  • Alternative Media Tactics in Belarus
  • A Round-up of Technology and Censorship Stories

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