Tracking Suppression of Online Free Speech
“Online journalists and bloggers now represent 45% of all media workers in prison worldwide.”
Global Voices Advocacy has just launched a mapping project called Threatened Voices in order to help track the increasing cases of bloggers being threatened and/or arrested for expressing their views and reporting news online. Many governments are cracking down on bloggers through surveillance, various forms of harassment and arrest. The goal of Threatened Voices is to make these cases visible, and therefore help keep freedom of speech alive on the internet. The website includes an interactive map and timeline providing a clear visualization of threatened bloggers throughout the world.
