Last week’s conference organized by the Southeast Asian Press Alliance (Seapa) in cooperation with the Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism (PCIJ) with the support of the Berkman Center Center for Internet and Society offered me a chance to meet bloggers and journalists from all over Asia. Time flew so fast for the conference–an indication that… Continue reading Free Expression in Asian Cyberspace conference: personal notes
Tag: censorship
The glass cannot be half-full
Either there is press freedom or not, according to Sun.Star’s pooled editorial. The editorial points out the danger of making police the evaluators of media. Why do cops make poor evaluators? They don’t know the craft and its nuances. Their mind-set is that of victims, whipped frequently by media for lapses and offenses. The paper… Continue reading The glass cannot be half-full
Cafe chain pushes censorship body for Philippine Internet
Please excuse me while I puke. Netopia, according to this Inq7.net article, is “urging” the government to create a censorship body to monitor the local Internet infrastructure. An official of the Internet cafe chain says the body “will operate similarly to the Movies Television Review and Classification Board (MTRCB) and provide guidelines for the compliance… Continue reading Cafe chain pushes censorship body for Philippine Internet