Californians may have found their Google results bereft of local news links Friday morning as the search giant escalates its fight against a landmark state bill aimed at forcing tech giants to pay online publishers. Stories from California-based news organizations will not be available for an unspecified number of state residents whoContinue Reading
As Olympians from around the world prepare to travel to Beijing for the Winter Olympics, they have received an eerie warning from Chinese officials, indicating that if they speak out in a manner critical of China, they may be subject to punishment under Chinese law. In what is a clearContinue Reading
A military court in Myanmar has sentenced American journalist Danny Fenster to 11 years in prison, Fenster, 37, from Detroit, Michigan, was detained on May 24, denied bail and held in the Insein Prison in Yangon. His lawyer, Than Zaw Aung said Fenster was found guilty of three charges brought against himContinue Reading
Reporters Without Borders (RSF) recently published their Round-up 2020 on journalists killed which says 50 were killed in connection with their work. Of the 50 killed, 84 percent, or 42 journalists were murdered or deliberately targeted–some were murdered in a particularly gruesome manner, especially in Mexico and India, where journalists wereContinue Reading
