by barry | Jun 15, 2022 | censorship, Government, media freedom
On 6 June, while attention was focussed on Conservative MPs’ no confidence vote in Boris Johnson, the long promised National Security Bill, https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/bills/cbill/58-03/0007/220007.pdf and...
by barry | Jun 7, 2022 | censorship, international, media ownership, whistle blowing
Donald Trump’s former US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo (pictured) has been summoned by a Spanish court to explain an alleged CIA plot to assassinate Julian Assange according to a Spanish national daily newspaper ABC (see:...
by barry | May 11, 2022 | censorship, media freedom, whistle blowing
Are we witnessing a new and frightening attack on media freedoms? The New York Post reports at https://nypost.com/2022/05/04/paypals-indy-media-wipeout-and-other-commentary/ that the online payment platform PayPal has, without explanation, suspended the accounts of a...
by barry | Apr 27, 2022 | Campaigns, Government, media ownership, Public Service Broadcasting
A letter from an Ilkley resident to the Yorkshire Post (23 April 2022) raised concerns about the recent government decision to privatise Channel 4. It highlighted the fact that despite a public consultation on the proposal, that opinion was ignored in that the...
by barry | Apr 20, 2022 | Campaigns, international, media freedom, whistle blowing
Julian Assange, the WikiLeaks co-founder, is one step closer to being extradited to the United States, where he is set to be tried mainly under the Espionage Act, after a London court agreed an extradition order. The court issued a formal extradition order at a...
