Community | December 05, 2008 | 31 comments

1/2 of world's jailed journalists come from Web

source: http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/technology/2008/12/study-nearly-ha.html

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More than print, TV or any other medium, online journalists are now the most-jailed category of journalists worldwide. A study by the Committee to Protect Journalists said that the online reporters, editors and bloggers make up 45% of the 125 journalists it found behind bars, the first time the Web category has eclipsed print (42%) since the study began in 1997.

CPJ director Joel Simon observed that without organizational support, online journalists are easier targets. "The image of the solitary blogger working at home in pajamas may be appealing, but when the knock comes on the door, they are alone and vulnerable," Simon said in a news release.

The study notes that in China, which leads the world in captive journalists, 24 of the 28 currently behind bars did their work online. Cuba, Burma, Eritrea, and Uzbekistan round out the top five countries on the list of journo jailers.
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31 comments // 1/2 of world's jailed journalists come from Web

  • Jweezy
  • sontag
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      sontag  

    • It's also happening in the US. Why do some people feel threatened by radio journalism? Why does the government feel the necessity to police the domestic airwaves? Considering the freedoms one has with internet access, why should radio be stifled so?

    • 3 years ago
  • tomofnorthcal
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      tomofnorthcal  

    • (response to Cuban press jailing) If you try to promote a capitalistic pro-US corporate journalism in Cuba, you will be jailed for promoting US propaganda and not necessarily being jailed for free speech. You cannot believe what US media says about Cuba. Remember, it is illegal in the USA for the government to promote propaganda via the government or via 3rd party as in Fox or corporate news.

    • 3 years ago
  • Nancyf
  • Solarbaby420
  • hekk414
  • emmahill
  • opit
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      opit  

    • I noticed a number of blogs posting sensitive political stories being 'disappeared'...including my first one.
      Wikileaks is your 'go to' destination for most free web access.
      Del.icio.us is being used as an online collaboration tool. Because educators and scientists need some kind of access, it may survive for a while.
      YouTube has all sorts of exotic hidden posts.
      The essential 'tools for discovery' are covered in educational resources for teachers.
      Doing a plug...hope a site resource list is o.k.
      http://my.opera.com/oldephartte/links/

    • 3 years ago
  • Tayllerand
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      Tayllerand  

    • It is happening all over the world , is call power grip
      the people need to be feed with stupid news .
      Remember we are all a bunch slaves and the master of the world dont want us to be free.

    • 3 years ago
  • cynker
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      cynker  

    • check out the story of 'posting online about the police to be illegal in the uk' on current i can't post the link because i was told off for it. soon anyone who says something that can 'useful to terrorists' can be put in the slammer. we always hear about how bad Chinese censorship is, well looks like were about about to be come the same. Don't let governments regulate the internet by any means, deciding what is healthy and unhealthy for us to look at!

    • 3 years ago
  • ClareW
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      ClareW  

    • I guess this is an interestingly (and frightening) commentary on the importance of online journalism and user generated content these days.

    • 3 years ago
  • Maitereya
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      Maitereya  

    • It doesn't surprise me considering most television and newspapers are controlled by big brother. Free speech must prevail, say what you want!

    • 3 years ago
  • CalgarC
  • unimatrix0
  • diode
  • huntre
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      huntre  

    • Fear not, my journalistic blogging, vlogging comrades.
      We, the many, are a force too large in numbers to...
      *knock knock knock*
      Oh shit.

    • 3 years ago
  • PlatoTacius
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      PlatoTacius  
    • huntre:

      Very amusing... Fortunatly, we may be returning to a more acceptable mode in this country, but it's very scary what goes on behind the scenes in countries that don't have the word humanitarian in their vocabulary... abuse seems to be the extent of their education, when it comes to the treatment of other human beings, those not in their circle of influence...

    • 3 years ago
  • PlatoTacius
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      PlatoTacius  
    • huntre:

      Very amusing... Fortunatly, we may be returning to a more acceptable mode in this country, but it's very scary what goes on behind the scenes in countries that don't have the word humanitarian in their vocabulary... abuse seems to be the extent of their education, when it comes to the treatment of other human beings, those not in their circle of influence...

    • 3 years ago
  • mario_a
  • MissG
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      MissG  

    • This issue is increasingly important as more and more content pushes online.

      The beauty of the Internet is that it facilitates a "many-to-many" flow of information where everyone with access to a computer *should* be able to freely seek, receive and impart information - a capability protected under the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.

      There was a great video on Adbusters TV about this:
      http://www.adbusters.org/abtv/internet_censorship.html

    • 3 years ago
  • PlatoTacius
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      PlatoTacius  

    • Well, I guess it's easy to see which countries advocate against freedom of speech...

      As computer technology grows larger and more prolific, the world becomes a smaller place...

    • 3 years ago
  • jh64487
  • SushiBandit
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      SushiBandit  
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    • Breaking: Cuba says blogger ran afoul of the law

      Police have prohibited Cuba's most prominent blogger from attending an independent cyber-workshop and warned that her activities ran afoul of the law, her husband said Friday.

      Yoani Sanchez and husband and fellow blogger Reynaldo Escobar were summoned separately Wednesday to a police station near their apartment in Havana's Vedado district and reprimanded, Escobar said in a telephone interview.

      Access to the Internet is strictly controlled in Cuba and the government routinely blocks sites it considers too critical.

    • 3 years ago
  • tomofnorthcal
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      tomofnorthcal  
    • SushiBandit:

      If you try to promote a capitalistic pro-US corporate journalism, you will be jailed for promoting US propaganda and not necessarily being jailed for free speech. You cannot believe what US media says about Cuba. Remember, it is illegal in the USA for the government to promote propaganda in the USA via the government or via 3rd party as in Fox or corporate news.

    • 3 years ago
  • SushiBandit
  • marpunk
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      marpunk  

    • This is crazy, it seems almost an historic fight in how common journalist are pushed to have the world painted a specific way. History and the present are in no way as pretty and glossed over as they appear to be. Some people want to see the world simplified I understand but to the degree of crippling journalists reporting and making a living from internet articles is an outrage.

    • 3 years ago
  • Cuddlebones
  • InformedTexan
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      InformedTexan  

    • The vulnerability of bloggers is terribly pressing upon such valiant witnesses to injustice around the world. Unfortunately, that same injustice can, as easily as it occurred and was reported by the blogger, occur to the blogger him/her-self.

    • 3 years ago
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