by Harlequin Domini Valdivieso | May 23, 2025 | University of the Philippines, Diliman
In 2024, a documentary about the enforced disappearance of an activist was given an X Rating by the Movie and Television Review and Classification Board (MTRB). Alipato at Muog was effectively banned from commercial establishments due to its alleged undermining of the...
by Tornike Goglidze | Apr 28, 2025 | Tartu University
Robert Fico’s media law: a populist attack on public broadcasting In April 2024, Robert Fico, the Prime Minister of Slovakia, oversaw the dismantling of one of the most popular media outlets in the country, RTVS—The Radio and Television of Slovakia. Fico...
by Noah Hensley | May 27, 2022 | Dartmouth College
Russia has a complicated history with media transparency, and misinformation has swept the information economy during the invasion of Ukraine. Putin’s regime has capitalized on their near-total ownership of information in Russia: as dozens of pro-Kremlin tabloids...
by Frances Fields | Nov 30, 2021 | University of Georgia
For 25 years, one of the greatest protections of free speech survived within a law largely created to limit free speech on the Internet. Three years after the Internet became public, the Communications Decency Act of 1996 was passed to prevent certain indecent...
by Nicole B | Apr 6, 2021 | Rollins College
For just over a year the world has been swept up in a pandemic. This pandemic has affected nearly every person on Earth in some way or another. According to the Economist in The Pandemic has Eroded Democracy and Respect Human Rights the virus has taken a big toll on...