Monitoring press freedom and international affairs from Mid-Missouri Public Radio and the Missouri School of Journalism
Cuba eyes information revolution
By  • 11 April 2019
Cuba has long been one of the world’s least connected countries. Cubans weren’t allowed to buy personal computers until about a decade ago, and didn’t have access to the Internet until 2013. But things are…
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Inside a Chinese internet addiction camp
By  • 30 November 2017
Chinese camps for internet "addicts" use military discipline, and sometimes violence, to rehabilitate youth In August an 18-year-old boy in China's eastern Anhui province was found dead with multiple injuries, just days after his parents…
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China tightens hold on Internet, reporters
By  • 5 March 2015
Our focus this week is on China and the restrictions it places on the media inside the country, and how it affects not only journalists but Internet users. From the Great Firewall to denying visas…
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Russian bill would increase government Internet control
By  • 23 April 2014
In a slate of bills intended to reinforce antiterrorism legislation, the Russian parliament held a second reading of statutes that would tighten state control of media. Reporters Without Borders reported the latest version of a telecommunications…
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High-tech and highly controlled
By  • 6 December 2012
For Iranians, alternative media is a part of daily life, but the government has taken steps to censor the growing medium. Iran’s population does not make it easy for the regime’s censors to do their…
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