Freedom of information

Russia fines veteran journalist for 'justifying terrorism'

At least 40 media professionals are currently behind bars in Russia, according to Reporters without Borders, a press freedom organization.

Russian journalist Kevorkova attends a court hearing in Moscow
 The Educational Bookshop in east Jerusalem.

Freedom forgone: The concerning rise of censorship in Israel - comment

 Infographic: Examples of Qatar’s influence arms

Watchdogs sue US government over Qatar’s billions in university funding

 PRIME MINISTER Benjamin Netanyahu convenes his cabinet in Jerusalem.

Israeli ministers break the law, fail to disclose daily schedules


Missouri school board votes not to ban ‘Maus’ from district bookshelves following criticism

One district near St. Louis ordered staff to temporarily pull not only “Maus,” but also hundreds of other illustrated books, including several Holocaust history books for young readers.

Cover of the book 'Maus' by Art Spiegelman

Middle East journalists share pessimistic outlook for region’s press freedom

On the 30th annual World Press Freedom Day, journalists in the Middle East described severely restricted freedom of expression and little hope for improvement in the future

 A view of the entrance of Evin prison in Tehran, Iran October 17, 2022

First Israeli sovereign cloud launched amid rise in information economy

By definition, other countries don't have access to the data that's in each sovereign cloud, and it's not subject to their laws.

Calling in a Cloud

Passover: Trapped in freedom

Passover is perfectly suited for savoring the freedom we sometimes take for granted. In many ways, the modern world embodies the revolution of Passover.

 PASSOVER IS also a moment to scrutinize freedom’s latent dangers.

Russia declares World Wildlife Fund and others 'foreign agents' - report

According to a Russian Justice Ministry release released to Interfax, the WWF received support from foreign sources.

 Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a meeting with the Liberal Democratic Party (LDPR) leader Leonid Slutsky at the Novo-Ogaryovo state residence outside Moscow, Russia February 13, 2023.

AI and its implications for copyright -opinion

It is clear that for the machine to write or draw anything, it needs access to existing information, documents, research, drawings, pictures, etc.

 Artificial intelligence chatbots like ChatGPT are changing the world (Illustrative).

‘Scary time for Israeli democracy’: experts alarmed at threatened closure of public broadcaster

Media world hits back at plans to cut state funding for Kan as communications minister says ‘no place for public broadcasting in Israel’; academic warns country may be heading down ‘dangerous path.’

 Members of the Israeli media protest at a busy intersection in downtown Tel Aviv over the govenrment's plans to cut funding to the national public broadcaster, Jan. 29, 2023.

Self-censorship and its discontents - comment

I stopped by my student’s desk to see how her research was coming along. No stranger to the endless goldmine of internet mis/information, she was busy at work.

book censorship

Does Israel's military censor balance democracy and security correctly?

The chief military censor today is Brig.-Gen. Doron Ben Barak, who previously served as the deputy military advocate-general and someone who is well acquainted with human rights and civil liberties.

 AN ISRAELI F-15 takes part in an international aerial training exercise in October at the Uvda Air Force Base.

A writer's experience with cancel culture

While there is a lot of horrible language that deserves to be challenged and even canceled, it has created a climate of fear for writers like me.

 THE WRITER at the newspaper he  worked at during and after high  school.

High Court rules PMO must hand over 2015 expenditure invoices

The High Court ruled that the Prime Minister's Office would have 90 days to hand the NGO 220 previously unreleased invoices from the famous residence on Balfour Street in Jerusalem.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his wife Sara Netanyahu boarding the plane to Athens