Blogging anonymously


New publication makes it easier

Of course, there is no need to do this in the United States.

Yet.

It's good to know though that people are working around censorship.

Cuba, Egypt, Tunisia: they are all popular with holiday makers but they also censor and even lock up journalists and bloggers.

This is why the media rights group, Reporters Without Borders, has published The Handbook for Bloggers and Cyber-Dissidents.

"There is another side to the picture post-card," said Robert Menard, secretary general, Reporters Without Borders. "There are around 100 people in jail in Tunisia and the entire media is controlled by the powers that be and there are bloggers who have been locked up just for criticizing the Tunisian president."

In many countries a journalism student covering a demonstration of school children would be commended for his initiative.

In Syria, student Mesud Hamid posted photos on the net of Kurdish pupils demanding equal rights. He was arrested while taking an exam at university.

Here's where you can find the Reporters without Borders homepage.

And of course here is where you can find the new publication.

A free press can help keep government honest.

— NeoWayland

Posted: Tue - April 17, 2007 at 12:55 PM  Tag


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