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 The US administration's
information war policy - along with the steps soldiers are taking to
implement it - is blurring, even erasing the lines between factual
information and news, on the one hand, and public relations,
propaganda and psychological warfare, on the other. US military
affairs analyst William Arkin warns that
while this policy ostensibly targets foreign enemies, its most
likely victim will be the US electorate.
International: Witness protection.
US reporter Jonathan Randal's battle for
the right to refuse to testify before the Hague war crimes tribunal
leaves journalists
who were professional witnesses to wartime atrocities free to
decide whether or not they should become trial witnesses as
well.
Palestine: Oscars' checkpoint bar.
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has been roundly
criticised for refusing
a Cannes award-winning movie a chance to compete for a Best
Foreign Language Film Oscar because it does not recognise Palestine
as a nation.
United States: Dow Chemical
clean-up. Dow Chemical's legal assault on a spoof version of
their company website highlights
the potential threat to free expression posed by the US Digital
Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA). Index on
Censorship on a tale of lawyers, copyright and
censorship.
Index event:
FoE awards 2003. We are honouring the best and bravest in the
fight for freedom of expression - plus those who deserve our Golden Raspberry Award for "services to
censorship". Click here
to nominate a person or group.
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United States: Media principles
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