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after the deaths and imprisonments of
multiple bloggers and journalists in
2015 the concept of freedom of the press
is being severely challenged welcome to
watchmojo.com
installment we’re counting down ten
crucial facts you should know about
freedom of the press violations number
ten what is freedom of the press also
known as freedom of the media freedom of
the press refers to the levels of
liberty and autonomy experienced when a
person is communicating through various
types of written visual and electronic
media it’s the ability to write and
publish materials in order to share them
in the public domain however it should
not be confused with an author’s right
to be published no publisher is legally
bound to accept any author’s work
although theoretically any author is
able to self publish their own materials
American journalist AJ Liebling
summarized the matter writing quote
freedom of the press is guaranteed only
to those who own one number nine what is
freedom of speech the concept upon which
the freedom of the press idea is built
freedom of speech and expression is
recognized as a basic human right under
article 19 of the Universal Declaration
of Human Rights adopted by the United
Nations General Assembly the declaration
states that everyone shall have the
right to hold opinions without
interference and grants everyone the
freedom to seek receive and impart
information and ideas of all kinds
either orally in writing or in print in
the form of art or through any other
media similarly to freedom of the press
freedom of speech and how it’s
implemented differs from country to
country governments limit the freedom
with legislation branding what one
person might view as his or her right as
anything from slander to hate speech
copyright violation to pornography
number 8 does freedom of the press exist
everywhere
a concept that differs from nation to
nation the freedoms or restrictions of
the press coincide with relevant state
law meaning that the rules are different
depending on where you are in the world
freedom levels are routinely analyzed by
nongovernmental organizations such as
reporters without borders and Freedom
House who aim to accurately represent
press freedom in an ironically
uncensored way European countries
continually top research polls on the
matter with Finland topping the Press
Freedom Index from 2009 to 2014
in contrast Eritrea ranked last in 2014
with North Korea finishing one place
above number seven how is freedom of the
press handled in the United States the
United States ranked 46th in the 2014
Press Freedom Index one place above
Haiti and below Romania in general the
United States and most westernized
countries are seen as relatively free
lands in which the press is largely
unlimited freedom of the press in the
u.s. is mostly defined within the First
Amendment of the Constitution where it’s
written Congress shall make no law
abridging the freedom of speech or of
the press an amendment that’s largely
upheld the United States still shoulders
a degree of criticism because of its
tendency to place undue limits on
reporting and publishing in the name of
national security number six how has
modern technology changed the concept as
modern media and access expands the
freedom of the press concept and
definition has naturally changed as well
where once the ability to express
oneself and become published was enjoyed
by a limited number of professionals now
in the 21st century almost anybody with
a computer and internet access is able
to get their voice heard however the
rise of the blogger vlogger and online
personality has seen ever-increasing
difficulties with the policing of the
press especially within those countries
that hold a tighter grip in America as
of the January 2014 ruling on Obsidian
Finance Group LLC B Cox bloggers enjoy
the same
First Amendment protections as
traditional news media journalists
however international inconsistencies
remain number five what is WikiLeaks an
international nonprofit organization
built to publish secret and classified
information from anonymous sources
WikiLeaks has been the subject of
controversy ever since its launch in
2006 responsible for the release of the
Afghan war diary which compiled almost
77,000 previously unseen documents
relating to the war as well as the
separate publication of over 775 secret
files relating to the prisoners of
Guantanamo Bay
WikiLeaks works to make the unknown
known to the general public the site’s
co-founder and editor in chief Julian
Assange has been under investigation in
the u.s. since 2010 and is currently
housed at the Ecuadorian Embassy in
London however though physically
confined Asajj has influenced many a
controversial blogger since with the
repercussions of some publications
reaching unprecedented levels of
severity number four has there been
retribution against journalists and
bloggers all around the world
journalists and bloggers in particular
have become targets for revenge style
attacks and/or criminal charges with
freedom of speech and freedom of the
press comes an almost unavoidable
ability to offend which has resulted in
countless instances of retribution
carried out both legally and illegally
case in point
on Friday August 7th 2015 a Thai man was
sentenced to 30 years in prison meant
for insulting the time monarchy via
Facebook king bumi panna dunya day is
under the protection of some especially
harsh royal defamation rules which came
into full force following pond socks for
Boone pangs 6 aunty monarchy posts on
the social media website receiving 10
years imprisonment for each post and
having his sentence halved because he
pleaded guilty 48 year old pond sock
will spend the majority of the rest of
his life behind bars number 3 has there
been retribution against journalists and
bloggers part 2
another instance again on Friday August
7th saw a Bangladeshi blogger murdered
following his publishing of anti
religious extremist views online Neelu
Chatterjee
who was 40 years old became the fourth
online critic to be murdered in the
country in 2015 after he was killed in
his apartment in the capital of Dhaka a
group of militant attackers armed with
machetes are being held responsible
attacks such as these have risen within
recent years in parallel with the rise
of blogging in the country secularists
writers have built an internet base from
which to tackle the hardline Islamist
groups that are threatening to take over
Bangladesh but contributing to the cause
is becoming increasingly risky
Chatterjee had been demanding justice
for other bloggers recently killed only
to have his name added to the
frightening list number two has there
been retribution against journalists and
bloggers part 3 finally human rights
campaigners fear for the well-being of
one Saudi Arabian blogger in particular
as he awaits a second dose of an ongoing
punishment reiief Badawi is currently
serving a 10-year prison sentence given
to him in May 2014 and as of August 2015
he was awaiting his next installment of
public flogging as well but Dowie was
subjected to the first 50 of his 1,000
lashes in January 2015
meaning that he had 19 sets to endure
thereafter an especially brutal example
of government and forced retribution but
doughies fate is not unusual in Saudi
Arabia and the country itself has
reacted with anger to the media campaign
surrounding the case number one what is
the future of freedom of the press the
issue of freedom of the press is likely
to remain a balancing act indefinitely
as the necessities for privacy cultural
sensitivity freedom of speech and
freedom of thought must all be met a
seemingly impossible task especially on
an international scale it’s clear that
laws and mindsets must at least be
modified if not in some cases changed
altogether in order for progress to be
made
as mentioned Ajay Liebling said freedom
of the press is guaranteed only to those
who owned one but the realities of that
statement have changed since the
statement was made in the mid 20th
century the Internet has enabled an
ever-increasing number of people to own
a press so it’s easier now than ever
before to exercise free speech on a
global scale for all the positives that
brings there are severe negatives that
need to be considered as well did these
facts get you thinking to vote for which
news story is covered next
head over to watchmojo.com slash suggest
and be sure to hit that subscribe button
for more newsworthy top 10s published
every week
[Music]
after the deaths and imprisonments of
multiple bloggers and journalists in
2015 the concept of freedom of the press
is being severely challenged welcome to
watchmojo.com
installment we’re counting down ten
crucial facts you should know about
freedom of the press violations number
ten what is freedom of the press also
known as freedom of the media freedom of
the press refers to the levels of
liberty and autonomy experienced when a
person is communicating through various
types of written visual and electronic
media it’s the ability to write and
publish materials in order to share them
in the public domain however it should
not be confused with an author’s right
to be published no publisher is legally
bound to accept any author’s work
although theoretically any author is
able to self publish their own materials
American journalist AJ Liebling
summarized the matter writing quote
freedom of the press is guaranteed only
to those who own one number nine what is
freedom of speech the concept upon which
the freedom of the press idea is built
freedom of speech and expression is
recognized as a basic human right under
article 19 of the Universal Declaration
of Human Rights adopted by the United
Nations General Assembly the declaration
states that everyone shall have the
right to hold opinions without
interference and grants everyone the
freedom to seek receive and impart
information and ideas of all kinds
either orally in writing or in print in
the form of art or through any other
media similarly to freedom of the press
freedom of speech and how it’s
implemented differs from country to
country governments limit the freedom
with legislation branding what one
person might view as his or her right as
anything from slander to hate speech
copyright violation to pornography
number 8 does freedom of the press exist
everywhere
a concept that differs from nation to
nation the freedoms or restrictions of
the press coincide with relevant state
law meaning that the rules are different
depending on where you are in the world
freedom levels are routinely analyzed by
nongovernmental organizations such as
reporters without borders and Freedom
House who aim to accurately represent
press freedom in an ironically
uncensored way European countries
continually top research polls on the
matter with Finland topping the Press
Freedom Index from 2009 to 2014
in contrast Eritrea ranked last in 2014
with North Korea finishing one place
above number seven how is freedom of the
press handled in the United States the
United States ranked 46th in the 2014
Press Freedom Index one place above
Haiti and below Romania in general the
United States and most westernized
countries are seen as relatively free
lands in which the press is largely
unlimited freedom of the press in the
u.s. is mostly defined within the First
Amendment of the Constitution where it’s
written Congress shall make no law
abridging the freedom of speech or of
the press an amendment that’s largely
upheld the United States still shoulders
a degree of criticism because of its
tendency to place undue limits on
reporting and publishing in the name of
national security number six how has
modern technology changed the concept as
modern media and access expands the
freedom of the press concept and
definition has naturally changed as well
where once the ability to express
oneself and become published was enjoyed
by a limited number of professionals now
in the 21st century almost anybody with
a computer and internet access is able
to get their voice heard however the
rise of the blogger vlogger and online
personality has seen ever-increasing
difficulties with the policing of the
press especially within those countries
that hold a tighter grip in America as
of the January 2014 ruling on Obsidian
Finance Group LLC B Cox bloggers enjoy
the same
First Amendment protections as
traditional news media journalists
however international inconsistencies
remain number five what is WikiLeaks an
international nonprofit organization
built to publish secret and classified
information from anonymous sources
WikiLeaks has been the subject of
controversy ever since its launch in
2006 responsible for the release of the
Afghan war diary which compiled almost
77,000 previously unseen documents
relating to the war as well as the
separate publication of over 775 secret
files relating to the prisoners of
Guantanamo Bay
WikiLeaks works to make the unknown
known to the general public the site’s
co-founder and editor in chief Julian
Assange has been under investigation in
the u.s. since 2010 and is currently
housed at the Ecuadorian Embassy in
London however though physically
confined Asajj has influenced many a
controversial blogger since with the
repercussions of some publications
reaching unprecedented levels of
severity number four has there been
retribution against journalists and
bloggers all around the world
journalists and bloggers in particular
have become targets for revenge style
attacks and/or criminal charges with
freedom of speech and freedom of the
press comes an almost unavoidable
ability to offend which has resulted in
countless instances of retribution
carried out both legally and illegally
case in point
on Friday August 7th 2015 a Thai man was
sentenced to 30 years in prison meant
for insulting the time monarchy via
Facebook king bumi panna dunya day is
under the protection of some especially
harsh royal defamation rules which came
into full force following pond socks for
Boone pangs 6 aunty monarchy posts on
the social media website receiving 10
years imprisonment for each post and
having his sentence halved because he
pleaded guilty 48 year old pond sock
will spend the majority of the rest of
his life behind bars number 3 has there
been retribution against journalists and
bloggers part 2
another instance again on Friday August
7th saw a Bangladeshi blogger murdered
following his publishing of anti
religious extremist views online Neelu
Chatterjee
who was 40 years old became the fourth
online critic to be murdered in the
country in 2015 after he was killed in
his apartment in the capital of Dhaka a
group of militant attackers armed with
machetes are being held responsible
attacks such as these have risen within
recent years in parallel with the rise
of blogging in the country secularists
writers have built an internet base from
which to tackle the hardline Islamist
groups that are threatening to take over
Bangladesh but contributing to the cause
is becoming increasingly risky
Chatterjee had been demanding justice
for other bloggers recently killed only
to have his name added to the
frightening list number two has there
been retribution against journalists and
bloggers part 3 finally human rights
campaigners fear for the well-being of
one Saudi Arabian blogger in particular
as he awaits a second dose of an ongoing
punishment reiief Badawi is currently
serving a 10-year prison sentence given
to him in May 2014 and as of August 2015
he was awaiting his next installment of
public flogging as well but Dowie was
subjected to the first 50 of his 1,000
lashes in January 2015
meaning that he had 19 sets to endure
thereafter an especially brutal example
of government and forced retribution but
doughies fate is not unusual in Saudi
Arabia and the country itself has
reacted with anger to the media campaign
surrounding the case number one what is
the future of freedom of the press the
issue of freedom of the press is likely
to remain a balancing act indefinitely
as the necessities for privacy cultural
sensitivity freedom of speech and
freedom of thought must all be met a
seemingly impossible task especially on
an international scale it’s clear that
laws and mindsets must at least be
modified if not in some cases changed
altogether in order for progress to be
made
as mentioned Ajay Liebling said freedom
of the press is guaranteed only to those
who owned one but the realities of that
statement have changed since the
statement was made in the mid 20th
century the Internet has enabled an
ever-increasing number of people to own
a press so it’s easier now than ever
before to exercise free speech on a
global scale for all the positives that
brings there are severe negatives that
need to be considered as well did these
facts get you thinking to vote for which
news story is covered next
head over to watchmojo.com slash suggest
and be sure to hit that subscribe button
for more newsworthy top 10s published
every week
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