Yahoo Accused of Lying to Congress Over the Arrest of Chinese Journalist
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Representative Tom Lantos accuses Yahoo! of lying to Congress about the Internet giant’s role in the arrest and imprisonment of Chinese journalist Shi Tao.
We spoke with Tala Dowlatshahi, the New York director of Reporters Without Borders about the position of United State’s Internet companies in China. A clip from the interview is posted below.
Federal Shield for Journalists
A United States Senate committee wants to stop the federal government from forcing journalists to reveal confidential sources. It has approved, and sent to the floor for a vote, a national shield law.
Democracy, no spectator sport
The World Forum on the Future of Democracy in Williamsburg, Va., was a great opportunity to reflect on the nature of democracy and what we have learned in the project so far. If I were to take one message away from the World Forum it would be that democracy is no spectator sport. Through the course of the three-day conference we were reminded that a successful democracy requires the active participation of its citizens. A vital question that we have to grapple with in the 21st century is how to ensure this participation in a world where voting and citizen participation is declining.
