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UNESCO Releases Pamphlet On Protection of Sources In the Digital Age

By Media Law Prof Blog

From UNESCO, a pamphlet on protecting reporters’ sources in the digital age.

Short summary:

The forthcoming study maps changes over the past eight years in protections for the confidentiality of sources of journalism. The research has contributed to a global examination of sources of journalism. The research has contributed to a global examination of Internet-related issues, as requested by UNESCO’s 195 Member States. The investigation responds in part to acknowledgement in both the UN General Assembly and the UN Human Rights Council of “the particular vulnerability of journalists to becoming targets of unlawful or arbitrary suveillance or interception of communication in violation of their rights to privacy and to freedom of expression”.