unesco internet study: privacy and journalists' sources (international newsroom summit,...
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A presentation to the International Newsroom Summit in Amsterdam on October 14th, outlining the key questions being examined as part of a UNESCO-Commissioned global study on journalists' source protection I'm leading for the World Editors Forum/WAN-IFRATRANSCRIPT
UNESCO Internet Study: Privacy and Journalists’ Sources
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UNESCO Internet Study: Privacy and Journalists’ Sources
Objectives
1. Map legal protections for journalists’ sources globally
2. Assess the effectiveness of these protections in 2014
3. Identify international case studies that demonstrate issues/problems/best practice
4. Make recommendations to UNESCO
UNESCO Internet Study: Privacy and Journalists’ Sources
Key questions
1. Is it possible to keep journalists’ sources confidential in the digital age?
2. What laws exist globally to support journalists’ ethical obligation to protect their sources from unmasking?
3. To whom do these laws apply? (Bloggers, tweeters, whistleblowers who ‘go direct’?)
UNESCO Internet Study: Privacy and Journalists’ Sources
Key questions
4. How are legal and institutional protections being adapted to digital realities? 5. What are the potential consequences of this shifting landscape for acts of investigative journalism?
6. How should we respond?
UNESCO Internet Study: Privacy and Journalists’ Sources
Digital realities
1. Mass surveillance
2. National security
3. Role of third party intermediaries
4. Changing definitions
UNESCO Internet Study: Privacy and Journalists’ Sources
How can you get involved?
1. Share your experiences
2. Show us your case studies
3. Spread the word
4. Survey
UNESCO Internet Study: Privacy and Journalists’ Sources
Trend 1: Shielding Journalism in the Age of Surveillance “… the implications are so profound and so hard to talk about without sounding like a member of the ‘tin foil hat brigade,' but it is going to become one of the most preoccupying issues for journalists, and should be more urgently [addressed]” Janine Gibson, The Guardian
UNESCO Internet Study: Privacy and Journalists’ Sources
The disclaimer bit…
Disclaimer: While this presentation was produced within the framework for research conducted for UNESCO funded by the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida), ideas, opinions and findings are not necessarily those of UNESCO or Sida and do not commit the organisations.
UNESCO Internet Study: Privacy and Journalists’ Sources
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#SourcesStudy