Net Reporting riskier as Yahoo!, Microsoft turn in bloggers

Blogging and online journalism has become the most dangerous section of media to be working in. At least 56 online journalists are jailed around the world.
That issues has been compounding as Yahoo!, Microsoft and other companies make money by helping governments hinder their citizens’ access to the Web. Worse, they  turn in bloggers and Internet-based [...]

U.S. down to 36th for press freedom

Reporters Without Borders came out with their 2008 freedom of the press rankings and the U.S. is down considerably from last year. The 50 states received 36th place out of 173 countries of the world, but including the U.S.’s territories it was a low 119th.