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Service	Description
Bloggers beware!	IFEX logoMore bloggers than ever face arrest for exposing human rights abuses
Court rules against government on Stop and Search	stopandsearch graffitiLiberty has won a landmark case against the government’s recent enthusiastic use of Stop and Search powers. The court found that current law is not “subject to adequate legal safeguards against abuse”.
Freedom of Expression Project	This site investigates the way that networked digital communications are spreading across the globe – and what this means for freedom of expression.
Google threatens to stop supporting Chinese filtering	After discovering cyber-attacks targeted at Chinese human rights activists, Google has said it’s not prepared to carry on with its complicty with Chinese government content censoring.
Press statement on the London Riots: Social media does not cause social problems	APC and GreenNet strongly condemn the violence of looters and rioters but we also call for a measured and thorough investigation into the causes of the riots and the use of social media and mobile phone networks. We urge that no new regulatory interventions be imposed until this investigation is finished, and that any proposals comply with and uphold the human rights of UK citizens. Access to communications is a basic right and there should be no “prior restraint”.
Support the Iranian women rights activists	Change for equality petitionSign the petition to protest the arrest of nine women campaigning to end discriminatory laws.