Index on Censorship - Volume 39 No. 1

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new frontiers – jo glanville have been bizarrely and dangerously abandoned. As Joe McNamee points out, blocking images of child abuse may appear to be laudable, but it has actually become a smokescreen for political failure: not only does blocking fail to stop access to such sites, it gives politicians the appearance of taking action when in fact no concrete steps are actually being made to tackle child abuse networks. It’s evident that politicians are in urgent need of computer literate advisers, whose commitment to human rights and tackling crime transcends the urge to populism.

This issue also includes Index’s founding editor, Michael Scammell, on the origins of the magazine; novelist and translator Maureen Freely on a day of reckoning for Turkey; an exclusive extract from playwright Gurpreet Kaur Bhatti’s brilliant new satire on censorship and an interview with Italian documentary-maker Erik Gandini on his award-winning documentary Videocracy. You can follow our campaigns and the latest censorship news on www.indexoncensorship.org.

This is our first issue with our new publisher SAGE and we’re delighted to be able to offer improved subscription rates for magazine subscribers (details inside front cover). You can also now buy Index on Amazon. It’s the beginning of an exciting new era, at a time when it’s never been more important to protect free speech.

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