JO GLANVILLE Editorial

DISPATCHES

KAMILA SHAMSIE Speak no evil

Pakistan’s blasphemy laws are a tool for persecution

CHARLES YOUNG Do not disturb

The trouble with Malta and censorship

DAVID L SOBEL The urge to classify

WikiLeaks, Obama and transparency

SALWA ISMAIL Days of anger

The uprising in Egypt was not unexpected

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THE NET EFFECT

EVGENY MOROZOV Taming cyberspace

The pressure is growing for greater surveillance online

JILLIAN C YORK Tools of resistance

Egyptians strike back

ASHRAF KHALIL Route to revolution

Digital activism is now a way of life in Egypt

HU YONG Crowd control

China’s microbloggers are playing a long game

DANNY O’BRIEN Storm in a haystack

The cautionary tale of a program that didn’t live up to its spin

ANDREI SOLDATOV & IRINA BOROGAN

Open secrets Exposing a closed world to scrutiny

IVAN SIGAL Going local

The future of online freedom

JAMES KIRCHICK Surviving Lukashenko

Alternative media tactics in Belarus

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