Brazilian president: US surveillance a ‘breach of international law’ Julian Borger – The Guardian.com Brazil’s president, Dilma Rousseff, has launched a blistering attack on US espionage at the UN general assembly, accusing the NSA of violating international law by its indiscriminate collection of personal information of Brazilian …
Novethic Research: Blacklisting controversial companies helps responsible investors curb excesses
Blacklisting controversial companies helps responsible investors curb excesses Paris, 18 June 2013. Novethic, a research centre, has published a pioneering study looking at the influence that responsible investors can exert by refusing to invest in multinationals involved in human rights violations. Blacklists published by 19 Northern European investors managing €1.5 trillion …
The SOPA/PIPA Money Trail
Save the Internet The SOPA/PIPA Money Trail A Media Matters report showed that in the run-up to Jan. 18, when Wikipedia, Google, Reddit and other big sites joined millions of Internet users in one of the biggest online protests to date, only CNN mentioned SOPA and/or PIPA in its nightly …
Investigative Journalism: Issues for a South-South Debate
This publication was produced by Mercado Ético (Ethical Markets in Brazil) with support from the UNDP International Policy Centre for Inclusive Growth (IPC-IG) based on the findings and recommendations of the International Workshop on Investigative Journalism: A South-South Dialogue. This event was organized by the Embassy of Switzerland in Brasilia, …