has rejected endeavors by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) to stop mass accumulation of a large number of Americans’ telephone records. The second US Circuit Court of Appeals in Manhattan said on Thursday that Congress needed the National Security Agency (NSA) project to keep amid a six-month move period in the witness of another law produces results. "An unexpected end to the project would be in opposition to the general population enthusiasm for viable observation of terrorist dangers
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Press in Sub Continent: Beginning of Media: In the sub-continent‚ journalism started with preliminary handwritten news sheets prepared by government news-writers during the Muslim rule. They were written dated‚ appeared at regular and frequent intervals. Such news sheets provided the rulers with information from all corners of the empire‚ regarding public occurrences‚ current-events‚ mischief in societies and hardships faced by the people. From this information‚ the rulers used to take decisions
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Freedom of Press Freedom of the press or freedom of the media is the freedom of communication and expression through mediums including various electronic media and published materials. While such freedom mostly implies the absence of interference from an overreaching state‚ its preservation may be sought through constitutional or other legal protections. With respect to governmental information‚ any government may distinguish which materials are public or protected from disclosure to the public
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It wasn’t long after this study was published that The New York Times’ Perri Klass published a popular press article entitled To Smoosh Peas Is to Learn bringing the issue into the public sphere. This critique will focus on the strengths and weaknesses of the original scientific study and the popular press piece report in The New York Times. This critique will also offer practical implications of such research in the real world. Initially‚ the scientific report has many strengths especially in
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Free Expression and Freedom of the Press Acorrding to John Keane ‚ “A free press is the ally of happiness”‚ wrote in 1793 (Keane 65). This quote express the long held idea that the free press‚ or in other word‚ freedom of expression‚ should be considered as a basic human right. As Matthew Tindal‚ an eminent English deist author‚ claims “Restrictions on the press are un-Christian and contrary to natural right” (Keane‚ 2011). The “liberty of the press” functioned only as a “bold and infectious
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TECHNOLOGY AND NIGERIA’S NATIONAL SECURITY: CHALLENGES AND PROSPECTS INTRODUCTION 1. Human existence has been characterized with attempts by man to apply technology to control his environment with a view to improving his material existence. This has resulted in epoch making developments such as the discovery of gun powder and the invention of industrial machines both of which have had significant impact on the development of the society.[i] These technological innovations also had significant
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The Importance of the Press The newspaper is a powerful medium. It is powerful because it has the ability to influence the way that people view the world‚ as well as their opinion of what they see. In peaceful times (or in times of oppression‚ for sometimes they can appear to be happening at the same moment) the press is usually one of the instruments used by the state in order to maintain the status quo. However‚ during times of political unrest it is often the press who becomes the major
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Asia includes the two worst-rated countries in the world‚ Burma and North Korea‚ as well as China‚ Laos‚ and Vietnam‚ all of which feature extensive state or party control of the press. Conditions in the world’s largest poor performer‚ China‚ remained highly repressive in 2009. Authorities increased censorship and Communist Party propaganda in traditional and online media in the periods surrounding high-profile events‚ such as politically sensitive anniversaries and a visit by U.S. President Barack
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Freedom of the Press - liberty to print or to otherwise disseminate information‚ as in print‚ by broadcasting‚ or through electronic media‚ without prior restraints such as licensing requirements or content review and without subsequent punishment for what is said. Freedom of the press or freedom of the media is the freedom of communication and expression through mediums including various electronic media and published materials. While such freedom mostly implies the absence of interference from
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Essay A free press can‚ of course‚ be good or bad‚ but‚ most certainly‚ without freedom it will never be anything but bad. (Albert Camus) It goes without saying that the press plays an extremely important role in our life. Nowadays many people believe that freedom of the media is an essential part of the modern society and the press should not be controlled at all. However‚ others suppose that censorship is a necessary evil which helps to prevent us from threats to human rights. First of
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