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CEU On Point video: Kate Coyer on the implications of the Snowden leaks

October 26, 2013

CMCS Executive Director Kate Coyer features in the most recent episode of CEU On Point, a video podcast series featuring Central European University faculty members discussing timely news topics relevant to their academic field.

In the four-minute video, Kate discusses the international implications of the Snowden leaks and the critical role of information intermediaries.

How free is the media? Kate Coyer took part in Battle of Ideas event

October 26, 2013

CMCS Executive Director Kate Coyer was one of the speakers at the Battle of Ideas 2013 session in Budapest on October 16, How free is the media? The state of regulation today.

"The Obligation to Prohibit Incitement": Peter Molnar, Sejal Parmar at the OSCE Human Dimension Implementation Meeting

October 25, 2013

On Tuesday 24 September, Peter Molnar, a Research Fellow at the CMCS, and Sejal Parmar, Assistant Professor at the CEU Department of Legal Studies, convened a side event on the subject of incitement in international law at the 2013 OSCE Human Dimension Meeting in Warsaw.

Philip N. Howard: When Does Digital Activism Pack a Punch?

October 12, 2013

Symposium Magazine this month published an article by CMCS Director Philip N. Howard, which explores the initial findings of a groundbreaking research project on digital activism.

CMCS Director Philip N. Howard joins the Global Network Initiative (GNI)

October 11, 2013

CMCS Director Philip N. Howard has joined the Global Network Initiative's academic constituency in his personal capacity. The Global Network Initiative (GNI) is a multi-stakeholder group of companies, civil society organizations (including human rights and press freedom groups), investors and academics, who have created a collaborative approach to protect and advance freedom of expression and privacy in the ICT sector.