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Media & Information

A free and independent press is vital to any democracy, ensuring government accountability and a diversity of viewpoints. The Open Society Foundations support efforts that expand and protect press freedoms, increase public access to knowledge and information, include minority voices in media, and use the arts to address pressing social issues.

Open Society Voices

Privacy, PRISM, and the Future of Surveillance

June 18, 2013 by Wendy M. Grossman, Becky Hogge

A UN report this month called for scrutiny of government surveillance. Then startling details of the U.S. PRISM project surfaced.

“Riot from Wrong”: Youth, Media, and Violence

June 13, 2013 by Maryanne Olson

What could have prevented the 2011 London riots? Ask the young people who were there.

National Security Whistleblowers: The U.S. Response to Manning and Snowden Examined

June 12, 2013 by Sandra Coliver 15

An assessment of how Washington’s response to national security disclosures by Bradley Manning and Edward Snowden compares with procedures and penalties outside the United States.