The need for enhanced source protection in the Digital Age recognised in UNESCO conference statement
The official Outcome Document from this week’s major UNESCO conference on the future of the internet has put the need to enhance protection for journalists’ sources firmly on the table. Julie Posetti reports that the conference, staged in Paris, was designed to engage governments, media, internet intermediary companies, and civil society on the preliminary findings of a global study on freedom of expression, access, privacy and ethics online.