Journalists Resource examines the debate and underlying dynamics, with lots of links to relevant articles and studies.

On-the-ground reporting from Azerbaijan on the youth activists in Azerbaijan's legal system.

The news that the US had funded a  “Cuban Twitter” caused some controversy;
Analysis from Tech President:  “How to Lose Friends and Alienate People ”

The US has spied on the staff of prominent human rights organisations, Snowden told the Council of Europe early in April.

The New York Times looks at how hackers are using everyday objects - air vents, thermostats, vending machines -   to infiltrate computer systems.

And from Sophos's Naked Security blog: “The Internet of Everything: bringing more risk to more places.

(Screenshot of Infographic on the No Spyware for Dictators website.

How Europe equips the world with spyware. The EU greens are calling for regulation.

Index on Censorship reports on the censorship pressure put on journalists who exposed instances of crony capitalism in India.

(Laura Poitras giving a press conference in the US; screenshot from Democracy Now)

From Journalist's resource - “Why the press matters: Six compelling investigations and their broad civic impacts.”

Also see our Exposing the Invisible project, which offers interviews with citizen journalists and others conducting their own investigations.

“In the not-too-distant future... real space will be increasingly like cyberspace, thanks to our headlong rush toward that Internet of Things.”