By Reporters Without Borders
A recent historic ruling by an independent British tribunal that handles complaints about surveillance has made it possible for individuals to ask the British signals intelligence agency GCHQ if it spied on them. Reporters Without Borders is inviting journalists, bloggers and online activists to participate in a campaign that will help them to discover whether they were the victims of illegal spying.

Human Rights Watch and ACLU have compiled a report detailing how current United States policies are harming journalism, law and democracy.

The High Court in Dublin has asked the European Court of Justice sitting in Luxembourg to rule on a landmark case which seeks to force watchdogs to audit the personal data Facebook allegedly releases to US spy chiefs.