Jillian York

Bio

Jillian C. York is a writer and activist whose work focuses on freedom of expression. She is the Director for International Freedom of Expression at the Electronic Frontier Foundation.
Is This a Terrorist? Governments Around the World Think So
By Jillian York
"Journalists are not terrorists!" This is what Mohamed Fadel Fahmy, the jailed bureau chief of Al Jazeera Egypt, shouted from the cages where he and other journalists were being held during a March 5 hearing. Fahmy, along with 19 other journalists…
The Internet Does Not Kill People. People Kill People.
By Jillian York
When, last autumn, a film that seemed to be created for the sole purpose of mocking Islam began to spread online, the urge to censor was too strong for the White House. Fearing that protests in Cairo triggered by the film, called "The Innocence of…