International Modern Media Institute

Every year Reporters Without Borders (RSF) compile an index of press freedom around the world. The index has been published since 2002 and measures the state of press freedom in 182 countries. It measures “the media freedom situation based on an evaluation of pluralism, independence of the media, ...

Since the International Modern Media Institute was founded in 2011 it has been an independent watchdog and advocacy group working to promote and protect freedom of expression and freedom of information. The Icelandic Parliament resolved unanimously to make Iceland a Safe Haven for freedom of ...

The International Modern Media Institute (IMMI) was a proposal of Birgitta Jonsdottir and the Pirate Party. Jonsdottir is keenly aware of the power of information through her work as a volunteer with Wiki-Leaks. She was involved in bringing the world's attention to the Collateral Murder video which showed ...

The International Modern Media Institute (IMMI), a non-profit organisation, has played an instrumental role in designing and promoting the legal framework for Iceland's new data privacy laws. Following the country's 2010 financial crisis, mass protests broke out against the nepotism, corruption and lack of ...

Whatever the definition, a ban would be legally dubious, technically unfeasible and ineffective, argues Smari McCarthy, executive director of the International Modern Media Institute, a lobby group. In an open letter to Ogmundur Jonasson, the interior minister, he and other opponents compared banning ...

Iceland, a nation of nearly 320,000 people, is better known for its efforts to promote free speech and transparency than for any censorship. Its parliament in 2010 backed a proposal drafted by the International Modern Media Institute for the adoption of new laws to strengthen freedom of expression.

It is technically impossible to do in a way that has the intended effect," said Smari McCarthy of free-speech group the International Modern Media Institute. "And it has negative side effects - everything from slowing down the Internet to blocking content that is not meant to be blocked to just generally opening ...