There is a much enlarged and disturbingly effective global assault underway to stifle free expression and the flow of information. The world's rising economic powers, along with nationalistic and religious fanatics, are deploying new strategies and weapons - including economic coercion, the courts, new technologies, and the UN itself - to intimidate and silence dissenting voices. In an ugly twist, the battleground - once mostly limited to dictatorships - increasingly includes the world's democracies. It's not pretty. Read More