Index on Censorship is to host a debate on the internet and free speech at the Free Word Centre in London, tonight [12 May] at 6.30 pm.

It will feature:

• Richard Allan, director of policy EU, Facebook

• Anthony House, European policy and communications manager, Google

• Gus Hosein, policy director, Privacy International

If like Journalism.co.uk, you’ve been increasingly alarmed by social network tactics that threaten journalists’ safety and confidentiality, you might like to submit a question to be asked at the event, at this link: ‘Put your questions to Facebook and Google – We ask is the internet safe for free speech?’

Background:

• #snprivacy: Journalists’ privacy plea to social networks
• How social networks are using your email address book data – and what it means for journalists