Editing Cultural diversity (section)

=== Artistic freedom ===
[[Artistic freedom]], as defined by the 2005 Convention, includes the freedom of artists to work without government interference, and also the freedom of citizens to access diverse cultural content.<ref name="GR2018">{{Cite book |last=Whyatt |first=Sara |url=https://unesdoc.unesco.org/ark:/48223/pf0000260592 |title=Re{{!}}shaping cultural policies: advancing creativity for development |date=2017 |publisher=UNESCO |isbn=978-92-3-100256-4 |pages=210–211, 223 |chapter=Promoting the freedom to imagine and create}}</ref> Governments can repress these freedoms through [[censorship]] or [[surveillance]] of artists, or can choose to actively protect artists and their [[free expression]]. According to the 2017 and 2022 global reports, attacks against artists — including prosecution, imprisonment, or even killing — have increased in recent years.<ref name="GR2018" /><ref name="GR2022" /> In 2020, 978 cases were reported around the world, compared to 771 in 2019 and 673 in 2018. Musicians are the most threatened group, especially [[Rapping|rap]] musicians, whose lyrics tend to be provocative and politically challenging.<ref name="GR2018" /> While online services have provided new ways for artists to distribute images, music, and video to large audiences, they have brought their own threats to freedom in the form of censorship, [[Computer and network surveillance|surveillance]], and [[Troll (slang)|trolling]].<ref name="GR2018" /> The 2022 global report found that some countries had repealed laws restricting free expression, including [[Blasphemy law|blasphemy]] and [[defamation]] laws, but that in practice artistic freedom was not being better monitored or protected.<ref name="GR2022">{{Cite book |last=Whyatt |first=Sara |url=https://unesdoc.unesco.org/ark:/48223/pf0000380474.locale=en |title=Re{{!}}shaping policies for creativity: addressing culture as a global public good |date=2022 |publisher=UNESCO |isbn=978-92-3-100503-9|pages=263–264 |chapter=Safeguarding the freedom to create}}</ref>