Freedom of expression and the freedom of journalists to exercise their profession rocketed to the top of the agenda at a conference on the role of the media in the information society, taking place in Marrakech, Morocco. But the question of the media boycotting a subsequent conference to be held in Tunisia - a country that violates free speech - seemed to have been defused. Controversy at the Marrakech conference centred around whether Tunisia would respect principles agreed by global governments at last year’s United Nations World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS).