Exile • Journalism • Press Freedom
How an exile newsroom reports on Afghan women
Ananya Bhasin
Committee to Protect Journalists
After escaping the country undetected with nearly two dozen newsroom colleagues and family members, they made their way to a refugee camp in Albania. Then, they got to work rebuilding the newsroom they had left behind.
Published On: 12/12/2024
Global • Technology
New report on Russian media in exile: RSF calls for increased support amid unprecedented digital repression
Reporters Without Borders
rsf.org
Independent Russian media in exile are a vital line of defence against the Kremlin’s massive digital censorship project, which has an estimated budget of nearly 630 million euros, according to the latest report by The Fix and the JX Fund. Reporters Without Borders (RSF) urges European states, international donors, and tech giants to step up their support for these media outlets as they face unprecedented repression and major logistical, financial, and security challenges.
Published On: 11/20/2024
Journalism • Technology
Liberals Are Left Out in the Cold as Social Media Veers Right
Sheera Frenkel
New York Times
Hundreds of thousands of posts lauding Mr. Trump’s victory filled Truth Social, the social platform that the president-elect owns. Speculation about what the new administration would accomplish ran rampant on X, which is owned by Elon Musk. Gab, Parler and other right-wing social media sites were flooded with thousands of memes glorifying Mr. Trump.
Published On: 11/17/2024
Democracy • Technology
Total Information Collapse
CAROLE CADWALLADR
How to Survive the Broligarchy
The destabilisation in our information system that we woke up to in 2016 has now entered a wholly dangerous new reality: the merger of Silicon Valley and an authoritarian US state.
Published On: 11/17/2024
Global • Human Rights • Journalism • Press Freedom • Violence
Israel-Gaza war: list of journalists killed in the line of duty in Palestine, Israel and Lebanon
Reporters Without Borders
Reporters Without Boarders
Journalists killed in connection with their work in Gaza, Lebanon and Israel.
Published On: 11/22/2023
Threat Management
GAO Report Shows the Government Uses Face Recognition with No Accountability, Transparency, or Training
BERYL LIPTON AND MATTHEW GUARIGLIA
EFF
Face recognition technology, particularly when used by law enforcement and government, puts into jeopardy many of our important rights.
Published On: 10/03/2023
Press Freedom
Russia outlaws top independent news site in latest crackdown
JIM HEINTZ AND DASHA LITVINOVA
AP News
Meduza, an independent news website that has been critical of Russia’s military action in Ukraine was declared “undesirable” by the government Thursday, effectively outlawing its operation within the country as part of the Kremlin’s latest crackdown on dissent.
Published On: 01/26/2023
Journalism • Press Freedom
RSF creates “mirror” of leading Russian exile news site blocked by Kremlin
Reporters Without Borders
Reporters Without Borders
Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has used the mirror site technology of its Collateral Freedom operation to unblock access to Meduza, the most popular Russian independent news website.
Published On: 11/03/2022