Switching to a subscription model in the middle of a pandemic was not an easy decision for the publisher. But El País made it work. “A crazy story in the middle of a pandemic,” is how Borja Echevarría, Managing Editor of El País, describes their shift to a subscription model last year. But as crazy […]
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Google is being sued by 37 US states over policies on its Android app store, Google Play. The lawsuit claims that the tech giant has used “monopolistic leverage” to generate large profits from purchases made within its own store. It also claimed Google had bought off its competitors. Google said that there are rival app
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Reporters Without Borders (RSF) calls for the immediate release of Mai Phan Loi, a Vietnamese journalist who once ran an official law magazine but who, for the past five years, has provided his fellow citizens with reliable, independent information about economic, social and environmental issues. All charges against him must be dropped, RSF said. Hanoi
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After the assault of an exiled and critical Turkish journalist in Berlin, Reporters Without Borders (RSF) requests a full investigation and safety guarantees for the journalist. The Turkish dissident journalist Erk Acarer in Berlin was attacked and injured on Wednesday 7 July evening by three men in the courtyard of the apartment building where he
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In an urgent resolution adopted on 8th of July, the European Parliament condemned the forced closure of Apple Daily newspaper and urged for the immediate release of all detained journalists in Hong Kong. Reporters Without Borders (RSF) commends this much-needed resolution addressing the escalating crackdown on press freedom in the territory. On the 8th of
Far-right activists physically attacked more than 50 journalists covering the counter-demonstrations against a Pride march in Tbilisi, the Georgian capital, on 5 July, while police failed to intervene. Reporters Without Borders (RSF) condemns the culpable passivity displayed by the authorities and calls for all those responsible for these illegal acts to be punished. A total
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Microsoft has issued a fix for a critical bug dubbed PrintNightmare. It says hackers are using the bug, accidentally disclosed by researchers. It can help them “install programs; view, change, or delete data; or create new accounts with full user rights” remotely on all versions of Windows. It affects the Windows Print Spooler, software that
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An investigation by Reporters Without Borders (RSF) into Malian journalist Birama Touré’s disappearance in 2016 points to the involvement of Karim Keïta, the son of former President Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta, who was ousted in a coup a year ago. Interpol wants to talk to him. A reporter for the Malian investigative newspaper Le Sphinx, Touré
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As the UK High Court grants limited permission for the US government to pursue its appeal against the decision opposing the extradition of Wikileaks publisher Julian Assange, Reporters Without Borders (RSF) reiterates the call for Assange’s immediate release and for the case against him to be dropped. On 7 July, the UK High Court gave
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Following the arrests of three suspects in last night’s shooting attack on crime reporter Peter R. de Vries in the heart of Amsterdam, Reporters Without Borders (RSF) calls on the Dutch authorities to conduct a swift and thorough investigation and to protect journalists who could be targeted by organised crime, so that this murder attempt
