Reporters Without Borders (RSF) is concerned about the persecution of media personnel in the Aden region, in southern Yemen, where two journalists have been detained for the past several weeks with no reason being given and their families not knowing where they are held. They must be released at once, RSF says. Ammar Makhshef, a […]
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TikTok, Snapchat, and YouTube are the latest technology giants to have been quizzed by US senators over concerns about their youngest users’ safety. During nearly four hours of questioning, on Monday, they tried to differentiate themselves from Facebook, which has faced increasing scrutiny from politicians in recent months. But they were told: “Being different from
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Reporters Without Borders (RSF) reiterates its call for the immediate release of Roland Carreño, a Venezuelan newspaper and TV journalist who today completes a year in detention in Caracas on totally absurd, trumped-up charges. A former reporter for the El Nacional daily newspaper who also collaborated with three TV channels – Venevisión, Globovisión and Televén – Roland Carreño was arrested near his Caracas home
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Less than two months after President Alpha Condé’s removal by military coup d’état on 5 September, Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has just completed a two-day visit to Guinea to consult with journalists and others and to provide the new authorities with a list of ten recommendations for safeguarding and promoting press freedom during the decisive
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A former Facebook employee has told US authorities the company’s efforts to remove child abuse material from the platform were “inadequate” and “under-resourced”. The allegations are contained in documents seen by BBC News and submitted to the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) two weeks ago. The anonymous whistleblower says moderators are “not sufficiently trained
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2021-10-28. Groupe Rossel La Voix, one of France’s leading media groups, took the strategic decision in 2021 to unify their subscription management system into a single one. | Sponsored ContentThe group publishes 22 titles and manages more than 500,000 subscribers daily. Subscriptions account for 80 percent of Rossel La Voix’s revenue, so the group was
From 27 to 28 October, the UK High Court will consider the US government’s appeal against the court decision opposing the extradition of Wikileaks publisher Julian Assange. Despite continued barriers to access, Reporters Without Borders (RSF) will again be attempting to monitor the proceedings, and calls again for the case to be closed and Assange
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The Sri Lanka Press Institute conducted a virtual workshop series for 131 youth from the 9 provinces in Sri Lanka titled ‘A Strong Parliament for a Democratic Future’ from October to December 2021. The objective of the workshops was to improve the political literacy of the youth in Sri Lanka and the programmes were graced
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The Sri Lanka Press Institute in (SLPI) in partnership with the International Center for Journalists (ICFJ) implemented the program “Just the Facts: Investigative Journalism in Pursuit of Truth and Transparency” to equip Sri Lankan journalists in building capacity on investigative reporting skills. The SLPI and ICFJ hosted the training program on data journalism on 4th,
Chinese Ambassador to Paris, Lu Shaye, once again lashes out at French journalists he accuses of “lying” about his country. Reporters Without Borders (RSF) insists that a diplomat has no right to give journalism lessons, especially when representing one of the worst regimes in the world when it comes to press freedom. In a statement in
