Last week’s testimony from Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen was devastating. The documents she took from the company were carefully and methodically explained – a window into the inner workings of Facebook. It was a stunning moment of theatre – her testimony reverberating around the world. But last week could be significant for the future of […]
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Reporters Without Borders (RSF) calls for an independent investigation to establish exactly how TV reporter Raman Kashyap sustained fatal injuries while covering a protest by farmers in northern India’s Uttar Pradesh state on 3 October. Those responsible must be brought to justice, RSF says. Raman Kashyap, who often worked for Sadhna Prime News TV, disappeared after
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2021-10-08. While retention is extremely important, it cannot be considered as an objective in itself explains Louis Deering, Vice President of Digital Subscriptions of MediaNews Group, publisher of the San José Mercury News, Boston Herald, and The Denver Post. Louis Deering, Vice President of Digital Subscriptions of MediaNews Group (San José Mercury News, Boston Herald, The Denver
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2021-10-08. “Free, independent and fact-based journalism serves to protect against abuse of power, lies and war propaganda. Without freedom of expression and freedom of the press, it will be difficult to successfully promote fraternity between nations, disarmament and a better world order to succeed in our time.” Nobel committee chair, Berit Reiss-Andersen. The 2021 Nobel
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2021-10-08. Join us for the latest episode of The Backstory Media Freedom podcast as we explore how African media companies are finding innovative ways of coping – and thriving – in the midst of huge economic uncertainty. In a time of exceptional crisis for newsrooms and media companies everywhere, African media is facing huge financial
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Tomorrow, six months will have elapsed since Greek crime reporter Giorgos Karaivaz was gunned down outside his Athens home and still no suspect has been identified. Reporters Without Borders (RSF) calls on the Greek authorities to keep their promise to prioritise the case and to make every possible effort to solve it fast for the
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Reporters Without Borders (RSF) is delighted that the 2021 Nobel Peace Prize has been awarded to two prominent and courageous journalists. This is a tribute to all those who work tirelessly for freely and independently reported news and information, RSF says. This year’s Nobel Peace Prize is being shared by Philippine journalist Maria Ressa, the founder
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On the initiative of Reporters Without Borders (RSF), 12 large and medium-sized French cities are going to join Paris in displaying huge photos of Olivier Dubois, a French journalist who has been held hostage by an armed group in Mali for the past six months. The aim of this “cities campaign” is to show solidarity
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Reporters Without Borders (RSF) condemns cartoonist Optatus Fwema’s arbitrary detention for the past two weeks in Tanzania over a cartoon of the president. This is the latest chilling message to journalists in a country where press freedom has been worsening steadily in recent years. Fwema has been held at Oysterbay police station in Dar es
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Today (7 October) is not only Russian President Vladimir Putin’s 69th birthday but also the 15th anniversary of the murder of the well-known Russian investigative journalist Anna Politkovskaya. Reporters Without Borders (RSF) is marking this sad occasion by releasing a thousand black balloons to remind President Putin about the climate of impunity in his country.
