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Image : Thaier Al-Sudani/Reuters Reporters Without Borders (RSF) calls on the Iraqi authorities and public to avoid trampling on journalistic freedoms after reporters were targeted while trying to cover the storming of the Iraqi parliament by supporters of Iraq’s biggest opposition movement. “In times of political instability and social unrest, the media should not be […]

As Brazil gears up for a general election in October, with a real threat of disruptive disinformation and fake news campaigns, the country’s news media have united to reaffirm their commitment to democracy and its two key tenets: respect for electoral results and the freedom of the press. by WAN-IFRA External Contributor info@wan-ifra.org | August 2, 2022

2022-08-02. Ahead of his appearance at WAN-IFRA’s World News Media Congress, José del Rio, Editor-in-Chief of La Nación in Argentina, talks to WAN-IFRA about adapting to change and leading La Nación through some very eventful years. by Simone Flueckiger simone.flueckiger@wan-ifra.org | August 2, 2022 La Nación, one of Argentina’s leading newspapers, has been on a journey of

2022-08-01. WAN-IFRA is pleased to announce the appointment of Martin Froehlich as Director Digital Revenue Network. Froehlich, a native German, was previously a Deputy Head of Newsroom at Redaktionsgemeinschaft ostwestfaelisch-lippischer Verlage and has been in the industry for more than 25 years. by Vincent Peyrègne vincent.peyregne@wan-ifra.org | August 1, 2022 During his career he worked as a

MUMBAI, India – Arrested for an innocuous meme he tweeted four years ago, more than a hundred policemen surrounded Mohammed Zubair when he was brought before a magistrate. “It was a message, making an example of me, that they could treat you as a criminal,” he tells TIME. Independent journalism is being made a de facto crime

Ethiopia’s 21-month-old civil war is accelerating the deterioration of press freedom in the Horn of Africa nation. The conflict between the federal government and the rebel forces led by the Tigray Peoples’ Liberation Front (TPLF) has prompted a media crackdown that extinguished the glimmer of hope sparked by the initial reforms of Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed. Research

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Instagram says it is pausing a rollout of new features on its app following backlash online from users, influencers and celebrities. Among the new features was an increase in recommended video content, in a similar style to rival app TikTok. The display and feeds were criticised as people felt they were not seeing photos from

Image : A SpaceX rocket blasts off from Cape Canaveral, carrying Starlink satellites Elon Musk’s SpaceX company has been launching thousands of satellites into orbit. Many people say they’ve seen them in the skies. They’re part of the Starlink project, which aims to provide high speed internet services from space, to remote areas on Earth.

Image: Shabhnam Dawran was a TV presenter before the Taliban takeover When the Taliban took control of Afghanistan last August, life for many women in the country changed overnight. For one TV presenter, it meant the end of her career, along with her hopes and dreams. Now, almost a year on, she is trying to