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Reporters Without Borders (RSF) condemns the surge in threats, summonses for interrogation and arbitrary arrests to which journalists and media outlets have been subjected for the past two months in Afghanistan. The Taliban intelligence agency known as the “Istikhbarat” and the Ministry for Promoting Virtue and Suppressing Vice are directly implicated in this harassment, which […]

An investigation by Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has established that Birama Touré, a Malian journalist who disappeared six years ago, very probably died as a result of being tortured while secretly held by Mali’s intelligence agency. RSF urges the Malian justice system to keep working tirelessly to shed light on this case. After registering his

Meta’s experiment with cryptocurrency, Diem, is shutting down. The Diem Association, which runs the project, announced the sale of assets of the cryptocurrency venture to Slivergate Capital Corporation for $182million. Launched as Libra in 2019, the project quickly ran into opposition from policy-makers. The association said it became clear from “dialogue with federal regulators” that the

One year after the armed forces seized power in Myanmar, Reporters Without Borders (RSF) offers a damning overview of the scale of the military junta’s press freedom violations. In order to hide its massacres of civilians and tighten its grip on the country, the junta has arrested, jailed, tortured and even summarily eliminated journalists who

One year after the armed forces seized power in Myanmar, Reporters Without Borders (RSF) offers a damning overview of the scale of the military junta’s press freedom violations. In order to hide its massacres of civilians and tighten its grip on the country, the junta has arrested, jailed, tortured and even summarily eliminated journalists who

Facebook’s owner Meta Platforms saw its stock market value slump by more than $230bn (£169bn) on Thursday, in a record daily loss for a US firm. Its shares fell 26.4% after quarterly figures disappointed investors. Meta also said that Facebook’s daily active users (DAUs) had dropped for the first time in its 18-year history. The

2022-01-31. Selling digital subscriptions is no longer enough, there is a growing demand for ecommerce based media subscription platforms that allow publishers to activate new cross-selling and upselling strategies. | Sponsored Content Above image: Spain’s MARCA has created a dedicated site to sell sport and related events tickets. The rise of the subscription economy has lead media

2022-01-31. Reshaping the newsroom for a post-COVID-19 world offers a unique opportunity to put climate change coverage at the centre of operations – as AFP in France has done. In a bid to better reflect its editorial strategy and strengthen its coverage of certain topics, France’s AFP has reorganised its Paris newsroom into eight specialised

As the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing approaches, Reporters Without Borders’ breakthrough report The Great Leap Backwards of Journalism in China, originally published in English and French, is now also available in Arabic, Chinese, German, Japanese, Korean, Mongolian, Portuguese, Russian, and Spanish. On the occasion of the 24th Winter Olympic Games, starting on 4th February 2022

Joe Rogan has pledged to try harder to offer more balanced views on his podcast, after he was criticised by Neil Young and Joni Mitchell for helping to spread Covid misinformation. The Canadian musicians asked to have their music pulled from the streaming platform as a result. Spotify has since said it is working to add