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Recent legal battles highlight a troubling trend in South Africa, where journalists are increasingly targeted with harassment suits aimed at silencing them.
Prosecution of "Mada Masr"'s editor, denial of union rights, and website blocks show an escalating crackdown on independent journalism in Egypt.
The scandal around Uganda’s tech-driven Express Penalty Scheme revealed deep failures in digital public infrastructure governance from opaque foreign contracts, to unsafe data practices.
The Afghanistan Journalists Center (AFJC) is alarmed by the recent detention of at least seven journalists and media activists across Kabul and other provinces, marking a significant escalation in ...
"Across India, a quiet purge of digital content is underway." This statement was originally published on indexoncensorship.org on 23 July 2025. Journalism critical of the government is vanishing from ...
Freedom Forum reminded authorities that "banning access [to online platforms] is not a permanent solution" to online crimes. This statement was originally published on freedomforum.org.np on 24 July ...
The standoff between the Nigerian government and Meta, is emblematic of a broader movement reflecting the growing continental push to reclaim regulatory authority over global tech giants. While this ...
IFEX spoke with the director of the Comprova project, Sérgio Lüdtke, to better understand how artificial intelligence is reshaping disinformation threats in Brazil – and how collaborative journalism ...
Threats were the most common attack on journalists in Ukraine in January, with press outlets continuing to receive anonymous bomb threats via email.
"Five Turkish journalists were once again tried because of alleged ties to the failed coup of 2016 without any credible evidence and found guilty again" - CPJ This statement was originally published ...
Egypt targets TikTok ‘debauchery’ and dissent Egypt’s civic space has seen increased repression, with authorities targeting digital platforms, press freedom, and political dissent. MP Essam Diab ...
Israel's forcible closure of the news network's office in Ramallah and the confiscation of its equipment threaten press safety in Palestine.