Censorship & Information Control
Plastics Companies Are Writing Lesson Plans. What Could Go Wrong?
Plastics industry inserting propaganda into school curricula to shape public perception and suppress accurate environmental information… [more]
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Censorship & Information Control
CPJ, partners call on Sudan’s RSF to release 3 female journalists detained in Darfur
Documents systematic detention and abuse of journalists by paramilitary forces to suppress independent reporting, exemplifying… [more]
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Tunisia arrests journalist Mohamed Yousfi amid crackdown on critics
Arrest of journalist under authoritarian rule represents direct suppression of free speech and media freedom, qualifying as state… [more]
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Netanyahu Posts A.I. Video Pairing Mamdani With Iranian Ruler
Netanyahu uses AI-generated deepfake video to spread false propaganda against a political opponent, exemplifying state-sponsored… [more]
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CPJ, RSF, and partners urge G20 leaders to uphold media access
U.S. Treasury Department blocking journalists from major news outlets from covering government proceedings represents state censorship and… [more]
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Kenyan Standard’s Alex Kiprotich seized by armed men after escaping earlier attack
Repeated armed kidnapping of a newspaper editor by alleged state security forces represents direct authoritarian suppression of press… [more]
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Court Rules Against Citizen Journalists in DMCA Takedown Case—EFF Will Appeal
A court decision enabling copyright holders to issue takedown notices based on unreasonable subjective beliefs effectively weaponizes DMCA… [more]
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Neither free nor imprisoned: Tunisia’s journalists in legal limbo
Tunisia's systematic imprisonment and legal persecution of journalists represents state censorship and authoritarian political repression… [more]
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China Boycotts a Top Art Festival Over Taiwan Exhibition
China's boycott and pressure on an international art festival to suppress Taiwan representation exemplifies state censorship and… [more]
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Malta: The fight for justice for Daphne Caruana Galizia must continue
The acquittal of the alleged mastermind in a journalist's assassination demonstrates state or institutional failure to prosecute political… [more]
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Ricardo Zúñiga shot dead in Puebla, 6th Mexican journalist killed in less than 3 months
Extrajudicial killing of journalist represents systematic suppression of press freedom and accountability, enabling authoritarian control… [more]
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Defamation charges filed against 2 Peruvian journalists in connection with their reporting
Strategic defamation lawsuit filed by presidential advisor against journalists reporting on public interest matters exemplifies judicial… [more]
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From ‘psyops’ to ‘hysterical hysteria’: how GB News and Talk TV lost their cool in the heatwaves
Documents systematic climate denial and health misinformation by broadcast media platforms during a public health crisis, exemplifying how… [more]
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'The crowd shouted that we'd stolen someone's genitals' - deadly rumours spread on social media
Qualifies as dystopian content: demonstrates how social media amplification of false narratives and lack of information control enables… [more]
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Malta: Businessman acquitted of journalist's murder
Acquittal in a journalist's murder case represents systemic censorship through violence and judicial failure, silencing investigative… [more]
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Maltese tycoon acquitted of orchestrating murder of renowned journalist
Documents systematic silencing of investigative journalism exposing corruption through extrajudicial violence, with acquittal of alleged… [more]
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Russia: Detention of charity leader Lida Moniava for anti-war social media posts a brazen attack on freedom of expression
Documents systematic state persecution of civil society activist for anti-war speech, exemplifying authoritarian censorship through… [more]
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Journalist İrem Delice arrested in Turkey on suspicion of ‘spreading disinformation’
State use of vague 'disinformation' laws to criminalize journalism and silence reporting represents direct censorship and political… [more]
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Armed men abduct Kenyan editor, employer suspects government
Abduction of a newspaper editor by armed men with suspected state involvement represents a clear dystopian example of authoritarian… [more]
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Apple changes name of Lake Ontario to ‘Lake America’ in maps app
Corporate censorship and state-mandated information control as major tech companies comply with authoritarian orders to alter geographic… [more]