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Foreign media group slams Israel gov’t for refusing to lift Gaza press ban

JERUSALEM—An international media association on Tuesday criticized the Israeli government for maintaining its ban on unrestricted media access to Gaza, calling the move disappointing. The...

Hong Kong bans new thriller on national security grounds

After four months of waiting, Hong Kong filmmaker Kiwi Chow received a message he had feared: censors had banned his latest film from local...

UNESCO flags serious decline in freedom of expression globally

A flagship report by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) recorded a historic 10 percent decline in freedom of expression worldwide...

Publishers fight back against US book bans

Frankfurt, Germany—Escalating attempts to remove works featuring themes such as LGBTQ lifestyles and race relations from US bookshelves are facing growing resistance from publishers and...

China combating ‘malicious’ content in social media whip

BEIJING – China’s top internet regulator announced Monday a sweeping two-month crackdown on social media, vowing to combat content containing “malicious incitement of conflict”...

Nepal ex-chief justice tipped as interim head

KATHMANDU – Nepal’s former chief justice Sushila Karki is the leading choice to be interim leader, a representative of the “Gen Z” protesters said...

Dozens of news organizations urge US not to slash journalist visas

Paris, France—More than 100 international media groups and industry bodies urged Washington on Thursday not to slash the time foreign journalists can stay in the...

Freedom of the press at its lowest in 50 years—study

Stockholm, Sweden—Press freedoms worldwide have declined significantly over the past five years to hit their lowest level in 50 years, a report by a democracy...

Press Freedom & the Detained Journalist

This is an AI-generated cartoon with the prompt: A pen-and-ink editorial cartoon in horizontal format. At the center, a birdcage is labeled ‘Press Freedom.’...

Brazilian judge threatens Bolsonaro over speech

BRASILIA – A Brazilian Supreme Court judge has threatened former president Jair Bolsonaro with imprisonment, arguing that the sharing of a speech of his...

Rubio says US to refuse visas to officials over online ‘censorship’

Washington, United States—The United States will refuse visas to foreign officials who block Americans' social media posts, Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced Wednesday in...

Meta takes down SMNI’s Facebook pages

Meta Platforms, Inc. suspended the Facebook pages of Sonshine Media Network International (SMNI) and its affiliates for allegedly promoting hate and harmful racial stereotypes. The...

Regulating online hate speech ‘not censorship’—UN rights chief

Geneva, Switzerland—The United Nations (UN) rights chief insisted Friday that regulating hate speech and harmful content online "is not censorship," days after Meta scrapped its...

Disinformation experts slam Meta decision to end US fact-checking 

Washington, United States—Tech giant Meta's shock announcement that it is ending its US fact-checking program triggered scathing criticism Tuesday from disinformation researchers who warned it...
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