Censorship & Information Control
The UK Places a Sweeping Ban on Social Media for Kids Under 16
Government-mandated social media ban represents state censorship and digital access control, potentially enabling age-verification… [more]
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Sahel juntas are 'crushing' basic freedoms
Documents systematic suppression of press freedom and expression by military regimes in Mali, Burkina Faso, and Niger, forcing journalists… [more]
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Anthropic Says It’s Taking Claude Fable 5 Offline to Comply With US Government Order
Government-mandated removal of AI system due to jailbreak method represents state censorship and corporate compliance with authoritarian… [more]
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Mexican journalist Luis Ángel López is second killed in Veracruz
Extrajudicial killing of journalist represents systematic suppression of press freedom and state failure to protect freedom of expression,… [more]
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Ethiopia expels French journalist Augustine Passilly after reporting trip to Tigray
Ethiopian authorities expel journalist for reporting on Tigray, demonstrating state censorship and retaliation against independent… [more]
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‘You Will Not Speak on Flock Tonight’: County Commissioner Refuses to Let Residents Opposing Flock Speak at Meeting
Government official suppresses public dissent by restricting multiple residents' right to speak against Flock surveillance technology,… [more]
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Azerbaijan Rearrests Journalist Forcibly Returned from Georgia
Azerbaijani authorities' cross-border rearrest of exiled journalist Afgan Sadigov exemplifies state censorship and authoritarian… [more]
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Pakistani authorities detain journalist Sohrab Barkat again over reporting on Kashmir
State arrest of journalist for reporting on Kashmir protests using vague 'fake news' legislation exemplifies authoritarian suppression of… [more]
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Tunisian journalist Khaoula Boukrim sentenced in absentia to 4 years in prison
State weaponization of vague cybercrime laws to prosecute and silence independent journalists through in absentia trials without due… [more]
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Chicken heads sent to Indonesian news outlet after threats over coverage of Papua documentary
State or corporate actors use systematic intimidation and physical threats against journalists covering environmental destruction and… [more]
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CPJ calls on EU to support press freedom reform in Hungary
Documents systematic state censorship and media capture under Orbán regime where press became propaganda apparatus, exemplifying… [more]
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Azerbaijani prosecutors seek up to 16 years in prison for defendants in Toplum TV case
State persecution of independent journalists through harsh criminal charges and imprisonment represents systematic censorship and… [more]
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In Comoros, journalist arrested for report on jailed ex-president’s health
State authorities arrest journalists and newspaper leadership for reporting on a jailed former president's health, exemplifying… [more]
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How and Why to Fight Back Against Social Media Bans
Article documents state-level censorship bills using child safety as pretext to establish mass surveillance infrastructure and expand… [more]
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Tell Congress: Just Say No to NO FAKES
Article documents proposed legislation that would create broad censorship mechanisms disguised as AI regulation, potentially suppressing… [more]
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CPJ welcomes conviction of 2 men for attack on Iran International journalist in London
Documents state-sponsored physical attack on exile journalist to suppress critical coverage, exemplifying authoritarian governments' use… [more]
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CPJ welcomes Polish prosecutors’ renewed commitment to Ziętara murder case
Historical case of investigative journalist's disappearance and presumed murder by state security apparatus demonstrates press suppression… [more]