"After a century of gradual expansion of press rights in the United States, the country is experiencing its first significant and prolonged decline in press freedom in modern history, and Donald Trump’s return to the presidency is greatly exacerbating the situation." #Jornalism #Media #PressFreedom #FirstAmendment #RSF #USPol #ReportersWithoutBorders https://rsf.org/en/index?year=2025
#ReportersWithoutBorders
The World Press Freedom Index 2025 is at its lowest level, with just 1% of the human population living in places with healthy critical media.
Although the attention goes to journalists killed (hundreds), RSF points out that the biggest impact comes from governments defunding and corporations cutting advertisement from critical media and investing in propaganda channels (incl. social media) instead.
Good luck us.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JZFZ_QiXqWQ
The Reporters Without Borders ( RSF ) 2025 report was published for Press Freedom Day ( May 3rd ). It's often published on a country-specific basis. But perhaps you're also interested in what's happening in other countries...
There's an interactive map ( starting from 2002 ) that also provides additional country-specific information - here's the link https://rsf.org/en/index
#RSF #ReportersWithoutBorders #PressFreedomDay #Freedomofthepress #journalism #Journalismus
Hoje é dia da Liberdade de Imprensa. 🙂✏️🎉
#abaixoacensura #liberdadedeimprensa #libertedelapresse #freedomofthepress #liberdadedeexpressao #europeenssansfrontieres #cartooningforpeace #reporterssansfrontieres #reporterswithoutborders
CARICARTOONS 2025 – La liberté de la presse célébrée par Européens Sans Frontières, Cartooning for Peace et Reporters Sans Frontières
https://www.cartooningforpeace.org/evenements/caricartoons-2025/
As we've discussed before, while much of America seems to be existing in a national fascist "unreality" bubble engineered by the US right and fascist collaborators in corporate media, the view from outside the realm is clearer. Ahead of World Press Freedom Day, international press freedom watchdog Reporters Without Borders is sounding the alarm in a report that indicates Trump's attempts to erode press freedoms are already succeeding.
https://www.commondreams.org/news/us-press-freedom-2025
Reporters Without Borders Sounds Alarm Over Trump Effort to 'Bring the Press Into Line'
"Trump was elected to a second term after a campaign in which he denigrated the press on a daily basis and made explicit threats to weaponize the federal government against the media," the report states.
"His early moves in his second mandate to politicize the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), ban The Associated Press from the White House, or dismantle the U.S. Agency for Global Media, for example, have jeopardized the country's news outlets and indicate that he intends to follow through on his threats, setting up a potential crisis for American journalism," the publication continues, accusing Trump of using "false economic pretexts" to "bring the press into line."
As the article notes, the RSF report features a very granular look at press freedom in America that touches on crises that predate and exist independently from Trump; although there's no question his assaults on the media are exacerbating those problems. It examines subjects like the lack of public trust in media, the lack of financial support for actual journalism, and the disintegration of local news in the United States. With that noted however, RSF makes it abundantly clear that rhetorical attacks from a primarily right wing (fascist) political class have created an environment of intimidation and danger for journalists in America.
"Politicians' open disdain for the media has trickled down to the public," RSF added. "Journalists reporting on the ground can face harassment, intimidation, and assault while working. When covering demonstrations, journalists are sometimes attacked and physically assaulted by protestors or wrongfully arrested by police. According to the U.S. Press Freedom Tracker, there were 49 journalist arrests in 2024 compared to only 15 in 2023. The last journalist to be killed in the course of his work was Dylan Lyons in February of 2023."
These alarming comments about the rapid decline of American press freedom are part of a larger Reporters Without Borders global report noting that freedom of the press is in trouble on a planetary scale as well. But RSF isn't the only watchdog organization raising the alarm about the United States. The Committee to Protect Journalists has also released a highly critical report examining Trump's first one hundred days in office, in advance of World Press Freedom Day.
"On Wednesday, the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) published a report on Trump's first 100 days in office, which the group said were "marked by a flurry of executive actions that have created a chilling effect and have the potential to curtail media freedoms."
"From denying access to upending respect for the independence of a free press to vilifying news organizations to threatening reprisals, this administration has begun to exert its power to punish or reward based on coverage," CPJ said. "Whether in the states or on the streets, this behavior is setting a new standard for how the public can treat journalists."
Frankly folks I don't have a ton to add here; while modern American society seems to hold a great deal of contempt for watchdog organizations that track extractivist plundering, wealth inequality, freedom of the press, and democratic rights, the fact that you're not going to hear about these kind of things on the evening news is why publicizing these reports is so important. Having well-research data and international observers to confirm our arguments that the Trump regime is trying to stop even what passes for our media from reporting negatively on their fascist activities is an important part of making folks who aren't paying enough attention accept that those arguments are based in an increasingly disturbing reality. If you want people to band together and stop a fascist takeover, they have to be aware its happening and the work of organizations like RSF and CPJ help us make each other aware of the severity of the problem.
#Fascism #Trump #Media #Propaganda #RSF#FreeSpeech #ReportersWithoutBorders #GOP #Censorship #StateMedia #FreedomOfThePress #CPJ #WPFD2025
Europe leads the world in media freedom rankings — but Greece trails again.
Europe has the freest media in the world according to Reporters Without Borders’ annual press freedom ranking — though Southern and Eastern Europe are lagging behind the rest of the continent and the world overall is struggling.
#PressFreedom #Media #Press #Journalism #ReportersWithoutBorders #Europe
Global press freedom at all-time low according to RSF http://newsfeed.facilit8.network/TKWBg6 #PressFreedom #ReportersWithoutBorders #FreedomOfPress #JournalismMatters #MediaFreedom
The Paris-based #ReportersWithoutBorders also blasted the move, w/its director general, Thibaut Bruttin, saying that it "threatens press freedom worldwide & negates 80 years of American history in supporting a free flow of #information."
#FourthEstate #law #FreePress #journalism #VOA #VoiceOfAmerica #USpol #Trump #censorship #propaganda #trumpaganda
USAID’s Giant Network of ‘Independent’ Media
https://consortiumnews.com/2025/02/19/usaids-giant-network-of-independent-media/
Alan MacLeod on the global influence of the U.S. agency that has been hit by a funding pause. By Alan MacLeod MintPress News The Trump administration’s decision to pause U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) funding has plunged hundreds of…
#Politics #Belarus #Censorship #Colombia #Commentary #Cuba #FreeSpeech #Georgia #Iran #LatinAmerica #Media #Moldova #Nicaragua #Pentagon #PressFreedom #Propaganda #Russia #SocialMedia #TrumpAdministration #U.s.StateDepartment #Ukraine #:AlanMacleod #AlbertoFujimori #BillAndMelindaGatesFoundation #Bosnia #CenterForInvestigativeReporting #DepartmentOfGovernmentEfficiency(doge) #Facebook #FordFoundation #Google #IndependentPressCouncil #IndependentPressCouncilMyanmar #InstituteForMassInformation #MintpressNews #Myanmar #NationalEndowmentForDemocracy(ned) #NayibBukele #OpenSocietyFoundation #Prebunking #PresidentGustavoPetro #Reddit #ReportersWithoutBorders(rsf) #Serbia #TheKyivIndependent #Tiktok #Twitter #TwitterFiles #U.s.AgencyForInternationalDevelopment(usaid) #Zunzuneo
The #UncensoredLibrary combats #censorship by publishing on a #Minecraft server. Initiated by #ReportersWithoutBorders, the library gives #journalists from repressive countries a voice. https://www.uncensoredlibrary.com/en?eicker.news #tech #media
Reporters Without Borders Condemns Attack on Turkmen Journalist Soltan Achilova https://timesca.com/reporters-without-borders-condemns-attack-on-turkmen-journalist-soltan-achilova/ #PressFreedom #JournalismMatters #Turkmenistan #FreePress #JournalistSafety #SoltanAchilova #HumanRights #ReportersWithoutBorders #RSF #Eurasia #CentralAsia
Some of you might already know the #UncensoredLibrary from #reporterswithoutborders where they use a #minecraft map to circumvent #censorship.
It came to my mind again today and made me smile and also gave me hope. So I thought I would share it for those who do not know or have forgotten it like me. #truthfindsaway
AI Can’t Stop Proving It’s Not Replacing Journalists Any Time Soon
The list of AI fails just keeps growing and even summarizing actual journalistic content is proving to be difficult.
https://www.freezenet.ca/ai-cant-stop-proving-its-not-replacing-journalists-any-time-soon/
#News #Technology #AI #AppleIntelligence #journalism #ReportersWithoutBorders
Apple urged to axe AI feature after false headline
The BBC made a complaint to apple after Apple Intelligence, which summarizes and groups together notifications, falsely created a BBC News headline that murder suspect Luigi Mangione had shot himself
Reporters Without Borders has also called on Apple to remove the technology
#BBC #ReportersWithoutBorders #apple #appleintelligence #LuigiMangione #murder #media #news #ArtificialIntelligence #AI #technology #tech
#RSF's 2024 Round-up: #Journalism suffers exorbitant human cost due to conflicts and repressive regimes
#HongKong in 2024:
“From now on, anyone reporting on facts that are not in line with the authorities’ official narrative could be sentenced for sedition.”
— #CédricAlviani Asia-Pacific director for #reporterswithoutborders
https://on.ft.com/3ZfDZlP
Canberra “gravely concerned” by the sentences & calling on China to “cease suppression of freedoms of expression, assembly, media and civil society” and repeal the national security law.
— #PennyWong Australian Foreign Minister
https://on.ft.com/3MpUPqI
UK Snubs Council of Europe Over Assange Inquiry
https://consortiumnews.com/2024/10/25/uk-snubs-council-of-europe-over-assange-inquiry/
Politicians across Europe want Britain to investigate why the WikiLeaks founder spent five years in jail, writes Mark Curtis. By Mark Curtis Declassified UK Britain’s Home Office is making a “grave mistake” by ignoring a call from the Council of…
#Politics #CivilRights #Europe #PressFreedom #Prisons #Torture #U.s. #UnitedKingdon #Wikileaks #BelmarshPrison #CouncilOfEurope #MarkCurtis #ParliamentaryAssemblyOfTheCouncilOfEurope(pace) #RebeccaVincent #ReportersWithoutBorders #StellaAssange #UnSpecialRapporteurOnTortureNilsMelzer
#LastWeekTonight talked about Modi the Prime Minister of India and how he is cracking down in journalists
as #ReportersWithoutBorders shows, he is far from alone
Reporters Without Borders condemns Israel’s Al Jazeera shutdown: The French-based organisation said it “strongly condemns freedom-threatening legislation that censors a TV network for its coverage of the war in Gaza” https://aje.io/bzs7sx?update=2881381 #media #journalism #RSF #ReportersWithoutBorders #AlJazeera #Israel #Gaza #Palestine #FreePalestine
Yes, even our government might be proud of it.
Japan fell by two places from last year to 70th in the 2024 world freedom of press rankings, according to Reporters Without Borders. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/05/04/japan/japan-press-freedom-rank-70th/ #japan #pressfreedom #journalism #reporterswithoutborders
#NoLDP #NoWar
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