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🔴 Thousands Protest Orban’s Crackdown on Civil Society
🔸 Orban’s new bill targets NGOs & media with foreign funding.
🔸 It enables donation blocks, strict reporting, fines & asset freezes.
🔸 Protesters rallied outside parliament in Budapest.
🔸 Hundreds of NGOs & media: law aims to “erase what’s left of Hungarian democracy.”
#Hungary #Orban #Democracy #Protest #CivilSociety #MediaFreedom
Africa: NUSOJ Publishes Its Annual State of the Media Report: [IFJ] This year's report highlights an alarming scale of media freedom violations across various regions. These include incidents where journalists or media houses are attacked and instances where repressive policies, legislation, and practices are carried out to restrict media freedom. http://newsfeed.facilit8.network/TKZtyR #MediaFreedom #Journalism #PressFreedom #FreedomOfExpression #HumanRights
Somalia: Media Report Unveils Ongoing Suppression, Highlights Call for Immediate Action on World Press Freedom Day #Somalia #action #call #Day #freedom #GoogleNews #highlights #Media #MediaFreedom #Mogadishu #ongoing #press #report #Somalia #Suppression #unveils #world
https://tinyurl.com/2xkw4ao5
#WorldPressFreedomDay: Africans want a media that watches over government.
Check out Afrobarometer's latest survey in this week's issue of The Continent: http://bit.ly/TC_197
Global press freedom at all-time low according to RSF http://newsfeed.facilit8.network/TKWBg6 #PressFreedom #ReportersWithoutBorders #FreedomOfPress #JournalismMatters #MediaFreedom
Trump Orders Funding Cuts to PBS and NPR, Escalating Battle Against Public Media
#TrumpNews #MediaFreedom #PBS #NPR #USPolitics
https://eng.harbouchanews.com/2025/05/trump-orders-funding-cuts-to-pbs-and.html
The FCC, once a telecom watchdog, is now Trump’s political cudgel. Under Carr, it’s targeting media critics, scrapping consumer protections, and hollowing out oversight.#FCC #MediaFreedom https://washingtonhorizon.com/carr-transforms-fcc-from-regulator-to-political-enforcer-in-under-100-days/
A landmark ruling shakes the media landscape! Judge Royce Lamberth has ordered the Trump administration to reinstate jobs and funding for the Voice of America and other U.S.-backed outlets, asserting that earlier actions violated constitutional law. With over 1,300 employees affected and a historic halt in news reporting, the implications extend beyond U.S. borders. This decision highlights the critical role of free press. [Read more](https://crooksandliars.com/2025/04/judge-orders-trump-administration-turn) #MediaFreedom #VoA #Journalism #TrumpAdministration
Gavin Wax, MAGA operative with ties to white nationalists and far-right extremists, now holds a key position at the FCC. Get ready for more attacks on media freedom and unchecked right-wing influence in U.S. communications policy. #Resist #MediaFreedom #StandUp broadbandbreakfast.com/maga-activis...
MAGA Activist Gavin Wax Lands ...
News Graveyards: How Dangers to War Reporters Endanger the World
https://watson.brown.edu/costsofwar/papers/2025/Journalists
#HackerNews #NewsGraveyards #WarReporters #Journalism #Safety #MediaFreedom
The #UnitedStates was added to the CIVICUS Monitor #Watchlist due to concerns about declining #CivilLiberties, particularly under the #Trump Administration. #CIVICUS, a global alliance of civil society groups, cited actions such as: cuts to #ForeignAid; crackdowns on #diversity initiatives; attempts to restrict #MediaFreedom or the #FreePress; and threats to #dissent. The #WhiteHouse has rejected this assessment, asserting that President Trump is leading the most transparent administration in history.
The #UnitedStates was added to the CIVICUS Monitor #Watchlist due to concerns about declining #CivilLiberties, particularly under the #Trump Administration. #CIVICUS, a global alliance of civil society groups, cited actions such as: cuts to #ForeignAid; crackdowns on #diversity initiatives; attempts to restrict #MediaFreedom or the #FreePress; and threats to #dissent. The #WhiteHouse has rejected this assessment, asserting that President Trump is leading the most transparent administration in history.
https://time.com/7266334/us-human-rights-watchlist-civil-liberties/
📰 Свобода слова под ударом! В 2024 году в 44 странах усилилась цензура, преследование журналистов и дезинформация. 📉 Демократия отступает, а автократия набирает силу. Но есть надежда: 19 стран начали путь к свободе! Мы не должны молчать: защищаем право на правду и свободное слово! 🌍✊ #СвободаСлова #Демократия #НетЦензуре #Журналистика #Правда #HumanRights #MediaFreedom
Подробнее: https://scientia-et-innovatio.blogspot.com/2025/03/blog-post_26.html
Trump's administration claims to champion free speech, yet actions like deporting pro-Palestinian activists and defunding media outlets suggest otherwise.
Read the full article here: https://mohameddosou.blogspot.com/2025/03/free-speech-in-trumps-america-emergence.html
#FirstAmendment #CivilLiberties #MediaFreedom #GovernmentTransparency
Poland and ten other EU countries backed the idea of funding Radio Free Europe, after Trump cut its funding.
Click on the link in bio to listen to the full story!
#PolandNews #Polska #Warsaw #Polscyemigranci #ESL #DonaldTusk #Poland #RadioFreeEurope #EUPolitics #MediaFreedom #SupportIndependentMedia #WolneMedia
Radio Liberty's role is fading in today's digital age timesca.com/from-enemy-w... #MediaFreedom #SovietPropaganda #RadioLiberty #InformationBattle #DigitalMedia #ModernJournalism #CentralAsia
From Enemy Waves to Fading Sig...
Radio Liberty and other "enemy voices" once vital in countering Soviet propaganda now face obsolescence in an era dominated by modern digital technologies and shifting consumption habits. https://timesca.com/from-enemy-waves-to-fading-signals-radio-libertys-journey-in-central-asia/ #MediaFreedom #SovietPropaganda #RadioLiberty #InformationBattle #DigitalMedia #ModernJournalism #CentralAsia
