Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting ProjectMay 4, 2025
#WorldPressFreedom: Bolot Temirov, founder of Temirov Live, is one of Kyrgyzstan’s leading investigative journalists. In 2022, he was stripped of his Kyrgyz citizenship and forcibly removed from the country following a series of investigations into high-level corruption.
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McDonald_69May 2, 2025

Press freedom in the United States has hit a record low, according to the latest World Press Freedom Index published annually by Reporters Without Borders.

Why it matters: For years, American press freedom was generally considered "satisfactory" by Reporters Without Borders' standards. As of last year, it's now "problematic."

https://www.axios.com/2025/05/02/usa-press-freedom

#press #WorldPressFreedom

U.S. press freedom falls to historical low

Reporters Without Borders cites economic strains on the media as the biggest driver of press freedom declines globally.

Axios
McDonald_69May 2, 2025

RSF World Press Freedom Index 2025: economic fragility a leading threat to press freedom

https://rsf.org/en/rsf-world-press-freedom-index-2025-economic-fragility-leading-threat-press-freedom?year=2025&data_type=general

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RSF World Press Freedom Index 2025: economic fragility a leading threat to press freedom

Although physical attacks against journalists are the most visible violations of press freedom, economic pressure is also a major, more insidious problem. The economic indicator on the RSF World Press Freedom Index now stands at an unprecedented, critical low as its decline continued in 2025. As a result, the global state of press freedom is now classified as a “difficult situation” for the first time in the history of the Index.

Taran RampersadMay 5, 2024

Good writeup. #AlJazeera AlJazeeraBan #WorldPressFreedom

"...So instead of just decrying Israel as another apartheid rogue state, let us take a look at the very explicable mechanics behind the erosion of press freedoms, the loss of transparency of government, and the diminishing of public access to reliable and fact-checked information:

Let’s begin our journey with an informed public..."

https://wastedwordsweb.wordpress.com/2024/04/09/the-fears-of-a-weak-state/

The Fears of a Weak State

Last week, the Israeli parliament, the Knesset, voted through a new law permitting the violation of press freedoms of any foreign media network which may pose a “threat to national security”. Warmo…

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Taran RampersadMay 5, 2024

Israeli Cabinet Votes to Shut Down Al Jazeera’s Operations in the Country

#israel gonna Israel. A definite blow to #worldpressfreedom.

#worldpressfreedomday #aljazeera #press #middleeast #GazaWar #aljazeeraban
https://www.nytimes.com/live/2024/05/05/world/israel-gaza-war-hamas?smid=nytcore-android-share

Israel's Cabinet Shuts Down Al Jazeera Operations in Country: Gaza War Live Updates

Under a law passed last month, the government can temporarily shutter foreign media outlets that have been found to undermine national security.

The New York Times
7sleepersmusicMay 3, 2024
#PressFreedom in #USA continues to decline, from #45 last year to #55 this year. USA was ranked #17 in the initial survey in 2002. #WorldPressFreedom #WorldPressFreedomDay #WPFD2024 #Journalism #USPol https://rsf.org/en/index?year=2024
The Wild Hunt NewsMay 3, 2024

We join our colleagues commemorating World Press Freedom Day and the journalists under threat around the world.

#Journalismisnotacrime #WorldPressFreedomDay2024 #WorldPressFreedom #WPFD #WPFD24

Show threadThe Media & Democracy ProjectMay 3, 2024

Today is #WorldPressFreedom Day!

If you are American, it would be a good day to contact your Senators to ask them to pass the PRESS Act.

https://mediaanddemocracyproject.substack.com/p/you-can-help-protect-journalists?utm_source=activity_item

You Can Help Protect Journalists

A bill to protect journalists has passed the House with strong bi-partisan support. Please let your Senators know you care about journalism, and the PRESS Act.

The Media and Democracy Project Blog
EU in CanadaMay 3, 2023

Thanks @CDN_WPF for including us in this year’s #WorldPressFreedomDay celebrations in 🇨🇦

A healthy democracy depends on well-informed citizens and well-informed citizens depend on a free press.
RT @EUAmbCanada: Thrilled to co-host #WorldPressFreedom event @EUinCanada official residence w/@CDN_WPF to mark this special occasion.
 
There is no democracy without a truly free press and a free flow of ideas. Defending and promoting press freedom is a universal missio…

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/EUinCanada/status/1653873837539295234

EU in Canada (@EUinCanada)

Thanks @CDN_WPF for including us in this year’s #WorldPressFreedomDay celebrations in 🇨🇦 A healthy democracy depends on well-informed citizens and well-informed citizens depend on a free press.

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EU in CanadaMay 3, 2023

RT @EUAmbCanada: Thrilled to co-host #WorldPressFreedom event @EUinCanada official residence w/@CDN_WPF to mark this special occasion.
 
There is no democracy without a truly free press and a free flow of ideas. Defending and promoting press freedom is a universal mission that knows no borders. https://t.co/jowECenzlQ

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/EUinCanada/status/1653872807888015364

Dr. Melita Gabrič, Ambassador on Twitter

“Thrilled to co-host #WorldPressFreedom event @EUinCanada official residence w/@CDN_WPF to mark this special occasion.   There is no democracy without a truly free press and a free flow of ideas. Defending and promoting press freedom is a universal mission that knows no borders.”

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