Disinformation and propaganda

uiz Inacio Lula da Silva’s presidential election victory is good news for press freedom in Brazil after Jair Bolsonaro’s nightmarish term as president, says Reporters Without Borders (RSF)

After seeing some of his comments removed from Instagram and Twitter, billionaire rapper Kanye West, who now calls himself Ye, announced that he plans to have his own social media platform like Elon Musk and Donald Trump.

As the Chinese Communist Party grants Chinese leader Xi Jinping with a third mandate as General Secretary, RSF unveils figures that show the extent of the crusade against journalism he has been leading over the past ten years.

Reporters Without Borders (RSF) notes that Mohamed Mouloudj, an Algerian journalist who spent 13 months in pre-trial detention on a terrorism charge for texting a government opponent, has finally been released after receiving a 12-month prison sentence fr

RSF and a coalition of 21 international media freedom, freedom of expression and journalists’ organisations are calling on Turkey’s parliamentarians to vote down the “disinformation and fake news”, a law designed to criminalise free flow of information.

Reporters Without Borders (RSF) demands the immediate and unconditional release of Toru Kubota, a Japanese documentary filmmaker who has been sentenced to ten years in prison in Myanmar on charges of sedition and “causing fear”.

Attacks on the media have been one of the hallmarks of Jair Bolsonaro’s first term as Brazil’s president. Supported by an increasingly virulent base and backed by disinformation campaigns, he has undermined press freedom and the right to information...

At least 8 journalists were arrested on 21 September during protests in 42 Russian cities against Vladimir Putin’s “partial mobilisation.” RSF condemns this crackdown designed to suppress domestic news coverage that is essential for the Russian public.

RSF calls on Azerbaijan to end online harassment of Swedish journalist