Independence and pluralism

Reporters Without Borders (RSF) filed a complaint before the Paris public prosecutor on 23 July 2024 concerning a smear campaign against the NGO, which was uncovered by RSF’s journalistic investigation.

In the wake of Ursula von der Leyen's reappointment as President of the European Commission, Reporters Without Borders (RSF) and 25 organisations call on the leader to make media freedom a major political priority during her next term of office.

France's broadcasting regulator, ARCOM, has issued a decision likely to increase the diversity of thoughts and opinions in French media – a direct result of the "Reporters Without Borders" ruling by France's highest court on 13 February 2024.

The violent advancement of the M23, an armed rebel group, is creating a disturbing information desert in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). RSF demands that all armed parties stop holding local radio stations hostage immediately.

Every day, Ukrainian journalists are forced to work without electricity as Russian strikes target their country's energy infrastructure.

Reporters Without Borders (RSF)’s Board of Directors appointed Thibaut Bruttin as the NGO’s director general during a meeting on 9 July.

Reporters Without Borders (RSF) is extremely concerned about Colombian President Gustavo Petro’s verbal attacks in recent weeks.

Reporters Without Borders (RSF) calls on Türkiye’s judicial system to overturn the broadcasting regulator’s decision to rescind an independent radio station’s licence for failing to immediately comply with a suspension order.

Several recent studies by watchdog organisations have highlighted how chatbots tend to regurgitate disinformation and propaganda, especially from Russian sources.