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Digital surveillance is breaking activist mental health

Written by Gina Romero

3 weeks ago

Reporting when the internet goes dark: How journalists find workarounds when cut off

Written by Guest Contributor

19 May 2026

Myanmar journalists across borders remain dedicated to truth despite risks

Written by Exile Hub

12 May 2026

Brazil opens investigation on Google over its AI’s impact on the journalism industry

Written by Global Voices Brazil

11 May 2026

Stories about Media

How AI is upgrading African dictatorship

The IDS mapping shows cameras clustered where opposition parties organize, not where ordinary crime is highest

Written by Guest Contributor

22 May 2026

Meta removes Bangladeshi community archivists’ pages through false copyright claims

Despite clear calls for coordinated attacks, Meta did not act to safeguard these activist pages

Written by Shoeb A

6 May 2026

Australian creatives push back against ‘AI theft’

Australian artists and cultural workers are demanding stronger laws, more transparency, and remuneration

Written by Mong Palatino

9 April 2026

Lost in translation: How AI models impact low-resource language communities

‘The predominance of English language content online has significantly shaped the development of tools currently on the market’

Written by Aaron Spitler

8 April 2026

How artificial intelligence and synthetic reality shaped Bangladesh’s 2026 election

An analysis of Bangladesh’s first AI-saturated election, where seeing was no longer believing

Written by Zulker Naeen

1 April 2026

Government attacks on mainstream media undermine the credibility of democracy in Botswana

There is also pronounced self-censorship among journalists as they fear criticism, harassment and lawsuits.

Written by Guest Contributor

9 March 2026

Cambodian police arrest journalist for reporting on online scam center

Six journalists have been arrested this year in Cambodia in relation to their reporting

Written by Mong Palatino

25 February 2026

Iran’s internet blackout as media event: Networks, algorithms, and the politics of visibility

During Iran’s internet blackout, state violence unfolded unseen with competing propagandists filling the digital void

Written by Guest Contributor

21 February 2026

Pakistan jails two lawyers for 17 years over old tweets

The trial moved unusually fast, speeding from indictment to sentencing in under three months

Written by Syed Salman Mehdi

20 February 2026

Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai receives a 20-year jail sentence

For the 78-year-old publisher, 20 years of imprisonment is effectively a death sentence.

Written by Oiwan Lam

10 February 2026

Malaysian journalist briefly detained for sedition over a question during a public lecture

The journalist resigned and issued an apology after facing harassment for asking a controversial question

Written by Mong Palatino

9 February 2026

Journalists flag Samoa’s draft media protocol

The bill would require background checks on journalists and mandatory approval of questions during press briefings

Written by Mong Palatino

8 January 2026

Sixteen days of activism amid the rise of digital harm across Africa

Online harm is shaping public life as strongly as offline violence

Written by Cecilia Maundu

20 December 2025

Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai found guilty under national security law

After two years of trial, Lai is found guilty of colluding with foreign forces

Written by Hong Kong Free Press

17 December 2025

A Filipino journalist pushes back against red-tagging and disinformation by taking on Meta

The petition aims to compel tech platforms to review how they handle human rights issues

Written by Mong Palatino, IFEX

13 December 2025

Why cybersafety matters in the African Union–European Union partnership

‘We are working with government ministries to make sure that our support reflects the scale of current threats’

Written by Cecilia Maundu

10 December 2025

Samoa prime minister bans newspaper from attending press briefings

The Samoa Observer, the country's only daily newspaper, was accused of publishing unfair reports

Written by Mong Palatino

1 December 2025

Similar type of bot attacks target Instagram profiles of Serbian student movement and Macedonian independent media outlet

Coordinated bot networks target activists and journalists, raising alarm about platform vulnerabilities in the Western Balkans

Written by Metamorphosis Foundation

29 November 2025

How censorship is limiting digital development in Nigeria

The Nigerian government is weaponizing cybersecurity laws to intimidate critics and suppress online dissent

Written by Pamela Ephraim

27 November 2025

In Sudan, RSF detain journalist Muammar Ibrahim amid the recent occupation of Al-Fasher

Ibrahim’s broadcasts highlighted the suffering of the people of Al-Fasher amid the ongoing war

Written by Guest Contributor

22 November 2025

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