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Weaponising the Law: Attacks on Media Freedom
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Joel Simon, Carlos Lauría, Ona Flores

Thomson Reuters Foundation; Tow Center for Digital Journalism (2023), 50 pp.

"The purpose of this report is to provide the first step towards a global overview of the weaponization of the law as a prominent threat to media freedom. In doing so, we offer a resource that can be used to empower those seeking to navigate the shifting legal environment and support those working t ... more

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Relocation of journalists in distress in the European Union

Media Freedom Rapid Response (MFRR); European Centre for Press & Media Freedom (ECPMF); Free Press Unlimited (2023), 24 pp.

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Deadly Pattern: 20 Journalists Died by Israeli Military Fire in 22 Years. No One has Been Held Accountable

Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) (2023), 31 pp.

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Digital China: Überwachungsdiktatur und technologische Avantgarde

Kristin Shi-Kupfer

München: Beck (2023), 190 pp.

"Mit parteistaatlicher Unterstützung avancierten die großen IT-Unternehmen Chinas seit Ende der 1990er Jahre schnell zu den Motoren der am dynamischsten wachsenden Digitalwirtschaft der Welt. Sie adaptierten zunächst Produkte und Geschäftsmodelle aus dem Ausland, gingen danach aber eigene Wege. ... more

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External Monitoring of Coercive Agents and the Murders of Journalists: A Cross-National Study of Journalist Killings, 1992–2018

Berkay Alica

Human Rights Quarterly, volume 45, issue 1 (2023), pp. 32-61

"Targeted attacks on journalists are internationally condemned crimes, which not only undermine freedom of expression, but also symbolize an utter disregard for basic human rights. Yet, murders of journalists occur in all types of regimes, whether autocratic or democratic. This article explores the ... more

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Venezuela: Situación del Derecho a la Libertad de Expresión e Información. Informe 2022

Carlos Correa (coord.)

Caracas: Espacio Público (2023), 207 pp.

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Freedom of Expression and Media Consumption Research in Armenia

Yerevan: Internews; USAID; Prisma Research and Analysis (2023), 71 pp.

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Whose Media Freedom is Being Defended? Norm Contestation in International Media Freedom Campaigns

Martin Scott, Mel Bunce, Mary Myers, Maria Carmen Fernandez

Journal of Communication, volume 73, issue 2 (2023), pp. 87-100

"This article analyses how international advocacy campaigns approach and define media freedom, and what influences this process. It does this through a two-year case study of the Media Freedom Coalition—an intergovernmental partnership of over 50 countries—that included 55 interviews with key st ... more

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“It’s the Economy, Stupid!”, Is it Not? The Relationship Between Press Freedom and the Status of the Economy in Western Media Systems

Theodora A. Maniou, Eleni Ketteni

Journalism Studies, volume 24, issue 6 (2023), pp. 715-737

"The existing literature presents several studies which show that the levels of press freedom can affect the state of the economy. What has not thus far been investigated is whether the economy can affect the levels of press freedom, the specific economic conditions that mainly affect it and the dif ... more

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The Dynamics of Influence on Press Freedom in Different Media Systems: A Comparative Study

Theodora A. Maniou

Journalism Practice, volume 17, issue 9 (2023), pp. 1937-1961

"his study focuses on contributing to the emerging international research agenda regarding press freedom, moving beyond the already established factors that relate to political and industrial norms as influences on press freedom. Its primary goal is to explore the dynamics of influence on press free ... more

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How the Internet is Being Tamed in Russia: Chronicle of State Securitization Measures

Yulia Belinskaya

Journalism Research, volume 6, issue 1 (2023), pp. 71-92

"As a communicative space, the Russian public sphere is dramatically prosecuted, and it suffers from pathologic efforts to have it systematically shut down. This article looks back into the history of the new restrictive media laws and their framing in the state media. The analysis is disclosing how ... more

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The Life and Death of SNET, Havana’s Alternative Internet

Priscila Bellini

Rest of World, October 8 (2023)

"[...] in 2011, a group of more than 100 Havana residents decided to unify their hyperlocal networks into a larger structure. The Havana “street network” (or SNET) would soon become one of the largest such community networks in the world. At its peak, user estimates hovered around 100,000 IP add ... more

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Chilling Legislation: Tracking the Impact of “Fake News” Laws on Press Freedom Internationally

Gabrielle Lim, Samantha Bradshaw

Washington, DC: Center for International Media Assistance (CIMA) (2023), 20 pp.

"The proliferation of misinformation, disinformation, and mal-information (MDM) poses serious challenges to democracy, public safety, and national security. Conversely, these very worries could be used as a front for unjustified ends. There is a global trend toward legislation that may risk infringi ... more

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Informe de hallazgos de la misión internacional sobre libertad de prensa y de expresión en Guatemala

Freedom House; Free Press Unlimited; Reporteros sin Fronteras; Article 19; Fundación para la Libertad de Prensa (FLIP) (2023), 37 pp.

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Internet Shutdowns: A Human Rights Issue

Julia Ryng, Guillemette Guicherd, Judy Al Saman, Priyanka Choudhury, Kellett, Angharad

RUSI Journal, volume 167, issue 4-5 (2023), pp. 50-63

"The internet is a double-edged sword: civilians can mobilise it to assemble and voice dissent, but illiberal regimes can also weaponise it to consolidate power and suppress any form of opposition. Internet shutdowns – intentional disruptions of internet services – represent one method used to l ... more

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Gavels Against Pens: The Judiciary’s Assault on Journalism in Russia and Turkey

Asuman Aranca, Anna Romashchenko, Nate Schenkkan et al.

Potsdam: Friedrich Naumann Foundation (2023), 28 pp.

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State of the Media Report in 2022

Mogadishu: National Union of Somali Journalists (NUSOJ) (2023), 22 pp.

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Sustainable Development and Freedom of Expression: Why Voice Matters: Report of the Special Rapporteur on the Promotion and Protection of the Right to Freedom of Opinion and Expression

Irene Khan

United Nations (2023), 22 pp.

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Assessing the Level of Respect of the Internet Rights and Freedoms in Africa: Burundi, Cameroon, Congo, Ivory Coast, Senegal and Chad Study Cases

Protege QV (2023), 6 pp.

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Online Content Moderation and Post Conflict Peacebuilding: A Review to the Regulatory Framework in Colombia

Juan Sebastián Salamanca Calle et al.

Fundación para la Libertad de Prensa (FLIP); UNESCO (2023), 83 pp.

"This text is divided into four chapters. The first chapter describes the characteristics of online public debate in Colombia. It also presents the historical context and details the circumstances in which risky content for democracy and human rights content is published and disseminated in the coun ... more

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Weaponising the Law: Attacks on Media Freedom
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