#press-freedom — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #press-freedom, aggregated by home.social.
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RE: https://mas.to/@popcornreel/117252608487594806
Crazy state of things in America right now. Just watch the first minute or so of this video 😬
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Malta warned of corruption crisis after Daphne Caruana Galizia verdict sends ‘chill down the spine’ https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/sep/10/malta-corruption-crisis-daphne-caruana-galizia-verdict #DaphneCaruanaGalizia #Malta #JournalistSafety #CouncilOfEurope #Media #Europe #HumanRights #HouseOfLords #PressFreedom
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Malta warned of corruption crisis after Daphne Caruana Galizia verdict sends ‘chill down the spine’
By Juliette GarsideLabour peer tells Council of Europe inquiry failure to implement legal protections still putting journalists at risk
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/sep/10/malta-corruption-crisis-daphne-caruana-galizia-verdict
#DaphneCaruanaGalizia #Malta #Journalistsafety #CouncilofEurope #Media #Europe #Humanrights #HouseofLords #Pressfreedom #TheGuardian #JulietteGarside
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New report from Safeguard Defenders looks at CGTN, the Chinese party-state's global TV channel. Based on interviews with former CGTN employees, it examines how the channel operates under a system of censorship and propaganda
https://safeguarddefenders.com/en/blog/tuning-propaganda-new-report-looks-chinas-global-tv
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Freedom of the press only exists when the press says things some member of the ruling class wants said. Otherwise it evaporates like a morning fog.
https://www.presstv.co.uk/Detail/2026/09/05/775701/US-Judge-refuses-to-stop-Pentagon-from-firing-Stars-and-Stripes-journalists -
Five FOIA requests have been filed.
Three with the State Department. One with Treasury/OFAC. One with the FBI.
We’re looking for the missing bureaucratic handoff: who first put Autistici/Inventati into the U.S. sanctions pipeline, when, and on whose referral?
The investigation is now also a public records docket. As agencies acknowledge, process, deny or release records, we’ll publish the paper trail and update the investigation.
Updates here:
sabot.media/investigations/autistici-inventati/Read. Share. Preserve. Organize.
#AutisticiInventati #FOIA #PressFreedom #DigitalRights #Surveillance #Sanctions #IndependentMedia #SabotMedia
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NEW REPORT LIVE
We’ve spent the last week digging, cross-checking, archiving posts and reconstructing the sequence that led to the August 26 designation of Autistici/Inventati
The resulting investigation follows a campaign against “Antifa” as it moved through outside advocates, political influencers, the White House, Congress and U.S. counterterrorism policy before an Italian privacy collective was sanctioned.
This is not a theory-of-everything graphic or a pile of screenshots. It is an attempt to document who said what, when they said it, where those arguments moved next, and what the government ultimately did.
FROM KIRK TO A/I
https://sabot.media/post/kirk-to-aiDEDICATED INVESTIGATION PAGE
https://sabot.media/investigations/autistici-inventatiBackground, documents and the continuing campaign:
https://sabot.media/campaigns/autistici-inventati#AutisticiInventati #Antifa #Surveillance #Counterterrorism #PressFreedom
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The Guardian view on press freedom: to defend democracy, stand up for journalists | Editorial
By EditorialThe lack of justice for Daphne Caruana Galizia in Malta casts a shadow on reporters everywhere
#Pressfreedom #Journalistsafety #Humanrights #Malta #DaphneCaruanaGalizia #ReformUK #TheGuardian #Editorial
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Maltese tycoon found not guilty of involvement in Daphne Caruana Galizia murder
By Juliette Garside in ValettaYorgen Fenech cleared on both charges he faced over 2017 killing of journalist that prompted global outrage
#DaphneCaruanaGalizia #Worldnews #Malta #Media #Europe #Journalistsafety #Pressfreedom #Newspapersmagazines #TheGuardian #JulietteGarsideinValetta
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Maltese tycoon found not guilty of involvement in Daphne Caruana Galizia murder https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/sep/02/maltese-tycoon-yorgen-fenech-daphne-caruana-galizia-killing-not-guilty #DaphneCaruanaGalizia #WorldNews #Malta #Media #Europe #JournalistSafety #PressFreedom #NewspapersMagazines
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Where would you send money if you wanted to fund a newsroom that has no license to lose?
#PressFreedom #Journalism #FCC #Media #News #Democracy #USPolitics #Authoritarianism #FirstAmendment #Resist #Solidarity #QueerNews
Today's issue → https://thistleandmoss.com/p/zero-percent-asked-for-this-fuckery-now-name-the-lake-and-come-sit-down#what-did-orange-shit-pantser-do?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=fedica
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Welker said his endorsement record was mixed. That's arithmetic. He wants a federal agency to punish her for it.
Anna Gomez says the FCC can't. Outvoted every time. Back the next week, same sentence.
#Journalism #PressFreedom #News #Politics #Resist #Democracy
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How Link Suppression Hurts Local Journalism
By Cliff Potts, CSO, and Editor-in-Chief of WPS News
Baybay City, Leyte, Philippines — September 2, 2026
Local journalism depends on one simple action: linking readers to full reporting. On X, that action increasingly comes with penalties. When links are buried or throttled, journalism loses reach, revenue, and trust — especially in countries like the Philippines.
This essay explains how link suppression damages local news and why that harm matters beyond the media industry.
Journalism Cannot Live Inside One Platform
Reporters do not publish entire investigations in social media posts. They link to articles, documents, and sources hosted elsewhere. This is how credibility is built and verified.
When a platform discourages links, it breaks that chain. Readers see headlines without context. Facts are separated from evidence. Journalism is reduced to fragments.
That weakens public understanding.
Smaller Outlets Are Hit First
Large media companies have multiple distribution channels. Local outlets do not. Many Philippine newsrooms rely on social media to reach readers who cannot afford subscriptions or who live far from major cities.
When links are suppressed, these outlets lose traffic overnight. Advertising revenue drops. Donations slow. Some stories never reach the audience they were written for.
This is not a level playing field.
Link Suppression Rewards Noise Over Reporting
Content that stays inside the platform — short posts, arguments, and outrage — travels more easily than careful reporting that points outward.
The result is a system that rewards speed over accuracy and emotion over evidence. Journalists who follow professional standards are punished. Accounts that spread opinion or misinformation are amplified.
This is not an accident. It is an outcome of platform design.
The Public Pays the Price
When local journalism weakens, communities lose information. Corruption is harder to expose. Local issues receive less attention. Rumors fill the gap left by reporting.
In the Philippines, where regional news plays a critical role in accountability, this loss is serious. Democracy depends on access to reliable information, not just loud commentary.
Platforms that damage journalism damage public trust.
Why This Is a Business Failure
Strong platforms benefit from strong journalism. News builds credibility and attracts advertisers who value informed audiences.
By suppressing links, platforms undermine the very ecosystem that makes them valuable. Short-term engagement replaces long-term trust.
That trade-off may boost metrics today, but it weakens the market tomorrow.
Looking Ahead
The next essay will examine how attention is extracted from users without being fairly shared or returned as value.
When journalism is punished for pointing outward, the platform stops serving the public.
It serves only itself.For more social commentary, please see Occupy 2.5 at https://Occupy25.com
This essay will be archived in the WPS News Archives at Amazon.
References (APA)
McChesney, R. W. (2015). Rich media, poor democracy. The New Press.
Reuters. (2023). News organizations see traffic drops from X. https://www.reuters.com
UNESCO. (2022). Journalism, platforms, and the public interest. https://www.unesco.org
#digitalPublishing #linkSuppression #localJournalism #mediaSustainability #newsMedia #Philippines #platformEconomics #pressFreedom #socialMediaPlatforms #Twitter #XPlatform -
🚨 An NBC News team and a #Palestinian woman were injured after masked Israeli settlers reportedly attacked them with sticks and rocks in Jalud, West Bank. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu condemned the violence and called for the perpetrators to be arrested(he is lying). #WestBank #PressFreedom https://www.nbcnews.com/world/middle-east/palestinian-nbc-news-team-attacked-masked-israeli-settlers-rcna595024
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Hong Kong independent bookstore Have a Nice Stay closed permanently on Sunday
The shop was raided by national security police last month. The closure occurred as part of an ongoing crackdown under Hong Kong's national security law which has targeted independent booksellers
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Press Freedom - stay away from journalists - #Pressfreedom #press
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Four days later the Senate confirmed the man Sullivan had already found in violation of that same Act.
One reporter. One statute. One filing cabinet the entire federal government would rather she had left alone. When did one person last make this government open a drawer it had already decided to keep shut?
#Epstein #Journalism #PressFreedom #Accountability #Law #Courts #News #USPolitics #FOIA #Transparency #QueerNews
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An attorney with a license to protect, a byline, and a working client list filed the first lawsuit anyone has ever brought to enforce the Epstein Files Transparency Act. Against the Justice Department. Alone.
Judge Emmet Sullivan sided with her. Ordered the department to unredact key documents and publish a redaction log, and then declined to pause his own order so the government could appeal. #Epstein #Journalism #PressFreedom #Accountability #Law #Courts #News #USPolitics #FOIA
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Chinese journalist Zhang Zhan (張展) has suffered years of repression by the Chinese party-state
"Two years after Zhang Zhan’s re-arrest, the Chinese regime is doing everything in its power to suppress information about the current health and situation of this icon of Chinese journalism, who warned the world about a deadly disease. We remain deeply concerned for Zhang Zhan’s health." - Aleksandra Bielakowska, RSF
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Meet our next speakers joining “The Forever War and the First Amendment” symposium!
✦ @[email protected], Fairfield University
✦ Brett Max Kaufman, @[email protected]
✦ @[email protected], @[email protected]
#FirstAmendment #PressFreedom
🔗 Register here! knightcolumbia.org/events/the-f...
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🚨 Global press freedom just hit a 25-year low. For the first time, over 50% of countries fall into the "difficult" or "very serious" categories.
📉 Journalism is increasingly criminalised globally.
🇺🇸 The U.S. dropped 7 places.Read the 2026 @RSF_inter report: https://rsf.org/en/2026-rsf-index-press-freedom-25-year-low?data_type=general&year=2026 #PressFreedom
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The KMT's efforts to slash the budget of Taiwan's international English-language broadcaster is politically motivated and short-sighted
"If TaiwanPlus is starved of funding and forced to shrink or disappear, Taiwan will lose its principal independent vehicle for telling its own story to the world. Local media focused on domestic partisan battles will leave the international information space largely uncontested."
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Iran seeks to criminalise all contact with foreign media in latest ‘chilling’ crackdown
By Deepa ParentAs photojournalist sentenced to 15 years, rights groups warn law would turn civic engagement into security crime
#Iran #Pressfreedom #Globaldevelopment #Newspapersmagazines #Worldnews #MiddleEastandnorthAfrica #Media #Journalistsafety #Protest #DonaldTrump #Humanrights #Humanrights #Photography #TheGuardian #DeepaParent
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Iran seeks to criminalise all contact with foreign media in latest ‘chilling’ crackdown https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2026/aug/26/iran-criminalises-contact-foreign-media-human-rights-crackdown #Iran #PressFreedom #GlobalDevelopment #NewspapersMagazines #WorldNews #MiddleEastAndNorthAfrica #Media #JournalistSafety #Protest #DonaldTrump #HumanRights #HumanRights #Photography
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"Avrotros added: "The severe humanitarian suffering in Gaza and the ongoing restrictions on press freedom have contributed to increasing divisions surrounding the Eurovision Song Contest in recent years."
#BDS #IsraelRogueState #Hasbara #Genocide #Palestine #Gaza #PressFreedom #IsraelWarCrimes #EurovisionDutch broadcaster Avrotros pulls out of 2027 Eurovision Song Contest
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c1kx3m2z332o