The collapse of press freedom began in Cambodia a little less than a year ago, as Prime Minister Hun Sen and his Cambodian People’s Party (CPP) took the first steps to secure their victory in the 2018 general election this Sunday. Using tax laws and other legal instruments, the government has effectively silenced the country’s […]

Today marks the 800th day of Turkish-Kurdish journalist Nedim Türfent’s incarceration. Türfent, a photojournalist with the now-shuttered Dicle News Agency, was arrested on May 12, 2016 following his journalistic coverage of a Turkish military operation against a group of Kurdish workers.

Death and rape threats, accusations of treason, disfiguring memes, bots and automated agents, “black” public relation firms and hacking – these are only some of the features of state-sponsored trolling that have been used by governments around the world in recent years to attack journalists and other critics online. This digital-age phenomenon was investigated in […]

In combination with its 800,000 monthly readers, the alt-right news site Parlamentní listy’s trademark blend of sensationalism, fake news and outlandish commentary has a major impact on Czech political discourse. President Miloš Zeman is an ally, leaking news their way and granting exclusive interviews. Meanwhile, studies show considerable overlap between news narratives on the site […]