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#IPIWoCo Town Hall: ‘Disinformation is the story of our generation’

There is no single silver bullet solution to combatting the global crisis of coordinated disinformation campaigns, including organized efforts to smear quality journalism, panelists at the 2022 IPI World Congress Town Hall said on Thursday. The panel was moderated by renowned investigative journalist Azmat Khan, director of the Simon and June Li Center for Global […]

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#IPIWoCo: Dmitry Muratov: Russia faces total eradication of independent journalism

The elimination of all independent media and critical journalism in Russia has “come to its conclusion” after the war in Ukraine, leaving citizens completely exposed to propaganda and the Kremlin with total control over the information sphere, Nobel Peace Prize-winning-editor Dmitry Muratov told the IPI World Congress 2022. Speaking at the opening session at Columbia […]

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Turkey: Twenty journalists including TGS leadership blacklisted by police

The International Press Institute (IPI) today joined the partner organisations of the Media Freedom Rapid Response (MFRR) in expressing solidarity with the twenty journalists blacklisted by the Turkish General Directorate of Security (EGM) for their writing and joined Turkey’s Journalists Union (TGS) in denouncing an apparent attempt to intimidate independent journalists and trade unionists. On […]

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Local official arrested in murder of Las Vegas journalist Jeff German

The IPI global network strongly condemns the apparent targeted killing of veteran Las Vegas Review-Journal reporter Jeff German, who was stabbed to death outside his home in western Las Vegas on September 2, 2022. On September 7, police arrested Robert Telles, an elected official who serves as the Clark County public administrator and who was […]

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