On Wednesday, September 13, internet providers in Kyrgyzstan began blocking access to Kloop.kg, a popular independent news site and part of IPI’s global network of independent editors, media and journalists. The access block was requested by the Kyrgyz Ministry of Culture, following a complaint by Kyrgyzstan’s State Committee of National Security, which demanded the removal […]

Since September 1, the International Press Institute (IPI) has been battling a targeted and sustained cyberattack. This attack appears to be in retaliation for our advocacy work on behalf of independent media in Hungary, who have faced a wave of similar attacks since this summer. The attack on IPI began with a series of distributed […]

The International Press Institute (IPI) welcomes the acquittal by the Pasig Regional Trial Court in the Philippines of IPI Executive Board member and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Maria Ressa on a tax evasion charge carrying a potential 10-year sentence. The court’s decision is the second decision this year acquitting Ressa of baseless tax evasion charges. […]

This text comes from IPI’s newsletter The Outlook. Click here to sign up to receive future editions direct to your inbox. This is The Outlook, IPI’s media innovation newsletter which brings you inspiration and ideas to borrow from independent media entrepreneurs around the world. The cracks have been visible for a while in media business models […]