Regulation of big tech and social media platforms is urgently required to tackle the spread of falsehoods and the increasing political weaponization of disinformation online, Nobel Peace Prize laureate Maria Ressa told IPI’s World Congress 2022 in New York. Speaking at a panel entitled “Holding the line for journalism”, Ressa, the CEO of news outlet […]

The IPI 2022 World Congress kicked off yesterday on the campus of Columbia University in New York City – the same location where IPI was founded 72 years ago, in 1950. This year’s Congress is focused on how independent journalism can meet the challenges of the moment. With journalists, editors and media thought leaders from […]

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 […]

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 […]