A growing number of African news outlets use messaging platforms like Telegram, Facebook or WhatsApp to distribute content and to interact with readers. The platforms help journalists to adapt and improve their journalism according to readers’ needs, African journalists at IPI’s World Congress agreed.   On Wednesday, September 15, the International Press Institute (IPI) kicked […]

As the European Parliament today debates the Pegasus spyware scandal, the undersigned partners of the Media Freedom Rapid Response (MFRR) call for an immediate investigation into the alleged use of the spyware against journalists by Hungarian authorities and urge the strong implementation of new EU rules on the export of cyber-surveillance technology around the world. […]

Singapore should reverse the suspension of independent news website The Online Citizen (TOC), the IPI global network for press freedom said today. On September 14, the Infocomm Media Development Authority of Singapore suspended TOC’s license, claiming that despite multiple reminders the portal had failed to declare its funding sources. Under the terms of the license […]

Two Afghan journalists were detained and ruthlessly beaten by Taliban security forces on September 7 while covering the women’s rights protests in Kabul. Journalists Taqi Daryabi and Nemat Naqdi from the Kabul-based news outlet Etilaat Roz were taken to the police station and beaten with cables in separate cells. Both reporters were released on September […]