Lea esta noticia en español. Although there are still more than six months to go before the campaign to elect a new president in Ecuador begins, efforts to control political discourse in the country have long since begun. According to a new study, part of this battle is being waged on social networks, where the […]

Lea este comunicado en español The International Press Institute (IPI) today welcomed the decision of Ecuador’s media regulator, SECOM, to terminate proceedings aimed at dissolving the press freedom organisation Fundamedios. However, the decision, issued on Sept. 25, is accompanied by an ultimatum warning that SECOM could restart the proceedings if and when it considers that […]

Read this article in English El Instituto Internacional de la Prensa (IPI, por sus siglas en inglés) recibe con satisfacción la decisión de la Secretaría Nacional de Comunicación de Ecuador, SECOM, de archivar el expediente de disolución de Fundamedios, organización que defiende la libertad de información en Ecuador. No obstante, dicha decisión, emitida el pasado […]

Lea este comunicado en español The International Press Institute (IPI) today denounced the Ecuadorean government’s intention to forcibly close Fundamedios, a civil society organisation that has dedicated itself to monitoring attacks on freedom of expression in the Latin American country for more than eight years. Ecuador’s National Communications Secretariat (SECOM), the country’s statutory media regulator, […]