Despite a lack of aggregated data and specific studies on the issue, experts say there is enough evidence to suggest that the online harassment of journalists, including threats of violence, has a serious psychological impact that may result in self-censorship. The threats that journalists must confront on a daily basis are many. In its pioneering […]

“A really big question online is, what’s the responsibility of the business sector, the corporate actors? Because when we are talking about online speech and harassment, most of it happens in places owned by private actors, they are not government. That’s actually is a very risky area right now: What responsibilities do we put on […]

The International Press Institute (IPI) today expressed concern over reports of an escalation in online harassment of journalists in Trinidad and Tobago ahead of elections scheduled later this year. One Caribbean Media reported that a number of their journalists, many of them investigative reporters, and particularly female reporters, have been the subject of character attacks […]

Turkish authorities’ failure to safeguard – and, in some cases, their active steps to undermine – the right to share and receive information has led to serious deficiencies in the country’s democracy, placing its future at serious risk, a special report released today by the International Press Institute (IPI) concludes. The report, “Democracy at Risk” […]