Venezuelans use AI avatars and Instagram Live to fight back against Maduro’s repression
President Nicolás Maduro’s regime has increased surveillance, persecuted political dissent, and blocked the flow of information online. Venezuelan journalists, activists and political dissidents are looking for ways to circumvent and report the abuse.
Irangabiye released, protests expose fissures and spark new tactics and an online war exposes misogyny and xenophobia
August 2024 in Africa: A free expression and civic space round-up produced by IFEX’s Regional Editor Reyhana Masters, based on IFEX member reports and news from the region.
Malaysia: Social media licensing could undermine freedom of expression
Requiring companies to obtain licenses is seen as a direct attempt to exert control over social media platforms.
Open letter to AU Heads of State on Endorsed Continental AI Strategy
Civil society coalition emphasises the critical need for a data policy framework that will protect rights and sets a precedent for collective action.
Joint letter to European Commission President: Media freedom, journalists’ protection, and EU citizens’ access to public interest journalism must remain high political priorities
The signatories strongly urged President von der Leyen to support durable and long-lasting solutions to strengthen the space for media freedom, pluralism and independence, as well as the sustainability and competitiveness of the media sector in Europe.
7amleh launches Arabic Violence Indicator to combat online hate speech and violence
The AI-powered tool monitors the spread of hate speech and violence in both Hebrew and Arabic within the Palestinian context.
The Brazilian and Indian dilemma: How to regulate AI and Big Tech?
Eagerness to regulate new technologies is understandable, but measures may infringe upon civil rights or fail to resolve the issues they were designed to tackle. Brazil and India’s 2024 electoral processes exemplify this tension.
Australia: Creative and media workforce calls for laws to ‘stop AI theft’
Proposed legislation requiring the disclosure of any data used to train AI and enforcing the right for creators to consent to and be compensated.
Panorama of Africa’s media freedom landscape obscured by growing repression
May 2024 in Africa: A free expression and civic space round-up produced by IFEX’s Regional Editor Reyhana Masters, based on IFEX member reports and news from the region.
Pakistan’s impunity, India’s AI, PNG’s ‘media control policy’, and a landmark ruling against red-tagging in the Philippines
May 2024 in Asia-Pacific: A free expression round-up produced by IFEX’s regional editor Mong Palatino, based on IFEX member reports and news from the region.
ACHPR urged to urgently develop principles for an AI policy framework
MISA-Regional emphasises the importance for African Union member states to adopt a human rights-based approach for the utilisation of AI and other technologies.
Gaza journalists’ perpetual peril, a clampdown on pro-Palestinian protests, and Sudan’s toxic information battle
April 2024 in MENA: A free expression round-up produced by IFEX’s Regional Editor Naseem Tarawnah, based on IFEX member reports and news from the region.
IAPA warns of growing risks to freedom of expression and the press in the Americas
The Inter-American Press Association published the conclusions of their semi-annual meeting, summarizing the most important challenges in terms of Freedom of Expression in the Americas.
The Backstory: Season 5 of a media freedom podcast from WAN-IFRA
Journalists, editors and media experts from Africa, Asia, the Americas, Europe and the MENA region talk about the challenges facing the industry and some of the solutions they see making a difference.
Digital surveillance and the specter of AI in Mexico
Mexico was the first recorded government client and most prolific user of the Pegasus spyware, but ambitions in the use of AI have outpaced the development of legislative tools and standards.
MISA warns of growing surveillance
During its 77th Ordinary Session last year, the ACHPR raised concern over Member States’ implementation of surveillance with little regard for human rights norms and standards.