Demonstrators had gathered to protest the United States decision on December 6 to recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel. Source: MEDIA FEED
– Media company hired by Trump created Kenyan president's "anonymous" attack campaign against rival, investigation finds
A new investigation reveals the role of an American data-based digital advertising company in the highly divisive online re-election campaign of Kenyan president Uhuru Kenyatta. Source: MEDIA FEED
– Index rejects UK committee's recommendation to outsource censorship
Index on Censorship rejects many of the suggestions made in a report into intimidation of UK public officials by a committee tasked with examining standards in public life. Source: MEDIA FEED
– Record number of jailed journalists for second year, CPJ census finds
For the second year in a row, the number of journalists imprisoned for their work hit a historical high, as the U.S. and other Western powers failed to pressure the world’s worst jailers–Turkey, China, and Egypt–into improving the bleak climate for press freedom. Source: MEDIA FEED
– Team internet is far from done: What's next for net neutrality and how you can help
The Internet has operated under formal and informal net neutrality principles for years. For the first time, the Federal Communications Commission has not only abdicated its role in enforcing those principles, it has rejected them altogether. Here's the good news: the fight is far from over, and Team Internet has plenty of paths forward. Source:…
– Tanzanian journalist Azory Gwanda missing since 21 November
"Azori Gwanda was reporting on issues of public concern and his disappearance may discourage other investigative journalists from reporting similar incidences due to fear of facing the same fate," said Henry Maina, Director of ARTICLE 19 Eastern Africa. Source: MEDIA FEED
– Another wave of trials of independent journalists in Azerbaijan
As Azerbaijan today begins trying a journalist who was kidnapped and brought back by force from neighbouring Georgia, RSF urges the international community to take a firm stand with its government in order to get it to stop hounding the country's few remaining independent journalists. Source: MEDIA FEED
– Burma: Reuters journalists Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo arrested for Rakhine reporting
The two reporters face 14-year jail terms under the Official Secrets Act. "State authorities should provide journalists unimpeded access to the conflict areas in Rakhine State in order to pave the way for public understanding on what is going on," said SEAPA. Source: MEDIA FEED