"The Online Safety Act is a threat to the privacy of users, restricts free expression by arbitrating speech online, exposes users to algorithmic discrimination through face checks, and leaves millions ...

As the use of technology rises, so does the prevalence of online abuse against women, spotlighting the need for urgent interventions like the implementation of ACHPR Resolution 522.

Freedom Forum reminded authorities that "banning access [to online platforms] is not a permanent solution" to online crimes. This statement was originally published on freedomforum.org.np on 24 July ...

"Across India, a quiet purge of digital content is underway." This statement was originally published on indexoncensorship.org on 23 July 2025. Journalism critical of the government is vanishing from ...

Rights groups, including IFEX, demand Dahmani's release and an end to Tunisia's growing use of Decree 54 to criminalize dissent.

In June 2025, media reports uncovered the hidden existence of a (leaked) proposed law named as “Karnataka Mis-information and Fake News (Prohibition) Bill, 2025 (“the Bill”). Within a week, the Bill ...

"Information is key. If the world doesn’t know how much devastation has happened, how can they send help?" This statement was originally published on freepressunlimited.org on 7 July 2025. On March 28 ...

Among the blocked channels were the accounts of journalists, political commentators, and opposition voices accused of disseminating "anti-state content".

Over 345 organizations signed a statement urging Nepal authorities to reverse the ban on the Telegram messaging app.

July 29 marks 1,095 days since the beginning of the arbitrary detention of journalist Jose Rubén Zamora, founder of elPeriódico and one of the most prominent voices in journalism in Guatemala and ...

Media freedom groups condemn new attacks against journalists across Serbia, many of which are perpetrated by state representatives and law enforcement authorities.

IFEX joins rights groups in a joint submission examining Lebanon’s shortcomings in protecting civil society, access to information, and civic freedoms.