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Press Freedom under Lockdown Across Two-Thirds of the Globe


Press Freedom under Lockdown Across Two-Thirds of the Globe
Reporters Without Borders said press freedom was restricted either partly or completely in two thirds of the globe. It warned that authoritarian regimes had used the pandemic to “perfect their methods of totalitarian control of information”, and as a pretext for imposing “especially repressive legislation with provisions combining propaganda with suppression of dissent”.
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May 3 is World Press Freedom Day. This feature is part of a series highlighting the current state of media freedom globally
Independent journalism is facing a growing crackdown one year into the COVID-19 pandemic as governments around the world restrict access to information and muzzle critical reporting, media and rights watchdogs have warned. ....

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