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IFEX is a nexus for free expression expertise contributed by over 100 member organisations.

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📢 IFEX is now on Bluesky! Follow us for the latest updates on the network's efforts to promote and defend freedom of expression and information.

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#Africa 🌍 @cipesaug issues a new policy brief about app-based health data in Africa, highlighting significant gaps like a lack of health-specific AI regulation and the unresolved distinction between wellness tracking and clinical care.

https://t.co/wdSo3anSAa

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🌎 According to the data from @RSF_inter's assistance office, 65 countries have seen at least one journalist forced into exile; in 20 of these, at least 10 journalists have had to leave their country.

https://t.co/LlHxTkd7Vz

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#India 🇮🇳 @SFLCin said the hearing on the Cockroach Janta Party’s X account blocking case highlighted the "inherent flaws in procedure and safeguards" for blocking of information under Section 69A of the Information Technology Act 2000.

https://t.co/W6LdzuXSpI

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This week in #FreeExpression:

🔹 #Nigeria: Court overturns fines imposed on broadcasters.

🔹 #Afghanistan: Smartphone ban tightens grip on reporting.

🔹 #Senegal: Journalist freed after eight years following pardon.

Read #IFEXThisWeek: https://t.co/wH60kaZT9X

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Ecuador 🇪🇨 @FUNDAMEDIOS warns of escalating state pressure against Ecuavisa via abuse of reply rights mechanisms and national chains by Cordicom and other bodies, replicating historical patterns of censorship. (In Spanish) https://t.co/TaFfBygWEg

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🌎 @article19org made this statement at the UN Human Rights Council. "States continue to repress & weaponise free expression across the globe, increasingly under the guise of securitisation."

https://t.co/HWxAemAtlt

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#Egypt 🇪🇬 Trial of cartoonist Ashraf Omar & journalist Ramadan Gouida adjourned to July 13. Omar was arrested after publishing satirical cartoons on Egypt’s electricity crisis. https://t.co/8V58fvQW7b

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#Pakistan 🇵🇰 @DigitalRightsPK releases its 2025 report which features updates on some of its projects such as the Digital Security Helpline, Digital Accountability Collective South Asia, and its feminist e-magazine Digital 50.50.

https://t.co/O2HmZRWMCK

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🌎 @pressfreedom's emergency response work noted that journalists are being pushed into exile for a range of reasons, including conflict, widescale repression, targeted threats, or legal pressure.

https://t.co/72L6rekTCh

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🌍 "We are witnessing not only a rise in threats against journalism but also a profound shift in the balance of power within the information space," said @efjeurope President Maja Sever during the annual assembly of the organization.

https://t.co/K7MizQiXEQ

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#SierraLeone 🇸🇱 @TheMFWA urges the Sierra Leone Police to refrain from actions that may be perceived as intimidation of journalists after police entered a newsroom seeking the editor after publishing an investigative report.

https://t.co/nkhitLmNxk

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#Americas 🌎 @derechosdigital argues digital security for social organisations must adapt to their realities, not impose idealised tools, recognising existing care practices and limited resources in contexts of instability. (In Spanish) https://t.co/2LftByWxRf

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#Lithuania 🇱🇹 Civil society groups, including @efjeurope, call on authorities to ensure all recommendations of the Council of Europe's Venice Commission on the Law on Lithuanian National Radio and Television are addressed.

https://t.co/3dnUuyX5a1

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#Lebanon 🇱🇧Who controls reform in Lebanon & who’s blocking it? Maharat Lebanon maps the narratives: the amnesty law debate, the “deep state” discourse, and what they reveal about institutional capture, political stagnation & governance failures. https://t.co/j4nipezFpF

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#Niger 🇳🇪 @TheMFWA concerned about the prolonged detention of three journalists that were detained seven months ago and calls on Nigerien authorities to release them and drop the charges lodged against them under Niger’s cybercrime law.

https://t.co/pzYVmWFQn4

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#Moldova 🇲🇩 Independent Journalism Center highlighted the media content produced by journalists and civil society organizations aimed at promoting social cohesion and building a more inclusive society with equal opportunities for all.

https://t.co/o1yzH2yPip

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#Myanmar 🇲🇲 @MizzimaNews reported the concerns raised by Human Rights Myanmar about how the proposed Anti-Online Fraud Bill would grant the junta broad powers to monitor communications & censor online content under the pretext of combating cybercrime

https://t.co/g86YJvXzVH

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#Brazil 🇧🇷 @ARTIGO19 launches "Trilhas de Cuidado e Justiça" guide offering practical strategies to combat gender-based digital violence from organised hate groups, providing pathways for support, accountability and reconstruction. (In Portuguese) https://t.co/mXl97IQClh

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🌎 @privacyint tested AI coding assistants and found that each project "was riddled with hidden flaws ranging from broken cryptography, insecure data handling, and misleading outputs."

https://t.co/xnzgNeCtiw

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#Palestine 🇵🇸 New research from @7amleh documents 5 years of systematic suppression of Palestinian content on Meta platforms 3,520 cases, nearly half of appeals unanswered, & enforcement that intensified after Oct 7. Describing it as "platformicide."
🔗 https://t.co/Mjagq3wk8k