Trump Executive Order Targets Disinformation Efforts, Raising Free Speech Concerns
President Trump signed an executive order claiming to restore free speech by targeting government efforts to counter disinformation and foreign propaganda, prompting concerns about potential misuse of power and chilling effects on research and press freedom.
Trump Executive Order Targets Disinformation Efforts, Raising Free Speech Concerns
President Trump signed an executive order claiming to restore free speech by targeting government efforts to counter disinformation and foreign propaganda, prompting concerns about potential misuse of power and chilling effects on research and press freedom.
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52% Bias Score
Turkish Actor Accuses Government of Targeting Artists to Suppress Dissent
Actor Levent Üzümcü denounced the detention of artist manager Ayşe Barım for alleged involvement in the 2013 Gezi Park protests, claiming the government is using artists to distract from other issues and suppress dissent, referencing similar tactics during the Gezi protests and accusing the governme...
Turkish Actor Accuses Government of Targeting Artists to Suppress Dissent
Actor Levent Üzümcü denounced the detention of artist manager Ayşe Barım for alleged involvement in the 2013 Gezi Park protests, claiming the government is using artists to distract from other issues and suppress dissent, referencing similar tactics during the Gezi protests and accusing the governme...
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52% Bias Score
Wuhan 5 Years On: Normalcy Masks Unresolved Pandemic Trauma
Five years after the COVID-19 pandemic's initial outbreak in Wuhan's Huanan seafood market, the city has outwardly resumed normalcy, though the anniversary is largely unacknowledged by the government, while some residents and journalists continue to face repercussions for challenging the official na...
Wuhan 5 Years On: Normalcy Masks Unresolved Pandemic Trauma
Five years after the COVID-19 pandemic's initial outbreak in Wuhan's Huanan seafood market, the city has outwardly resumed normalcy, though the anniversary is largely unacknowledged by the government, while some residents and journalists continue to face repercussions for challenging the official na...
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56% Bias Score
Trump Issues Executive Order to End Federal Censorship
President Trump issued an executive order on Monday aiming to end federal censorship, banning federal actions that restrict free speech and ordering an investigation into the Biden administration's actions; experts warn this could increase disinformation and harm national security while conservative...
Trump Issues Executive Order to End Federal Censorship
President Trump issued an executive order on Monday aiming to end federal censorship, banning federal actions that restrict free speech and ordering an investigation into the Biden administration's actions; experts warn this could increase disinformation and harm national security while conservative...
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52% Bias Score
79 Dead in Bolu Hotel Fire; Media Coverage Criticized for Partisanship
A fire at the Grand Kartal Hotel in Bolu, Turkey's Kartalkaya ski resort, killed 79 people on January 21st. The fire, originating in a restaurant, was reported at 3:21 AM but first responders arrived 1 hour 15 minutes later; the blaze lasted 11 hours. Eleven people, including local officials and hot...
79 Dead in Bolu Hotel Fire; Media Coverage Criticized for Partisanship
A fire at the Grand Kartal Hotel in Bolu, Turkey's Kartalkaya ski resort, killed 79 people on January 21st. The fire, originating in a restaurant, was reported at 3:21 AM but first responders arrived 1 hour 15 minutes later; the blaze lasted 11 hours. Eleven people, including local officials and hot...
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44% Bias Score
Government Funding and Artistic Freedom: The Case of Jonas Staal and the Prix de Rome
Jonas Staal, recipient of the 2023 Prix de Rome visual arts award, whose work often criticizes authority, received funding from the Dutch government's Mondriaan Fund, sparking debate about the relationship between government funding and artistic freedom and the potential for conflict of interest.
Government Funding and Artistic Freedom: The Case of Jonas Staal and the Prix de Rome
Jonas Staal, recipient of the 2023 Prix de Rome visual arts award, whose work often criticizes authority, received funding from the Dutch government's Mondriaan Fund, sparking debate about the relationship between government funding and artistic freedom and the potential for conflict of interest.
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40% Bias Score
ECtHR Rules Turkey Violated Cameraman's Free Speech
The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) ruled on October 8, 2024, that Turkey violated Binali Erdoğan's freedom of expression by dismissing him from his job as a chief cameraman at TRT in 2017 for allegedly insulting the president on social media; the court ordered Turkey to pay compensation.
ECtHR Rules Turkey Violated Cameraman's Free Speech
The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) ruled on October 8, 2024, that Turkey violated Binali Erdoğan's freedom of expression by dismissing him from his job as a chief cameraman at TRT in 2017 for allegedly insulting the president on social media; the court ordered Turkey to pay compensation.
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40% Bias Score
Meta's "Free Speech" Policy and the Complexities of Silencing
Mark Zuckerberg's recent change to Meta's content moderation policy, prioritizing "free speech," is analyzed in light of feminist critiques of silencing mechanisms, with the author connecting this to their own anxieties about publishing their book and advocating for a more nuanced view of free speec...
Meta's "Free Speech" Policy and the Complexities of Silencing
Mark Zuckerberg's recent change to Meta's content moderation policy, prioritizing "free speech," is analyzed in light of feminist critiques of silencing mechanisms, with the author connecting this to their own anxieties about publishing their book and advocating for a more nuanced view of free speec...
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28% Bias Score
Turkey Imposes Publication Bans on Multiple Incidents, Sparking Transparency Concerns
A Turkish prosecutor reported suspicious activities at the Anadolu Courthouse, triggering multiple publication bans on various incidents, including deadly family feuds, traffic accidents, murders, and building collapses, raising concerns about transparency and accountability.
Turkey Imposes Publication Bans on Multiple Incidents, Sparking Transparency Concerns
A Turkish prosecutor reported suspicious activities at the Anadolu Courthouse, triggering multiple publication bans on various incidents, including deadly family feuds, traffic accidents, murders, and building collapses, raising concerns about transparency and accountability.
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56% Bias Score
RSF Criticizes Guatemala's Insufficient Protection of Journalists
Reporters Without Borders (RSF) criticized Guatemalan President Bernardo Arévalo's insufficient efforts to protect journalists, urging stronger action despite some progress in fostering dialogue and press freedom; however, the Public Ministry's continued criminalization of journalists under Consuelo...
RSF Criticizes Guatemala's Insufficient Protection of Journalists
Reporters Without Borders (RSF) criticized Guatemalan President Bernardo Arévalo's insufficient efforts to protect journalists, urging stronger action despite some progress in fostering dialogue and press freedom; however, the Public Ministry's continued criminalization of journalists under Consuelo...
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40% Bias Score
Pakistan Proposes Strict Social Media Controls, Raising Concerns Over Free Speech
Pakistan's government introduced a bill to control social media, granting broad powers to censor content and punish users for disinformation, potentially jailing people for up to three years and fining them up to $7,150; this follows a year-long block on X and growing media censorship.
Pakistan Proposes Strict Social Media Controls, Raising Concerns Over Free Speech
Pakistan's government introduced a bill to control social media, granting broad powers to censor content and punish users for disinformation, potentially jailing people for up to three years and fining them up to $7,150; this follows a year-long block on X and growing media censorship.
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40% Bias Score
Journalist Murder Highlights Deteriorating Press Freedom in India
Indian freelance journalist Mukesh Chandrakar was murdered in Chhattisgarh, India, after reporting on corruption; his death highlights the deteriorating press freedom environment in India, where the killers of other journalists remain largely unpunished.
Journalist Murder Highlights Deteriorating Press Freedom in India
Indian freelance journalist Mukesh Chandrakar was murdered in Chhattisgarh, India, after reporting on corruption; his death highlights the deteriorating press freedom environment in India, where the killers of other journalists remain largely unpunished.
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56% Bias Score