"The Central American Network of Journalists (RCP) and the Press and Society Institute (IPYS) condemned the campaign of harassment, intimidation and online abuse targeting investigative journalist Sol Lauría Paz following the publication of an investigation into digital violence linked to the debate over the Cobre Panamá mining project.
The attacks intensified after the publication of a cross-border investigative project coordinated by the Latin American Center for Investigative Journalism (CLIP) in partnership with Concolón and published in Panama by La Prensa on June 15.
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According to the RCP, Lauría has been the target of a systematic social media harassment campaign that includes insults, threats, the disclosure of personal information (doxing), defamation and the manipulation of images using deepfake technology. The campaign seeks to intimidate her, discredit her work and hinder the practice of independent journalism.
The investigation documented the existence of an alleged network of online abuse targeting activists, environmental leaders and journalists who have questioned the reactivation of the Cobre Panamá mining project."
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Translated with AI assistance and edited by Alejandro Martínez-Cabrera.
