The organizers of the fourth Global Summit on Disinformation met on July 10 for the webinar in Spanish “Strengthening the truth: challenges of disinformation globally” in which they offered ideas on how to strengthen all information verification mechanisms, especially in the face of the rise of artificial intelligence, increasingly used by those who seek to […]
The European Union (EU) and the Office of the Special Rapporteur for Freedom of Expression (RELE, for its acronym in Spanish) of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) separately condemned the murder of Mexican journalist Víctor Morales, whose body was found on June 28 lifeless and with signs of torture in the municipality of […]
“At a rally in the city of Upata, Bolívar state [southern Venezuela], on Monday, July 15, Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, rejected 'the fascist and racist actions' of journalists Orlando Avendaño and Emmanuel Rincón, and urged the Public Prosecutor's Office to take action. He criticized a campaign loaded with 'hatred, racism and classism' against the popular […]
“Iván Escudero, investigative reporter for the Sunday program Panorama (Peru), reported that he has been stalked. On July 12, an unknown person entered the building where he lives and left an envelope with two photographs: one of Escudero leaving the television channel and another of a close relative. The journalist is investigating Peruvian politician Vladimir […]
"Miami-based Cuban journalist José Jasán Nieves Cárdenas told the Committee to Protect Journalists that he received a threatening text message on June 21 from an unknown number with an Ecuadorian country code, which said, ‘we know exactly where to find you’ and included a photo and video of a car driving past his house. Nieves, […]
A report released from Brazil's Federal Police this Thursday, July 11, states that the “parallel Abin,” a group suspected of using the structure of the Brazilian Intelligence Agency (Abin, for its acronym in Portuguese) between 2019 and 2022 to spy on authorities and institutions critical of the government of former President Jair Bolsonaro, monitored journalists […]
"The Lincoln Institute of Land Policy invites journalists from all over Latin America to participate in the 'Lincoln Prize for journalism on urban policies, sustainable development and climate change' contest, aimed at stimulating investigative journalistic work that covers topics related to land policies. land and sustainable urban development. The award is dedicated to the memory […]
"Claudia Sheinbaum, virtual president-elect [of Mexico], said that in her government there will be guarantees to exercise freedom of expression. In her press conference this Wednesday [July 10], Sheinbaum opened the possibility that there will be a reinforcement of the Journalist Protection Mechanism. 'Rosa Icela (Rodríguez), who is going to be in the Ministry of […]
"Film historian Thibaut Bruttin was appointed general director of Reporters Without Borders (RSF, for its acronym in French), succeeding journalist Christophe Deloire, who died in June of cancer, the Paris-based NGO announced this Wednesday [July 10]. 'We are convinced that Thibaut Bruttin is the ideal person to lead RSF in this new phase of its […]
“El Deber reports that fake accounts are creating posts on social media using the company’s multimedia logo. The posts use the format and font from El Deber, the newspaper reports. In recent days, posts have circulated on social media making false claims about Amalia Pando, journalist from the program Cabildeo Digital, and Raúl Peñaranda, president […]