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1/ Yesterday, @FreedomHouse released its annual report on press freedom, finding that threats against journalism “are having dangerous impacts on the state of democracy worldwide.”
@freedomhouse 2/ In July 2018, @emilyrs wrote that there are effectively no longer any independent news outlets left in Cambodia—a rapid transformation from its former reputation as a “free media haven.” theatlantic.com/international/… 
3/ India saw a proliferation of hoaxes and doctored photos through WhatsApp ahead of this spring’s parliamentary elections, with dire consequences, including a string of killings, @snigdhapoonam and @PySamarth wrote. theatlantic.com/international/…
4/ Ukraine’s election was also an “all-out disinformation battle,” courtesy of the Kremlin—and Vladimir Putin, according to @wiczipedia. bit.ly/2Xv9Ooi
5/ In March, Putin signed into law new rules that watchdogs fear will be used to stamp out the already-limited pockets of dissent, @annanemtsova reported. bit.ly/2Xt52ri
6/ Pelin Ünker became the first journalist in the world to be prosecuted for covering the Paradise Papers, @aylajean noted. She was sentenced to more than 13 months in prison in Turkey and fined $1,600. bit.ly/2XvBPMk
7/ The Maltese journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia was killed by a car bomb. Her assassination remains unsolved, @RachelDonadio reported. bit.ly/2XuuZa5
8/ And many remember when the journalist Jamal Khashoggi was killed inside the Turkish embassy last fall, allegedly at the order of Saudi Arabia’s crown prince. bit.ly/2XAubRa
9/ Even when reporters are set free, @YasmeenSerhan noted, many face alarming crackdowns from their governments over what can be reported on, and how. They remain under near-constant threat of censorship, arrest, and detention. bit.ly/2XqnsZM
10/ “We should think carefully about the fallout from well-intentioned new rules and avoid the mistakes of the past,” @HeidiTworek wrote of regulations on social media cropping up around the world. bit.ly/2XAufQU
11/11 “Any attempt to swing the needle against” public-interest journalism, writes @jamesrbuk, “or to criminalize it … threatens quality journalism and threatens the free media.” bit.ly/2Xt6QAP
