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Dec 19 • 5 tweets • 3 min read
Like spyware, forensic tools can access everything on a phone or computer, but unlike spyware, such tools are in widespread, open usage in democracies as well as more repressive regimes.

@madelineearp

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It’s become routine for authorities to take phones and computers into custody when they are investigating a journalist.

CPJ’s 2022 prison census lists examples from Iran, Belarus, Azerbaijan, Turkey, Vietnam, India, and Russia.

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In October, CPJ wrote about the legal battle to protect slain American reporter Jeff German’s electronic devices—and why it’s so concerning for #pressfreedom

Read that feature below.

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In CPJ’s 2022 census of journalists imprisoned around the world, journalist imprisonments reached the highest number CPJ has recorded in the 30-year history of the census.

Read the full report:
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Read the feature article about how forensic tools open new front for using phone data to prosecute journalists, by CPJ Consultant Technology Editor @madelineearp, below:

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Dec 15
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Dec 15
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#Iran is the world’s worst jailer of journalists in 2022.

Dozens of reporters are among those arrested during nationwide protests since the death of #MahsaAmini.

Learn about the 62 journalists imprisoned in Iran as of December 1.: cpj.org/data/imprisone…
#Iran today:
-Journalists’ families intimidated into remaining silent
-Sources inside the country afraid to speak on the record
-Journalists’ social media accounts scrubbed
-Even state-run news outlets appear to have deleted articles, likely under duress

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