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Journalist @FbdnStories covering threats to press freedom | ✍️ @newlinesmag, @thenation, @jacobin, @vice etc | send me tips about spyware abuse and bad puns
Feb 18, 2023 14 tweets 7 min read
Around the world journalists are being imprisoned, hacked, even killed. So why should we care about copyright law?

#Thread about the "subtle censorship" of a reputation management firm that uses manipulative methods bury the truth. #StoryKillers

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forbiddenstories.org/story-killers/… Let's go to 2018. Mexican journalist Daniel Sanchez publishes an investigation into a company contracted by a state governor for @pagina_66.

He starts getting calls asking to take the piece down. He consults with @article19mex who tells him not to.

Daniel 1 - Company 0

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Feb 17, 2023 6 tweets 4 min read
If I'm not mistaken, #StoryKillers might be the @FbdnStories project where we publish the most original articles.

Little appreciation #thread for my amazing colleagues:

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My colleague @KarinePfenniger looked into a veritable army of US influencers who attacked journalist @ghadaoueiss presumably on behalf of the Saudis. An incredible story that started with the work of @AudreyTravere. 2/ forbiddenstories.org/story-killers/…
Jul 22, 2021 11 tweets 5 min read
Overnight, reports began circulating in Israeli media attempting to discredit #PegasusProject by twisting the words of an @amnesty statement.

The twisted version caught fire online and is now being parroted by Indian politicians.

A small #thread on #misinformation:

1/10 The article in question was posted in Calcalist with a photo of a smiling Shalev Hulio (NSO founder and CEO) and the title:

"Amnesty clarifies: The list of 50,000 phone numbers is not directly related to NSO"

It went live at 6:15 pm on Wednesday.

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