Global press freedom under 'unprecedented' attack, report warns

BBC -  Journalists across the globe are coming under unprecedented attacks from governments, media watchdog Reporters Without Borders has warned. In its annual report, the RSF said authorities were becoming more aggressive towards reporters. And it warned that public hostility towards the press was increasing as a result of fake news and disinformation.

According to the RSF, 55 journalists and four media workers were killed at work in 2022. The report warned that the environment for journalism was "bad" in an unprecedented seven out of ten countries. . . The US and the UK also fell slightly, with the RSF criticising the arrest of British reporters covering protests, a lack of media ownership pluralism and "legislative proposals with worrying implications for journalism".
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