Meta Enforces Social Media Ban for Under-16s in Australia
Australia has become the first country in the world to introduce a ban on access to social media platforms for...
TikTok Removed 204.5 Million Videos Worldwide
In the third quarter of 2025, TikTok removed 204.5 million videos worldwide for violating its Community Guidelines. Of the content...
First Stage of the Humanity Cartoons Cartoon Competition Concluded
The application process for the 4th International Humanity Cartoons Cartoon Competition has been completed. A total of 626 participants from...
After backlash, X limits Grok’s image editing feature
Elon Musk’s AI chatbot Grok has sparked global outrage after it was revealed that it had generated sexualized deepfake images,...
Social Media Ban for Children Under 15 Planned
Family and Social Services Minister Mahinur Özdemir Göktaş has announced that an omnibus bill, which also includes regulations on social...
IFJ releases final 2025 toll: 128 journalists and media workers killed
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) has published its final list of journalists and media workers killed in 2025, revealing...
RTÜK’s 2025 Censorship Record: 146.7 Million Lira in Fines, 99 Sanctions Against 32 Media Outlets
Turkey’s Radio and Television Supreme Council (RTÜK), increasingly described by critics as a political pressure tool against the media, has...
Turkey’s 2024 Internet Censorship Report: Hundreds of Thousands of Contents Blocked, Corruption Stories Top the List
Turkey’s 2024 Internet Censorship Report reveals that access bans were primarily imposed on news reports concerning corruption and misconduct involving...
Russia designates Deutsche Welle an “undesirable organisation”
Russia has officially designated the German international broadcaster Deutsche Welle (DW) as an “undesirable organisation.” Authorities in Russia regularly apply...
Freedom Convention in Washington: Exiled journalists and rights defenders describe rights violations in Turkey
Held on the occasion of International Human Rights Day, the Freedom Convention Turkey 2025took place at the National Press Club...
Journalists detained ahead of NATO summit as RTÜK warns broadcasters: “We are monitoring your broadcasts”
As detentions targeting journalists, academics and lawyers continue ahead of the NATO Summit to be held in Ankara on July...
Newspaper circulation falls 15 percent in Turkey as digital media expands
Turkey's newspaper industry continued to lose ground to digital media in 2025, according to the Turkish Statistical Institute (TÜİK). The...
EU’s top court upholds record €4.1 billion fine against Google
The European Union's highest court on Thursday upheld the bloc's record €4.1 billion antitrust fine against Google over anti-competitive practices...
Pressure on media in Turkey continues: Two journalists jailed, TV stations fined, opposition outlets barred from NATO accreditation
Journalists Doğa Baskan and Yıldız Tar have been jailed pending trial, while Turkey's media watchdog imposed broadcasting penalties on Halk...
IJA joins international call at the 5th Justice Gathering in Strasbourg
The 5th Justice Gathering, held in front of the Council of Europe and the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR)...
ECHR finds rights violations in cases involving 893 applicants, including journalists
The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has issued a significant ruling covering a total of 893 applicants in three...
Future of Syrians in Germany discussed at Intercultural Media Dialogue featuring IJA
In a panel held as part of the Intercultural Media Dialogue Rhein-Main, the possible return of Syrians in Germany, the...
ECHR Rules That Journalist Tuncer Çetinkaya’s Rights to Liberty, Security and Freedom of Expression Were Violated
The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) in Strasbourg ruled against Turkey in a judgment announced today concerning journalist Tuncer...
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