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“The predators of press freedom have no shortage of ideas,” explains Thibaut Bruttin, deputy director general of Reporters sans Frontières
“Predators of press freedom have no shortage of ideas,” explains Thibaut Bruttin, deputy director general of Reporters sans Frontières
(franceinfo)
Friday May 3, World Press Freedom Day, the NGO Reporters Without Borders released its report on press freedom in the world. Thibaut Bruttin, deputy general director, came to explain it on the 19/20 info set.
According to the Reporters Without Borders report published on Friday May 3, the conditions for practicing journalism are poor in 75% of countries around the world. “There are only 8 countries where journalists can freely carry out their work. This means that press freedom is threatened”indicates Thibaut Bruttin, deputy general director of the NGO.
France is in 21st place
If freedom of the press covers “the possibility of not being imprisoned”She “consists of being able to work independently of any economic pressure, of any social context which constitutes pressure, in a favorable legal framework, without security constraints, and in the absence of political pressure”he continues.
It is on this last point that the problem lies, in a context where “polarization is increased” according to Thibaut Bruttin. France, 21st in the ranking, owes its place in particular to the law on the secrecy of sources, judged “unsatisfactory” by the NGO. Artificial intelligence also represents a threat, as in Slovakia, where the electoral period was marked by a deepfake voice of a journalist. “Predators of press freedom have no shortage of ideas to undermine relations between the general public and journalists”concludes Thibaut Bruttin.
