#freedom index

[writerupdated]

The 2023 World Press Freedom Index

180 countries and territories were analyzed. The top 3 highest-ranked countries are Norway, Ireland, and Denmark. 52 countries in the ranking have either a “satisfactory” or “good” situation of the press.

The lowest level of press freedom is observed in North Korea, China, and Vietnam. In 31 countries, there is a “very serious” situation of the press, while 42 fall under the “difficult” category.

(via The state of press freedom across the world in 2023 (map))

[skeletonpandas]

[rajkumaraggarwal-blog1]

भारत में धार्मिक स्वतंत्रता संबंधी मानवाधिकार ख़तरे में हैं: अमेरिकी आयोग

भारत में धार्मिक स्वतंत्रता संबंधी मानवाधिकार ख़तरे में हैं: अमेरिकी आयोग

Human rights related to religious freedom under threat in India: US Commission भारत में धार्मिक स्वतंत्रता संबंधी मानवाधिकार ख़तरे में हैं: अमेरिकी आयोग वॉशिंगटन: यूनाइटेड स्टेट्स कमीशन ऑन इंटरनेशनल रिलीजियस फ्रीडम (यूएससीआईआरएफ) ने मंगलवार को आरोप लगाया कि भारत में धार्मिक स्वतंत्रता और संबंधित मानवाधिकार लगातार खतरे में हैं. समाचार एजेंसी पीटीआई के मुताबिक, भारत ने पहले यूएससीआईआरएफ टिप्पणियों…

[daniel-nerd]

when everyone is talking about rafah, and israel passing a law allowing them to ban al jazeera, and then immediately enacting on it. here are some numbers, compiled nicely into 2 graphs

the first graph, is the SCORE reporters without borders(RSF) gave to Israel, USA, and Russia, in their world press freedom index. (higher is better)

as you can see. there is a pretty big drop between 2021 and 2022, lets talk about that

In May of 2021 Israel had a military operation in gaza. on top of that, in march of 2021 israel had the 4th election since 2019, where the Likud got 24.19% of the votes, and Naftali bennett managing to form a coalition, making him the prime minister, ending the strike of netanyahu, which was the prime minister since february pf 2009, the coalition survived until November of 2022, where israel had the 5th election since 2019, the election that formed today’s government of israel, with netanyahu back as prime minister, the coalition is also known as the most extreme right wing government israel saw in years, if not in the entire history of Israel.

the next graph shows the POSITION of each country in the RSF world press freedom index(lower is better)

as you can see, israel slowly started to go downwards to a freer place, with better freedom of press, until 2022 when the current government formed. and haven’t shown any signs of slowing down the suppression of the press.

in 2020: 51 journalists were killed worldwide

in 2021: 48 journalists were killed worldwide

in 2022: 57 journalists were killed worldwide

in 2023: 45 journalists were killed worldwide, the lowest since 2002!!

since October 7th over 105 journalists were killed in gaza alone. easily getting us to triple digits, something that we haven’t seen in over a decade.

currently, any website of Al jazeera except ajplus is banned and blocked in israel. (I have no idea why ajplus wasn’t blocked, but I also haven’t looked around the website, i only found out it was a thing thanks to wikipedia)

changing your DNS server to openDNS seems to bypass the ban,

using VPN seems to bypass the ban,

using the tor browser (obviously) seems to bypass the ban.

I haven’t checked google’s DNS servers but it will probably bypass the ban too.

this post is all over the place, but CHANGE YOUR DEFAULT DNS SERVER

it is very easy! i use OpenDNS, they have great tutorials explaining how to change your DNS. and it WILL bypass most of the blocked sites if your country ever try to block a site.

[thelasthippie]

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[grinleysspa]

this is fucking insane??? how are you gonna mock people who recognize that Hamas is a fucking terrorist organization, then acknowledge that the hostages exist (a very low bar that so many ppl fail to meet) while also claiming that calling for the hostages to be returned is a bad thing???

[noisytenant]

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[corrosive-equilibrium]

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Sideblog for the Danny Phantom AU, Vitriol AU. Will be composed of mostly concept art, worldbuilding, character design, and a few shitposts here and there.

The AU's premise mostly revolve around the idea of a balance known as the Equilibrium that guides history from the result of two rivals, a hero and villain. The rivals do not know of the Equilibrium's existence, leaving it to be a repeating cycle for more rivals to come. That's the shortest summary I can give.

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[magical-studyblr]

Some Excel testing

So this very much ventures into “Autism Intensifies” territory, so that’s an excellent way of kicking off my studyblr. (I’ll post an introduction to pin later.)

I was reading a book called Hyvinvointi: suomalaisen yhteiskunnan perusta (“Wellbeing: the basis of Finnish society” might be the English title) by Juho Saari. Saari gave a brief description of a few ways of measuring national wellbeing, and so I decided to refresh my skill of making graphs in Excel.

The examples here have three countries only—Finland, the Russian Federation, and the United States of America—and the screenshots are of Press Freedom Index and Human Development Index.

Press Freedom Index measures how free the press is, including how much press censors itself. Unsurprisingly, the Russian Federation scored the lowest here. I will admit, though, I was surprised the US score. It’s so low!?

Human Development Index is usually best used for developing countries, but I chose to both use and display it nevertheless. It is calculated by combining three dimensions: the length and healthiness of life, the access to education, and the standard of living. Unsurprisingly, the Russian Federation scored the lowest here as well.

I do plan on building an Excel workbook where I would have datasets of multiple ways of measuring well-being and the ability to compare countries dynamically. That would definitely put my Excel skills to the test, and I might quit out of frustration. We’ll see!

[freedomhealthyoil-blog]

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[mercoglianotrueblog]

Far left moderators in presidential debates

journalism's #trust problem is abt #money,not #politics(#phys.org)

#CNN,Jake #Tapper,Dane #Bash,& of course #Biden often showed #bias vs #Trump

#US fell 10 spot to #Press Freedom Index

#RSF:press freedom global decline leaves US leadership positive impact

https://salvatoremercogliano.blogspot.com/2024/06/far-left-moderators-in-presidential.html?spref=tw

[slowtumbling]

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[thelasthippie]

@cristalyvp no la encontré subtitulada. Lee la letra, es una canción sanadora. Continúa siempre fuerte hermana. Paz ☮️

[fluidstatick]

When I was little, my dad hired a Cambodian refugee called Jack to help him drywall a dining room ceiling. Jack spoke very little English; he'd recently gotten a part time job in a little Asian deli not far from our home and needed to pick up some extra work. He was very kind to six year old me and my exhausted mom; he brought us day old leftovers from the deli counter often, and liked to tuck the knuckle of his index finger into the dimple in my cheek whenever I smiled at him.

He soaked up construction skills and other information like a sponge, and by the time he left my dad's tiny construction company he'd gotten his GED, learned to drive, reunited with his sister and her family, and had begun remodeling a vacant business on the rich side of town into a Cambodian restaurant. He invited us to their grand opening on lunar new year, and I'll never forget when he gave me a red envelope with five dollars in it and told me, "tonight I am the luckiest man in the world, so this will bring you luck, too."

Years later, my dad told me that Jack had witnessed his parents' murder during the khmer rouge, and was immediately separated from his sister. He had to cross the killing fields at Choeung Ek alone, on foot, eating grass and insects to survive. He somehow made it to Cam Ranh on the coast of Vietnam, where a distant friend of his father's put him on a boat to Seattle. Jack was nine years old.

I tell this story because, even though I haven't seen Jack or any of his relatives in thirty years, I pray he's well and happy and eating like a king tonight with everyone he loves, celebrating the long overdue demise of the pestilential sonofabitch who tried to wipe them out.

Fuck Henry Kissinger's pathetic ghost, and fuck all those who praise him. Fuck Imperialism. Fuck the genocidal war machine. Drink deep for the freedom of all souls tonight, my friends. And tomorrow, keep fighting.