Generative AI assistants are cutting into traditional online search traffic, depriving news sites of visitors and impacting the ad revenue they desperately need, in a blow to an industry already fighting for survival. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/08/04/tech/ai-search-media-ecosystem/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #tech #chatgpt #ai #fakenews #misinformation #media #journalism #pressfreedom #censorship #newspapers #magazines #internet #publishers
When em says „National Security, who gave it to you?“, it must be clear to everyone that the end of #US#PressFreedom is near.
Ulrike Hahn
boosted
Today is World Press Freedom Day.
Press freedom is essential for democracy. It is under (economic, political) threat in many places.
In fact press freedom is declining and only very few countries have high degrees of press freedom.
Source: RSF https://rsf.org/en
Today is World Press Freedom Day.
Press freedom is essential for democracy. It is under (economic, political) threat in many places.
In fact press freedom is declining and only very few countries have high degrees of press freedom.
Source: RSF https://rsf.org/en
Ulrike Hahn
boosted
The 2025 world press freedom index was just released
The US is ranked 57.
The report is clear: An “alarming deterioration of press freedom”.
Weaponising institutions, cutting support for media, sidelining reporters.
The 2025 world press freedom index was just released
The US is ranked 57.
The report is clear: An “alarming deterioration of press freedom”.
Weaponising institutions, cutting support for media, sidelining reporters.