PARIS. She got into a tough situation. Freedom of the press worldwide, according to the Reporters Sans Frontieres NGO Index, with free press find themselves in a “very dangerous situation” in 31 countries around the world. Increasing repression by authoritarian regimes seen by some as democratic, along with “intense disinformation and disinformation campaigns” propagandaexacerbated the situation, according to the RSF report. “The red color on the RSF map this year is more extensive than ever before. The international community must recognize this reality and act together, decisively and immediately, to reverse this dangerous trend,” the NGO said in a statement.

Technological progress instead of freeing her update, allows governments and political organizations to distort reality and contributes to the spread of inaccuracies and lies. “The difference between truth and falsehood, real and artificial, evidence and fireworks is no longer clear and threatens the right to reliable information,” the report emphasizes.

“Artificial intelligence, for its part, is taking the media world by storm, and digital tools are digesting content to recycle it in an unreliable form,” says RSF.

The organization places particular emphasis on Turkey, condemning the persecution of journalists by the Erdogan regime ahead of the May 14 elections. More journalists are imprisoned in Turkey than in any other democratic country in the world. Three places down in the press freedom rankings USAin 45th place.

At the top of the rankings is Norway, which has maintained its lead for seven years in a row, while Ireland is in second place.

Germany’s fall in the rankings by five positions caused a sensation, and now the country is in 21st place. This is due to a series of attacks on journalists in Germany. Greece moved up one spot to 107th place, but remained in last place among its countries. Europe. India, Turkey and Tajikistan are now rated as “very poor” in terms of press freedom, compared to “troubled” last year. Russia dropped nine places in the rankings to 164th due to press restrictions and a lack of reliable coverage of the war in Ukraine. The last place on the list, as expected, was occupied by North Korea.