Freedom of the press is facing growing restrictions from technology policies that censor the media under the guise of protecting privacy, including the misuse of regulations developed in the Global North that are detrimental to media outlets in the Global South. This paper offers solutions to protect news media from the silencing efforts of powerful...

Efforts to rebalance the relationships between journalism and 'big tech' are focused primarily within three distinct, yet at times overlapping, policy areas: digital taxation, competition policy and intellectual property. This report analyses the evidence and justification for these various policies and examines the implications for news media in low-income and developing countries.