Read our newest investigation. RSF tested three of China’s main chatbots, which use a generative AI built on large language models. Their technical skills rival those of the US-made ChatGPT, but their built‑in propaganda and censorship are as unavoidable as they are frightening.

Zhang Zhan was so weak she needed support entering the courtroom for her trial last week, where she was again sentenced to four years in prison. Her health has been severely affected by hunger strikes she undertakes to protest persecution. She does not belong in prison. #FreeZhangZhan

🌏 255 journalists are standing with Frenchie Mae Cumpio! In an unprecedented show of solidarity, media groups including RSF, CPJ, FPU, NUJP, and AlterMidya are calling on President Marcos Jr. to release her. An attack on one journalist is an attack on press freedom everywhere. #FreeFrenchieMaeCumpio

据维权网报道，8月11日，湖南株洲自媒体人 #尹建根 被跨省抓捕。 wqw2010.blogspot.com/2025/09/blog... 尹建根，长期关注民生问题，为维权人士发声； 2025年8月11日，因发文批评安徽省和县历阳镇党委书记，被和县警方跨省抓捕； 2025年9月15日，被以涉嫌 #寻衅滋事罪 正式批捕。

Still shocked and outraged by Zhang Zhan’s baseless 4-year sentence. She should be honoured as an “information hero,” not locked in brutal prison conditions. The world must keep pressing Beijing for her immediate release. #FreeZhangZhan www.reuters.com/world/china/...

Utterly appalling. Chinese journalist Zhang Zhan was sentenced to 4 yrs according to RSF sources. She was 1st jailed for reporting on COVID-19, then re-arrested for covering rights abuses. Diplomats were barred from her trial, with all details concealed. Her persecution must end. #FreeZhangZhan

This Friday marked 4 years since journalist Huang Xueqin was detained. She’s serving 5 years for “inciting subversion.” She doesn’t belong in jail. #FreeHuangXueqin Read her landmark report on sexual harassment now available in English www.circle19.org/2018-the-rep...

❗ #中国 ：根据无国界记者的消息来源，记者张展将于本周在上海受审。她因报道新冠疫情而首次入狱，一年前又因揭露人权侵害事件再度被捕。国际外交界必须动员争取让她获释 — #释放张展！

Diplomats and journalists were barred from Zhang Zhan’s trial as the Chinese regime censors all information. She spent 4 years jailed for reporting COVID-19 in Wuhan and nearly died on hunger strike. The regime must be held accountable. #FreeZhangZhan

Chinese officials on Friday turned diplomats and journalists away from a Shanghai court where rights groups said the trial of a prominent citizen journalist was taking place. In full: buff.ly/l1F59uI

❗ #China: Zhang Zhan spent 4 years in prison for reporting on COVID-19. She is to be tried in Shanghai tomorrow after being re-arrested a year ago for a bogus offense. It’s urgent for the international community to pressure Beijing for her release. #FreeZhangZhan! rsf.org/en/covid-19-...

#China: Today, Sebastien Lai addressed the UN Human Rights Council, calling for the immediate release of his father, #HongKong writer and publisher Jimmy Lai, who he fears may die in prison. See his statement here⬇️ #FreeJimmyLai www.pen-international.org/news/china-h...

#香港： 由于黎智英面临危及生命的风险，其法律团队就此向联合国提出紧急申诉，无国界记者再次呼吁 #英国 首相斯塔默确保他获释。这位出版人已遭任意监禁1709天，且因健康状况恶化而面临葬身牢中的严重风险。 #释放黎智英 rsf.org/en/hong-kong...

It breaks my heart. Zhang Zhan spends her 42nd birthday in prison, isolated from family. She exposed the truth about COVID-19. Instead of being honored, she’s prosecuted. This injustice must end. #FreeZhangZhan rsf.org/en/one-year-...

1/ #ProtectJournalistsInGaza: At the rate journalists are being killed in Gaza by the Israeli army, there will soon be no one left to keep you informed. In nearly 23 months, at least 210 journalists have been killed by the Israeli army in this territory, according to Reporters Without Borders.

Tomorrow, 30 August, will mark the #Philippines’ National Press Freedom Day. As part of the #FreeFrenchieMaeCumpio coalition, RSF is calling on President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. to release journalist Frenchie Mae —the country’s only detained journalist—who has been held for 5 years without conviction.

#China govt detained journalist #ZhangZhan 1 yr ago for her online writing and activism. On this anniversary, @chrdnet.bsky.social calls for her immediate and unconditional release, & for 🇨🇳 to end its restrictions on journalism and #FreeExpression. #FreeZhangZhan 🔖 www.nchrd.org/2025/08/chin...

#HongKong: Jimmy Lai’s sham trial finished its closing statements today — but alarmingly, no verdict date has been set. Lai has endured over 1,700 days in detention, facing a relentless ordeal for exercising press freedom. This must end. #FreeJimmyLai rsf.org/en/hong-kong...

#HongKong: Despite closing statements in Jimmy Lai’s sham trial yesterday, there's still no date for the verdict. The publisher, a UK citizen, has spent 1,700+ days in detention and 150+ days in court. #UK PM Keir Starmer must act now to #FreeJimmyLai! rsf.org/en/hong-kong...

Chinese journalist Zhang Zhan was re-arrested a year ago. We are deeply concerned for Zhang’s health. After four unjust years in prison, she now faces brutal conditions in detention facility meant to break her body and spirit. The world must act to stop this relentless persecution. #FreeZhangZhan

Honored to represent RSF at the rally organized by Hong Kong Outlanders in Taipei’s Ximending to show support for imprisoned publisher Jimmy Lai. The participation of pro-democracy activists like Lee Ming-che sends a clear and powerful message: Taiwan stand in solidarity with Jimmy Lai #FreeJimmyLai

Straight out of China’s playbook, Rebecca Choong is yet another victim of visa weaponization — a tactic well known to foreign journalists working in Beijing. Her case is further proof of the deterioration of press freedom in Hong Kong, which continues to edge closer to that of China.

In a joint letter, RSF and a coalition of 72 NGOs urged UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer to act urgently to secure the release of British publisher Jimmy Lai, whose health has dangerously deteriorated after more than 1,680 days in detention in Hong Kong. It’s time to #FreeJimmyLai

#Philippines: While investigating the elements that led to the arrest of journalist #FrenchieMaeCumpio, RSF discovered a file riddled with inconsistencies—so numerous that it's difficult to understand how such flaws could justify her prolonged detention or be accepted in court.

#HongKong: RSF is relieved that Frankie Fung, founder of independent outlet DB Channel, is free after being jailed for 4+ years on false charges. He should never have been arrested, let alone convicted. It's time to free the 8 journalists still imprisoned in the territory: rsf.org/en/hong-kong...

Our campaign continues! #FreeFrenchieMaeCumpio

Since taking office six months ago, Trump has matched years of verbally attacking journalists with new, concrete actions to limit press freedom RSF fights back against these abuses by supporting attacked journalists and defending the right to free and reliable information around the world every day

#USA: Six months into his second term, President Trump’s hostility towards the press is snowballing, mimicking and inspiring other anti-press regimes around the world. RSF warns of this shared authoritarian playbook and calls on the White House to halt its war on journalism. rsf.org/en/six-month...

RSF urges Philippine🇵🇭 authorities to promptly investigate the murder of radio anchor Erwin “Boy Pana” Segovia, who was gunned down in Bislig city on 21 July, and to implement strong measures to combat the ongoing impunity surrounding crimes against journalists. rsf.org/en/rsf-conde...

#China: July 13 will mark 8years since #LiuXiaobo, laureate of the Nobel prize and RSF Press Freedom prize, died in prison after being denied medical care. We call on the international community to step up pressure on Beijing to release the 122 detained journalists, some of whom face a similar fate.

#Philippines: We are very pleased that a member of the Dutch embassy visited #FrenchieMaeCumpio in pre-trial detention, especially after RSF was denied a visit to see her in mid-June. Frenchie has been locked up for 5+ years and diplomatic actions like these are crucial to securing her release.

#HongKong: RSF is outraged by the closure of Radio Free Asia (RFA) Cantonese — 7.5 million Hongkongers already live in a growing news desert. Trump claims to "stand with Hong Kong," but his decision to gut funding for USAGM media like RFA hampers access to reliable news in the territory & worldwide.

RSF déplore la fermeture du service cantonais de RFA, qui expose 7,5 millions de🇭🇰 au risque de sombrer dans un désert informationnel. Malgré ses décla de soutien à #HongKong, les décisions de D. Trump de couper les financements des médias publics extérieurs fragilisent l’accès à l'info indépendante.

@hongkongfp.com is 10 today: buff.ly/kVGsYxC - independent news, proudly powered by Hongkongers since 2015. Looking back at our very first edition, unveiled on June 29th, 2015, following Hong Kong's largest-ever crowdfunding campaign and a year of planning...

#Philippines: From behind 3 layers of bars, journalist Frenchie Mae Cumpio handed a letter to a coalition of NGOs, including RSF, during their recent mission to the 🇵🇭. On Tuesday, UN Special Rapporteur Irene Khan read it aloud in Geneva. Despite 5+ years of detention, Frenchie can't be silenced.

#英国 各政党上下议院议员今天在国会大厦阅读我们发行的重生版《苹果日报》特刊，这是该报影响力经久不衰的最好证明。《苹果日报》的精神永存！#香港 #AppleDailyLivesOn #释放黎智英 👉 rsf.org/en/four-year...

Paris, London, Taipei, Berlin, Washington, Warsaw. From MPs and NGOs to RSF teams around the world, I am deeply moved by the global participation in honoring the memory of Hong Kong’s forcibly shut down newspaper, Apple Daily. I encourage you to read the special issue written by ex-Apple journos:

What better sign of Apple Daily's enduring power than to see our revival edition being read in the #UK houses of parliament today, by MPs and peers of all political parties. The spirit of Apple Daily lives on! #HongKong #AppleDailyLivesOn #FreeJimmyLai

#Hongkong/#China: Vor vier Jahren musste die regimekritische Zeitung Apple Daily schließen. Zum Jahrestag haben wir mit ehemaligen Mitarbeitenden im Exil eine Sonderausgabe veröffentlicht und vor der chinesischen Botschaft in Berlin demonstriert. www.reporter-ohne-grenzen.de/pressemittei...

🍎As we commemorate the 4th year of a #HongKong without #AppleDaily, we celebrate @rsf.org's special anniversary edition by sharing it with #HongKongers like @chloecheung.bsky.social! 📰https://rsf.org/en/four-years-later-apple-daily-lives-rsf-and-exiled-hong-kong-journalists-release-special-edition

Very honoured to write and edit of this “special edition” of Apple Daily for @rsf.org , marking the 4th anniversary of its forced closure. Remember the journalists & press freedom defenders still in jail - some may be out next month, some will take a few more years.

#Philippines: A coalition composed of RSF and other press freedom organisations was denied access to visit detained journalist #FrenchieMaeCumpio, reported to be held in disturbing conditions. We call for her immediate release. 👉 rsf.org/en/philippin...

#Philippines: RSF and the #HoldTheLine Coalition welcome the acquittal of Maria Ressa, CEO of #Rappler, along with other directors, in a case initiated under the administration of former President Duterte. The justice system must now bring the final ongoing case against Maria Ressa to a close.

#Cambodia 🇰🇭 @ketalaolan.bsky.social of @rsf.org welcomes the sentence handed down to Chhoeung Chhoeng’s killer. "An important step and a reminder that the perpetrators of journalist killings must always be held to account." #EndImpunity

1 year ago, the Chinese regime sentenced journalist Huang Xueqin to five years in prison. Huang, an investigative reporter who played a pivotal role in sparking China’s #MeToo movement, does not belong behind bars. She should be celebrated for her commitment to truth-telling — not severely punished.

#China: RSF calls on the international community to take action to secure the release of #SophiaHuangXueqin, who was sentenced to five years in prison for “inciting subversion of state power” exactly one year ago. A prominent figure in China’s #MeToo movement, she does not belong in prison.

#中国： 无国界记者呼吁国际社会采取行动，确保一年前因“煽动颠覆国家政权”罪名被判刑五年的 #黄雪琴 获释。这名中国 #MeToo 运动的重要人物不属于监狱。

Veteran activist #WuGan, one of the first arrested 10 yrs ago during the #709Crackdown on lawyers and HRDs, spent 8 yrs in prison on subversion charges. During his imprisonment, he endured torture, forced medication, shackling, and other forms of ill-treatment. 💡 tenchu.org/pocd/public/...

#China: The RSF website is now in Mandarin to help inform a billion+ Chinese speakers about the regime’s systematic crackdown on the press. It’s a crucial initiative as independent sources of information on China become increasingly scarce. ➡️ rsf.org/zh-hans rsf.org/en/rsf-websi...

#Cambodia: RSF welcomes the 12-year prison sentence handed down to the killer of environmental journalist #ChhoeungChhoeng. We now urge the government to end its repeated press freedom violations — which fuel the climate of violence against journalists — and to take concrete steps to protect them.