On a damp October morning in Istanbul, the news cycle was dominated by politics and diplomacy, but for Turkey’s independent journalists the day began with a familiar question: would today bring a summons, a detention, a charge? In recent years, that fear has become a daily reality, as Turkish authorities have turned a vaguely worded disinformation law into a weapon against the press. The Committee to Protect Journalists, a global press freedom group, reported on October 5, 2026 that authorities are using Article 217/A of the Turkish Penal Code to repeatedly detain and arrest journalists for doing their jobs. The…

Picture this: you’re scrolling through your social media feed, half-watching a funny video, then a political ad, then a friend’s angry post about something in the news. It all feels natural, even harmless. But underneath the surface, a quiet revolution is taking place—one that is changing how democracy works, how citizens form opinions, and how political parties talk to the people. In Morocco, a country where internet use has grown rapidly over the past two decades, this shift has become impossible to ignore. That’s why Morocco’s High Authority for Audiovisual Communication, better known by its French acronym HACA, decided to…