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Russia passed new laws against discrediting or distributing 'deliberately false information' about the armed forces on March 4, 2022, eight days after invading Ukraine.

Billionaire Elon Musk, who bought Twitter in October, has previously lashed out at news organisations and journalists who have reported critically on his companies, which include Tesla and SpaceX.

Elena Milashina covers rights abuses in Chechnya, the Caucasus republic ruled for years by Ramzan Kadyrov, a former warlord.

Once placed on a user's phone or computer, QuaDream's spyware can record audio from a phone call, record external sounds from a device's microphone, take pictures from cameras, and search the device's files, all without the user's knowledge.

It says media outlets must focus on generating exclusive news or original commentary and features if they want to survive.

Niloofar Hamedi has not been charged and is being held in solitary confinement in Iran's Evin prison, her lawyer says.

About 200 police raided the Stand News office on Wednesday, froze its assets and arrested the seven current and former senior editors and former board members, for 'conspiracy to publish seditious publications'.

Stand News is the most prominent remaining pro-democracy publication in Hong Kong after a national security investigation this year led to the closure of the Apple Daily tabloid.

Reporting in Hong Kong is now risky and many journalists are afraid of prosecution.

Communications and Multimedia Minister Saifuddin Abdullah says the government is always committed to upholding freedom of the press.

This is due in part to the recent anti-fake news law, Reporters Without Borders says in its annual World Press Freedom Index.