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24 November 2025

For Facts’ Sake Ep 5: The New Censorship That’s Devouring the Global Media

Host: Tebadi Mmotla

Producer: Charles Leonard

Introduction: Used by rightwing populists like Trump, Modi, Farage, Milei and Orbán, the new censorship that was invented by Nethanyahu, is turning journalists’ lives upside down.

New infrastructures for censorship and propaganda, surveillance and abuse, alongside rising anti-media movements, have created a challenging environment for journalists to operate in.

In this episode of For Facts’ Sake, we speak to Ayala Panievsky from the School of Communication & Creativity,
City St George’s University of London, and the author of a groundbreaking new book, who explains how it works.

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