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#30DayMapChallenge 
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: #Africa 
I decided to try something new and create my very first #bivariate #choropleth map! The two variables I’ve mapped for 52 African countries are the 2023 #WorldPressFreedomIndex scores by #ReportersWithoutBorders and the 2022 #HumanDevelopmentIndex by the UN Development Programme.
Unfortunately São Tomé and Príncipe didn’t have a WPFI score while there’s no HDI for Somalia. Of course Western Sahara had no data too.
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2023 World Press Freedom Index – journalism threatened by fake content industry
https://rsf.org/en/2023-world-press-freedom-index-journalism-threatened-fake-content-industry
The 21st edition of the #WorldPressFreedomIndex, compiled annually by Reporters Without Borders (#RSF), sheds light on major and often radical changes linked to political, social and technological upheavals.
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There are changes at the bottom of the Index, too. The last three places are occupied solely by Asian countries: #Vietnam (178th), which has almost completed its hunt of independent reporters and commentators; #China (down 4 at 179th), the world’s biggest jailer of journalists and one of the biggest exporters of propaganda content; and, to no great surprise, #NorthKorea (180th).
rsf.org2023 World Press Freedom Index – journalism threatened by fake content industryThe 21st edition of the World Press Freedom Index, compiled annually by Reporters Without Borders (RSF), sheds light on major and often radical changes linked to political, social and technological upheavals.
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And here are the 2023 rankings and change from 2022 of all 11 Southeast Asian countries in the #WorldPressFreedomIndex by #ReportersWithoutBorders:
• #TimorLeste 
- 10th 
7
• #Malaysia 
- 73rd 40
• #Thailand 
- 106th 9
• #Indonesia 
- 108th 9
• #Singapore 
- 129th 10
• #Philippines - 132nd 15
• #Brunei 
- 142nd 4
• #Cambodia 
- 147th 
5
• #Laos 
- 160th 1
• #Myanmar 
- 173rd 3
• #Vietnam 
- 178th 4
#ReportersWithoutBorders has released the 2023 World #PressFreedom Index with the subtitle "journalism threatened by fake content industry": https://rsf.org/en/2023-world-press-freedom-index-journalism-threatened-fake-content-industry
The #Philippines jumped up 15 places to 132nd out of 180 countries and slightly improved its score from 41.84 to 46.21 mostly due to increases in the economic and security indicators. There were very small decreases in the remaining 3 indicators: political, legislative, and social.
rsf.org2023 World Press Freedom Index – journalism threatened by fake content industryThe 21st edition of the World Press Freedom Index, compiled annually by Reporters Without Borders (RSF), sheds light on major and often radical changes linked to political, social and technological upheavals.
Die Lage der Pressefreiheit in 
wird im aktuellen #WorldPressFreedomIndex nicht mehr mit "gut" sondern nur noch mit "zufriedenstellend" bewertet. Gründe für die Abstufung: das Rekordhoch an Übergriffen auf Journalist:innen. Damit rutscht um 5 Plätze ab auf Rang 21.
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#Ukraine has made impressive progress, rising 27 steps in @RSF_en rating as most mass media economically stabilized and influence of oligarchs on info space reduced
Yesterday was #WorldPressFreedomDay. So I consulted the #worldpressfreedomindex for 2021. Overall the situation for #journalists all over the world got worse. Where, for years Western countries were regarded as beacons for #FreeSpeach that is in a lot of cases no longer true. In my view, this was to be expected. However Nordic countries such as Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Ireland and Finland are holding the ford for now. Costa Rica is the odd one out, but must be applauded!
Belgian tumbled to 22 in the ranking and The Netherlands even to 28. The US is to be found at place 42. Canada is doing a better job at number 19.
For #Belgium and the #Netherlands, the reasons are similar. Most media are owned by only 2 groups: Roularta and DPG - media. Local media and other smaller media outlets either struggle to survive or disappear. In both countries journalists have increasingly been subjected to increased violence by trolls, violent protests and personal attacks. In the #Netherlands Peter. R. De Vries was murdered. Also the spread of fake news compromised decent #journalism ! #rsf.org