Reporters Without Borders (RSF) just released the 2026 version of its World Press Freedom Index. This year, the release highlights that press freedom in the world is at a 25-year low, with over half of the world’s countries now falling into the “difficult” or “very serious” categories for the first time in the history of the index. Only 13.7% of countries fell under these categories in 2002. The organization also notes that press freedom has declined in 100 out of 180 countries this year.