Press freedom around the world has fallen to its lowest level in 25 years, according to Reporters Without Borders (RSF), which warns of a broad and accelerating global deterioration in conditions for journalism. The organization’s 2026 World Press Freedom Index, which evaluates 180 countries on a five-point scale from “good” to “very serious,” shows a continued and widening decline. RSF states that, for the first time since the index was introduced in 2002, more than half of the countries