Press Freedom & Safety: Ghana Journalists Association president Albert Kwabena Dwumfour and Kwesi Pratt Jnr used the GJA’s 77th anniversary to push a simple message: verify over speed, and measure impact by truth and trust, not followers. State Pressure on Media: In Nigeria, the CWPPF and FICAN condemned the alleged electric-cable assault, harassment and phone seizure of Pinnacle Daily editor Sunday Michael Ogwu during a demolition in Abuja. Censorship by Regulation: South Korea ordered Polymarket blocked, citing illegal gambling under criminal and sports laws. Public Media Accountability: Hungary’s public media relaunch was framed as a reset after a prior news blackout, with leaders stressing “public media must not lie.” Platform Accountability: Australia passed a law forcing big digital platforms to bargain with news publishers or pay a levy tied to local ad revenue. Ad Tech Integrity: Pixalate launched a CTV pre-bid blocklist targeting high-risk and fraudulent apps using invalid-traffic and compliance signals. Cyber Risk: A LiteLLM supply-chain compromise could have exposed credentials across thousands of CI/CD pipelines, per CloudSEK. Violence & Transparency: US press freedom groups urged the Interior Department to restore transparency on deaths and injuries in national parks. Local Tragedy With Media Angle: Ireland’s Gardaí presence at the M9 wrong-way crash funeral reignited debate on dangerous driving enforcement, social media content, and child care.