US Press Freedom

The US has fallen to a historic low in the Reporters Without Borders press freedom tracker, dropping seven spaces from 57th to 64th in the world. This decline is attributed to the Trump administration's policies and the consolidation of media companies in the US. The lack of effective government action to improve the quality of news coverage and ensure the public's right to reliable information has become a major problem in Taiwan, which dropped four places to 28th in the press freedom ranking. The press freedom situation is at a 25-year low, with more than half of the countries around the world now falling into the 'difficult' or 'very serious' categories. The US is experiencing a 'press freedom crisis', with the Trump administration carrying out a coordinated war on press freedom since the day he took office. The head of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has accelerated pressure on media figures and journalists during the president's second term. The situation is not unique to the US, as countries worldwide, including democracies, have increasingly used national security policies as 'weapons' to target journalists and their reporting. The lack of effective action to improve news coverage and ensure the public's right to reliable information has become a major problem in many countries, including Taiwan and the US.