The Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) has urged member states to stop misusing the argument of national security protection to spy on journalists and enable media professionals to carry out their work without fear.

Press freedom has reached a critical low in a record number of countries as repressive governments continue to clamp down on critical voices and the fake content industry continues to expand, according to the World’s Press Freedom Indexpublished on Wednesday on the occasion of World Press Freedom Day.