Digital technology has democratized access to information, but it has also unleashed new avenues of oppression against media workers. In an increasingly conflicted world, the United Nations has called on governments, technology companies, and civil society to protect both journalism and journalists. The business models of many social media platforms are not based on increasing access to accurate information but on increasing user engagement, which often means provoking outrage and spreading lies. Media workers in war zones are threatened not only by bombs and bullets but also by the weapons of forgery and misinformation that accompany modern warfare. According to the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), surveillance and hacking are endangering journalism to such an extent that UN human rights experts have called for a temporary global moratorium on the sale and transfer of surveillance technology. In fact, UNESCO has highlighted that the increasing sophistication and undetectability of malicious spyware and their growing use against journalists and human rights defenders by state and non-state actors threaten free and independent journalism.