At a Tripoli press conference Sunday, the head of the Libyan Media Foundation, Mohamed Baiyu, declared the decision by the Tripoli Audit Bureau to suspend him from his role as a precautionary measure as null and void. He called the act an arbitrary measure due to the lack of capacity …

Libya’s state media network of television and radio channels are to be reorganized, unified and rebranded under the acronym: TAL

The Administrative Control Authority has reversed the decision of the Presidential Council (PC) to establish the Libyan Media Foundation and the assignment of Muhammad Ba’ayo as head of the institution, saying the decision was issued unilaterally and thus is contrary to the political agreement.

Over 20 Libyan organizations have called on the High National Elections Commission to end partnership with the Libyan Media Institution as it is headed by Mohammed Bayo who is also a head of a political party, saying this could affect neutrality.

Today Facebook announced the takedown of three separate networks that targeted communities across Africa. Facebook shared the assets with the Stanford Internet Observatory (SIO) and Graphika before they were suspended. SIO collaborated with colleagues at Graphika on two reports analyzing these networks, both of which we published today.

Libyan news outlets reported that Saddam Haftar spent over 13 million Libyan dinars (what equates to nearly 10 million dollars) on gifts for poets that praised him and his tribe during his wedding which was held in the West of Ajdabiya city. 

Several media organizations, journalists and human rights activists called on participants of the Libyan Political Dialogue Forum (LPDF) in Tunisia, to reach a final, inclusive solution to the Libyan crisis to build a civil, democratic state in which the citizens enjoy social justice and equal rights, free from any violations …

Mohamed Omar Baiyu, Head of the Tripoli-based Libyan Media Organization, was released yesterday. In a social media post, he said his arrest was ‘‘a misunderstanding’’.

Tobruk-based House of Representatives (HoR) announced on Thursday that Agilah Saleh’s media advisor, Abdul Hamid Al-Safi, came under armed attack on Tuesday while he was in Benghazi.

The United Nations on Thursday condemned the “unlawful arrest” of the head of Libya’s government media authority demanding “his immediate and unconditional release”.