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Can machines do journalism? In a country where newsrooms already face structural challenges of sustainability, precarious working conditions, and media power concentration, the emergence of Generative Artificial Intelligence (GAI) reopens fundamental questions about the future of the profession, the quality of information, and the rights of those who produce and consume it.

This report by the Foundation for Press Freedom (FLIP) explores—based on a dozen interviews with journalists, editors, and media directors—how Artificial Intelligence (AI) is being incorporated into Colombian journalism, what opportunities it creates, and what threats it poses.

A group of 25 civil society organizations from seven Latin American countries (Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, El Salvador, Guatemala, Mexico and Nicaragua) presented a report to the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) on trends in indirect censorship of freedom of expression in the region. At the hearing “Affectations to the right to freedom of expression by state censorship measures in the Americas,” which took place during the 190th period of sessions of the IACHR, the organizations presented their diagnosis and petitions, which have now been compiled in a final report.

In the last decade, States have acquired sophisticated surveillance tools that are installed in cell phones and other devices and can access cameras, microphones, information and private documents of the user. The systematic use of these technological tools by intelligence and security agencies is part of a strategy used for illicit purposes and aimed at monitoring journalists with a political interest.

From October 2022 to March 2023, FLIP reviewed in detail the applicable legal framework in Colombia regarding hate speech, disinformation and, in general, content that may violate human rights online. Subsequently, FLIP spoke with experts in freedom of expression who provided their perspectives and analyzed the extent to which the legal system is in line with international standards on the subject and the greatest challenges faced by the legislation to address the problem.