For the past several years, individuals working in citizen media have been frequent targets of attack, violence and arrest, as documented by Global Voices Advocacy, as well as journalist rights organizations such as the Committee to Protect Journalists and Reporters sans frontières.
In den vergangenen paar Jahren waren Bürgermedien-Mitarbeiter wiederholt das Ziel von Angriffen, Gewalt und Festnahme, wie es von der Global Voices Advocacy dokumentiert wird, ebenso wie Journalistenrechts-Organisationen wie das Committee to Protect Journalists und Reporters sans frontières .