• Platforms proved unreachable during the electoral period. While 88% of media attempted to appeal unfair deletions, 82% found the process entirely useless, describing the experience as “shouting into a void” due to a lack of accessible human review. • Platforms have become inadvertent tools of financial censorship. 50% of media receive zero monetisation revenue because platform eligibility requirements, such as host country business registration, are unattainable for media operating in exile. While platforms have publicly committed to international human rights standards, their failure in practice to protect exile media has created an accountability gap. Addressing these failures is no longer just a technical adjustment but an essential intervention to prevent the permanent erasure of independent voices from the global digital ecosystem. This project was delivered with the support of an international donor organisation that has chosen to remain anonymous for risk management purposes. Page 3 of 19