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01 Sep

Regional Collaboration in Southern Africa: Solidarity in the Age of Fragmentation

By the Media Institute of Southern Africa The landmark Windhoek Declaration, signed in Namibia in 1991, signaled Southern A...

26 Jul

Armenia’s New Digital Disinformation Bills Threaten Free Speech and Press Freedom

By Meri Baghdasaryan In the wake of a recently reignited war with Azerbaijan in 2020, concerns about the spread of digital ...

17 Jun

Media Capture in the Digital Age

By Anya Schiffrin Independent journalism faces numerous threats, not least because of the precarious financial situation of...

05 May

The Gatekeeper to End All Gatekeepers? Social Media and the Transformation of Journalism in Developing Countries

By Noah Arjomand Journalists are some of the world’s most prolific social media users. Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, and Wh...

27 Apr

Uprooting hate speech: The challenging task of content moderation in Ethiopia

By Yohannes Eneyew Ayalew While many have lauded social media platforms like Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube for being open ...

15 Apr

Media Ownership in Bangladesh: Why More Media Outlets Does Not Mean More Media Freedom

By Ali Riaz and Mohammad Sajjadur Rahman Bangladesh’s media ecosystem paints a contradictory picture. On the one hand...

24 Feb

How Big Tech’s Content Moderation Policies Could Jeopardize Users in Authoritarian Regimes

By Gideon Sarpong Social media advocates have historically lauded its ability to facilitate democratic progress by connecti...

12 Jan

Saving Journalism: New Report Examines Global Initiatives for Media in the Post-COVID World

By Anya Schiffrin Dozens of plans to help save journalism have emerged since the COVID-19 pandemic decimated media outlets ...

08 Dec

Algorithms, Labels, and Regulation: How Internet Policy Affects News Media

By Daryna Sterina Twitter, Facebook, or YouTube: for many people, these platforms are an important gateway to news and info...