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How Big Tech’s Content Moderation Policies Cou...
By Gideon Sarpong Social media advocates have historically lauded its ability to facilitate democratic progress by connecting people over space and time, enabling faster and wider mobilization than ever before. However, in recent years, this optimism has faded, and platforms have also become effecti... |
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Fighting on Two Fronts: Journalists in the Phili...
For journalists in the Philippines, the battle against disinformation occurs on two fronts: online and in the courtroom. Take, for example, the case of Rappler, a hard-hitting digital news outlet created in 2012 by a group of well-respected Filipino journalists. Since its inception, the site’s... |
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Women Producing the News: Workplace inequality a...
This is the first in a series of posts on women and media development. When you imagine a journalist or news anchor what comes to mind? Likely you imagine a well-dressed man in a suit behind a large desk with sweeping views of city skyscrapers discussing economic principles, not a woman in rural S... |
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A red flag for democracy as press freedom worldw...
As cases of COVID-19 continue to spike across the world, news consumption has accelerated at unprecedented rates. Audiences are all too aware of the need for rapid, quality information in this race against time. In response, journalists are working around the clock to provide critical updates and co... |
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A Decade of Closing Space in Hungary: Joint Repo...
Thousands took to the streets of Budapest in the close of 2019, protesting Prime Minister Viktor Orbán’s most recent step in his march against free expression in Hungary. But the restriction was a decade in the making. Since Orbán’s government came to power in 2010, the state of free speech in... |
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“POFMA,” Politics, and the Press in Singapor...
By Jonathan Hew Prompted by global concerns around “fake news,” Singapore has joined a growing list of governments that have put forward a legislative answer. The country’s “Protection from Online Falsehoods and Manipulation Act, “POFMA,” came into force in early October. Despite repeate... |
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Media Capture in Nicaragua: How Daniel Ortega st...
Over the past decade, Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega has consolidated his power in an apparent attempt to guarantee a permanent place as Nicaragua’s leader. One of the primary tactics he has employed to strengthen his control is by directly or indirectly controlling the majority of news outlet... |
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Assessing the Media Development Challenge in the...
As over 40 media experts settled into the sunny conference room in Beirut, casual exchanges hinted at the breadth of challenges they had assembled to discuss. Some were absent, waylaid at border crossings; some would arrive late bearing news from election observation efforts in Tunisia. The room was... |
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Information Laundering and Globalized Media R...
By Noah Arjomand In May 2018, A Washington Post fact-check of the US government’s reasons for withdrawing from the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action with Iran included a discussion of the claim that Iranian military spending had increased because of the agreement. The fact-checkers wrote: Iran’... |
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Information Laundering and Globalized Media R...
By Noah Arjomand Money laundering is a familiar story: “dirty money” generated through illicit means must be “cleaned” through a series of phony transactions that make its sourcing appear legitimate before that money enters into a financial system undetected. The complexity, interconnectedne... |