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China’s New Media Dilemma: The Profit in Online Diss...

Thursday, June 27 12:00 p.m. – 1:30 p.m. EDT (Lunch served 12:00pm) National Endowment for Democracy 1025 F Street NW, Suite 800 Washington, DC 20004 Speakers: Louisa Chiang, Independent Researcher Sarah Cook, Senior Research Analyst for East Asia, Freedom House Moderator: Mark Nelson,...

Beyond the Great Firewall

Tuesday, March 7 12:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. EST (Lunch served 12:00-12:15 p.m.) National Endowment for Democracy 1025 F Street NW, Suite 800 Washington, DC 20004 Speakers: Shanthi Kalathil, Director, International Forum for Democratic Studies, National Endowment for Democracy Rebecca MacKinn...

Two Faces of Chinese Media: International Expansion, Inte...

Please not that due to technical diffculties, portions of both Sarah Cook and Anne Nelson's presentations are missing. Click here to hear a full audio recording. >> Featuring: Anne Nelson Columbia University CCTV’s International Expansion: China’s Grand Strategy for Media Sarah Co...

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Mapping Digital Disinformation around Elections: A Case St...

The 2018 general election represented one of the first times digital disinformation occurred on a massive scale in Pakistan. This report examines different forms of disinformation that circulated online in the lead up to the 2018 elections and its impact on the country’s political discourse. It al...

Beyond the Great Firewall: How China Became a Global Infor...

For their unprecedented scale and effectiveness, China’s efforts at censorship have been dubbed the “Great Firewall.” China, however, now has grander ambitions. Without much fanfare, the Chinese government has turned its focus outward, seeking to take its influence over the information environ...

Advancing Independent journalism While Building a Modern N...

Malaysiakini, an online news platform operating in a country of continuous and pervasive media controls, has taken advantage of a precarious space allowing comparatively free journalism on the Internet. In Malaysia, it has successfully increased demand for reliable and independent news, along with s...

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“POFMA,” Politics, and the Press in Singapore

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 rep...

When Media Capture Backfires: Local Elections and Digital ...

Duygu Güvenç and Jérémie Langlois Turkey captivated the world’s attention recently as President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s seemingly unstoppable accumulation of power ground to a halt in a series of humiliating defeats in local elections. To the surprise of many, digital news media emerged as ...

Social Media Shutdowns Restrict the Flow of Information Wh...

By Samuel Woodhams Following the tragic terrorist attacks in Sri Lanka earlier this year that killed over 250 people, the government blocked popular social media platforms and messaging apps in an attempt to prevent the spread of misinformation online. However, the ban not only blocked misinformati...