Safeguarding Press Freedom: The Unintended Chill of Misinformation Laws Webinar | Monday, October 2, 2023 | 9:00 - 10:00 a.m. EDT In conversation with: Gabby Lim, co-author of CIMA's report and doctoral fellow with The Citizen Lab at the University of Toronto Janjira Sombatpoonsiri, research fel...
A New Battlefront: The Effect of Commercial Spyware on Independent Media Wednesday, September 29 10:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. EDT Speakers Samuel Woodhams, CIMA Report Author Spyware: An Unregulated and Escalating Threat to Independent Media Ron Deibert, Director, The Citizen Lab, Munk School of...
Thinking Globally, Acting Locally: Shaping the Future of Global Digital Democracy through Localized Approaches Thursday, July 29 9:00 a.m. – 10:00 a.m. EDT Speakers Gideon Sarpong, Policy Analyst and Media Practitioner, Ghana Meri Baghdasaryan, Human Rights Attorney, Armenia Catherine Muya...
In an online environment increasingly polluted with false information, trust in news has steadily eroded over the years. At the same time, high-quality news has been losing already scarce advertising revenue to clickbait and viral misinformation. Digital trust initiatives, which evaluate and label n...
Strategic lawsuits against public participation, or SLAPPs, are lawsuits taken against media organizations or activists with the sole purpose of silencing them. Cases are reported in increasing numbers across Europe, Africa, Asia, and the Americas. The damage done by SLAPPs is far-reaching and curbi...
In partnership with Indiana University’s School for Global and International Studies (SGIS), CIMA is pleased to announce the creation of “The Mark Helmke Postdoctoral Scholarship on Global Media, Development, and Democracy.” [caption id="attachment_6493" align="alignleft" width="263"] The H...
In the aftermath of Russia’s deadly attack in Mariupol, Ukraine, that left nearly 600 civilians dead, journalist Maria Ponomarenko found herself ensnared in a legal battle for posting online that Russia was responsible, which the Russian defense ministry denied. In February 2023, she was sentenced...
By Courtney C. Radsch This year, the theme of UNESCO’s annual World Press Freedom Day was “Shaping a Future of Rights: Freedom of expression as a driver for all other human rights.” Yet despite the celebratory events lauding the importance of independent public interest media and the role of ...
