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Sep
Articles
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Jun
China’s firewall is spreading globally
For decades, China’s “great firewall” that blocks most foreign internet services remained a vague concept for people outside the country. But the influence of C...
22
May
Digital disinformation is driving illiberal democracies toward authoritarianism
Has the proliferation of electronic echo chambers hollowed out our ability to separate facts from feelings?
In Plato’s “Allegory of the Cave” a seminal sequenc...
13
May
Myanmar military court gives DVB reporter 3 years in prison
Min Nyo, a DVB correspondent, was sentenced to three years in a Myanmar prison for his reporting. He’s the first journalist to be convicted under a recently rev...
06
May
How China turned a prize-winning iPhone hack against the Uyghurs
The Chinese government secretly used an award-winning iPhone hack to spy on Uyghurs. Beijing’s operations against Uyghur is so aggressive that it transcends bor...
06
May
UN catalogues ‘chilling tide of abuse’ against female journalists
Misogyny, bigotry and threats ‘cut public trust in critical media’, warns report after major investigation.
An epidemic of online violence against female jou...
29
Apr
EEAS SPECIAL REPORT UPDATE: SHORT ASSESSMENT OF NARRATIVES AND DISINFORMATION AROUND THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC (UPDATE DECEMBER 2020 – APRIL 2021)
General Overview
Disinformation around the COVID-19 pandemic, measures taken to contain it and vaccine roll-out campaigns continues to be significant. Sinc...
29
Apr
Mexican newsrooms fire opening salvo in fight against political disinformation
Disinformation flooded Mexico’s 2018 presidential election. As the country’s midterms loom, journalists are teaming up to weed out fake news.
In early 2018, as...
29
Apr
In war zones, social media disinformation is costing lives
Do we, as a society, want the disinformation debate to focus narrowly on defending Western democracy – or we take a wider view, that includes countries at war?
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29
Apr
At least 10 Asia Pacific gov’ts use COVID-19 for censorship, disinformation
Reporters Without Borders says China is 'the world's undisputed specialist' when it comes to censorship and has 'taken advantage' of the pandemic to further enh...