Tag: Conspiracy theories
RSF Paris sues Facebook for ‘deceptive commercial practices’ over hate speech
Pacific Media Watch newsdesk
In a lawsuit filed with the public prosecutor in Paris this week, Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has accused Facebook of “deceptive...
Social media ‘bullshit’ threatens coping with covid-19 outbreak in PNG
By Sue Ahearn, founder of The Pacific Newsroom and former editor, ABC International
A PNG member of Parliament died from covid-19 this week but it...
Amnesty blasts ‘woeful’ Australia, NZ aid for PNG covid surge, seeks...
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk
Australia and New Zealand - plus other key donors - need to urgently step up and provide assistance to Papuan New...
NZ covid: Calls to dump ‘dangerous’ fringe anti-vaccine magazine
By Katie Doyle of RNZ News
A new anti-vaccine publication with links to the Advance New Zealand fringe political party should be ripped up and...
As Joe Biden becomes president, US still reels from deadly consequences...
ANALYSIS: By Jennifer S. Hunt, Australian National University
Every four years on January 20, the US exercises a key tenant of democratic government: the peaceful...
Billy Te Kahika spreads covid-19 misinformation at Parliament rally
By RNZ News
A ragtag group of about 150 people gathered on the New Zealand Parliament's forecourt today to demand an end to covid-19 lockdowns.
The...
NZ covid-19: Confronting the deluge of conspiracies over the latest lockdown
By Hayden Donnell, RNZ Mediawatch producer
The announcement that Auckland was going into lockdown for a second time was met with a deluge of conspiracy...
Thousands in NZ don’t believe official Christchurch terror attacks story
By Ben Strang of RNZ News
Thousands of New Zealanders do not believe the official version of the mosque terror attacks in Christchurch.
About 5 percent...