Tag: Cyber-crime laws
Don’t be fooled by Fiji PM’s apology over arrests –...
Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk
Media commentator Gavin Ellis has condemned the state of media freedom in Fiji in the wake of the arrests and detention...
Timorese journalists protest outside Philippine embassy over Ressa arrest
Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk
The Timor-Leste Press Union has protested in front of the Philippine Embassy in the capital Dili in solidarity with indicted Journalist...
Philippine website editor Maria Ressa held on ‘cyber libel’ charge
Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk
The Paris-based global media advocacy group Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has condemned yesterday's arrest of Maria Ressa, editor of the independent...
Critics see Fiji’s Online Safety Act as ‘Trojan horse’ for online...
By Mong Palatino of Global Voices
Fiji’s Online Safety Act took effect this month amid concerns that it will be used to censor the internet.
The...
Nauru faces media, security pressure ahead of Pacific Islands Forum
Nauru President Baron Waqa addressing the media before opening the Pacific Islands Forum. Video: PI Forum Secretariat
By Gia Garrick, Political Reporter of RNZ National
Regional...
PNG plans to shut down Facebook for one month to target...
Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk
Papua New Guinea plans to shut down Facebook for one month to enable the government to filter out "fake users", report...
Peter S. Kinjap: Only a ‘scrub up’, fresh MPs can save...
OPINION: By Peter S. Kinjap in Port Moresby.
The current Papua New Guinea government is being accused of being the most corrupt in the short...
Environmental advocate sues Duterte supporters for cyberbullying
"Guns, goons and the presidency", a current affairs video about Rodrigo Duterte, the leading candidate in the Philippines elections on Monday. Video: Al Jazeera's...
ANZ customers in Vanuatu lose heavily in illegal money transfers
By Dan McGarry in Port Vila
Angry ANZ customers have told the Vanuatu Daily Post that they have lost a total of more than 2...
Phil Robertson: Eroding human rights in Australian foreign policy
By Phil Robertson
The scene happens every day in capitals across south-east Asia: a strategy session in an ambassador’s ornate sitting room over coffee with...