Tag: Digital Media
SAFEnet concerned Jakarta’s virtual police unit may create ‘Orwellian state’
Asia Pacific Report
The Southeast Asia Freedom of Expression Network (SAFEnet) – an institution concerned with freedom of expression in the digital world – has...
Facebook and Google deals may leave small publishers out in the...
Asia Pacific Report
The federal government must act urgently to support small Australian news outlets that could be shut out of commercial deals with Facebook...
The Conversation’s submission to the Australian Senate Inquiry into the News...
ANALYSIS: By Misha Ketchell, The Conversation
On 10 December 2020, the Australian Senate established an inquiry into a government bill proposing a "mandatory bargaining code"...
RSF calls for ‘democratic obligations’ on leading digital players over Trump
Pacific Media Watch newsdesk
In the wake of Twitter’s decision to shut down President Donald Trump’s accounts for good, Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has proposed...
Cook Islands News appoints new editor and senior editorial team
Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk
Cook Islands News has appointed senior journalist Rashneel Kumar to lead the paper through a challenging time for the country and...
RSF calls on Facebook to restore censored Papua press freedom article
Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk
Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has called on Facebook to restore an article that was censored for violating its rules on nudity...
Malaysia’s media crackdowns driven by a shaky, sensitive government
Al Jazeera’s documentary on the plight of migrant workers during covid-19 lockdown.
ANALYSIS: By Ross Tapsell, of the Australian National University
The recent police interrogations of...
RSF brands Maria Ressa’s conviction as ‘masquerade’ amid global criticism
Pacific Media Watch
Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has condemned the up to six years in jail sentence that Philippine journalist Maria Ressa faces on a...
$50m earmarked to support NZ media, mostly for broadcast outlets
By Sri Krishnamurthi, contributing editor for Pacific Media Watch
New Zealand's Minister of Broadcasting, Communications and Digital Media Kris Faafoi today announced the first...
Hong Kong police arrest Next Digital founder Jimmy Lai among 14...
Pacific Media Watch
The Committee to Protect Journalists has called on Hong Kong authorities to drop all charges against Jimmy Lai, founder and chair of...
Why is it so hard to stop the Covid-19 misinformation social...
ANALYSIS: By Tobias R. Keller and Rosalie Gillett of the Queensland University of Technology
Even before the coronavirus arrived to turn life upside down and...
Loss of Australian Associated Press (AAP) a tragedy for entire Pacific
By Sri Krishnamurthi
The shock announcement yesterday that the Australian Associated Press newsagency will cease operations after 85 years is a blow to journalism in...
Iconic Tongan publisher Kalafi Moala eyes new digital media challenge
Tongan journalist, publisher and broadcaster Kalafi Moala talks to Pacific Media Watch project's Sri Krishnamurthi. Video: Sri Krishnamurthi/Blessen Tom
By Sri Krishnamurthi
After 30 years as...
Bring ethics into global smart tech, warns UN cyber expert
SPECIAL REPORT: By David Robie in Bangkok
A leading cyber security expert has called on universities to play a more active role in implementing ethics...
Adrian Blackburn: A Herald love/hate relationship and the new premium
REVIEW: By Adrian Blackburn
After something of a love/hate relationship with The New Zealand Herald since I joined as a cadet reporter in 1957, I...
NZ Herald launches premium paywall – how will it impact on...
ANALYSIS: By Dr Merja Myllylahti
New Zealand’s largest newspaper, The NZ Herald, launched its digital subscriptions today for online content, making history at the...
Filipino groups denounce cyberattacks against independent media
By Mong Palatino in Manila
Several media groups in the Philippines marked the World Day Against Cyber Censorship this week by holding a protest to...
Activist’s arrest shows Widodo ‘no different’ from Suharto, says AJI
By Fitria Chusna Farisa in Jakarta
The Alliance of Independent Journalists (AJI) has called on the Indonesian police to release Jakarta State University lecturer Robertus...
Philippine website accused in ‘absurd’ seven-year-old media libel case
Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk
Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has condemned the latest "absurd charges" that the Philippine Justice Department is planning to bring against the...
Online trolling: Once funny, but now the term meaning is far...
By Dr Evita March
It seems like internet trolling happens everywhere online these days – and it’s showing no signs of slowing down.
The British press...
Peter Manning: Despite her good intentions, Michelle Guthrie was never...
ANALYSIS: By Peter Manning
Michelle Guthrie has been badly treated – not by being sacked, but by being hired in the first place. As a...
Colin Peacock: New era heralded in broadcasting – or more of...
ANALYSIS: By Colin Peacock of RNZ's Mediawatch
The allocation of $15 million for public broadcasting will be split between RNZ, New Zealand on Air and...