Tag: Disinformation
The hatred and vitriol NZ’s Jacinda Ardern endured ‘would affect anybody’
"History will judge Jacinda Ardern as a remarkable leader. She is genuinely kind and has an incredible intellect, she’s made more of a contribution...
French Polynesia plans journalism study grants to combat disinformation
Pacific Media Watch
President Édouard Fritch of French Polynesia says he wants to boost funds to study journalism in French Polynesia in a bid to...
Rabuka tells Bainimarama: provide evidence ‘for your lies’ or face law
By Arieta Vakasukawaqa in Suva
Fiji's opposition leader Voreqe Bainimarama has been warned to provide evidence of allegations he has made against the coalition government...
‘Against propaganda, there are facts’ – RSF’s new global campaign video
The new Reporters Without Borders campaign video about Russian's invasion propaganda. Video: RSF
Pacific Media Watch
As Russia’s propaganda and crackdown on journalism continue to wreak...
David Robie: Pacific lessons in climate crisis journalism and combating disinformation
Mediasia Iafor
New Zealand journalist and academic David Robie has covered the Asia-Pacific region for international media for more than four decades.
An advocate for media...
Defend NZ’s ‘fragile democracy’ by tackling disinformation, says advocate
By David Robie
A human rights advocate appealed tonight for people in Aotearoa New Zealand to take personal responsibility in the fight against disinformation and...
Maria Ressa and Muratov’s 10-point plan over global information crisis
ANALYSIS: By Maria Ressa and Dmitry Muratov in Oslo
We call for a world in which technology is built in service of humanity and where...
The merger of TVNZ and RNZ needs to build trust in...
ANALYSIS: By Alexander Gillespie, University of Waikato and Claire Breen, University of Waikato
With only six days left for submissions to the select committee examining...
A NZ media conundrum over how to cover the ‘dangerous’ conspiracists
By Hayden Donnell, RNZ Mediawatch producer
A documentary from Stuff Circuit this week delved into Aotearoa New Zealand's growing extreme far-right and anti-vax movement.
Why did...
Mediawatch: Mounting fake news prompts calls for action in NZ
By Colin Peacock, RNZ Mediawatch presenter
Two New Zealand government agencies have revealed mounting concern about the intensity and the impact of online misinformation --...
NZ’s Parliament siege, ‘disinformation war’, kava and media change featured in...
Pacific Media Watch newsdesk
Frontline investigative articles on Aotearoa New Zealand’s 23-day Parliament protester siege, social media disinformation and Asia-Pacific media changes and adaptations are...
Digital toolbox needed to counter Pacific ‘hotspot of misinformation’
ANALYSIS: By Romitesh Kant
A shortage of resources and investment from major digital platforms has left the Pacific region battling a campaign of misinformation and...
Nobel laureate Maria Ressa calls for journalists to fight ‘Devil’s megaphone’
East-West Center
Nobel Peace Prize laureate and press freedom champion Maria Ressa wasn’t intending to make breaking news when she planned her keynote address at...
PNG election misinformation ‘worse than ever’, says journalist
RNZ Pacific
As the Papua New Guinea elections approach next month there are increasing worries about the spreading of false information.
The poll begins on July...
Duterte ‘institutionalised’ disinformation, paved the way for a Marcos victory
By Loreben Tuquero in Manila
On social media, Ferdinand Marcos Jr needed to have all pieces in place to stage a Malacañang comeback: he had...
‘Democracy can be fragile’: Ardern uses Harvard speech to call out...
RNZ News
New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has delivered the highly regarded Harvard Commencement address, calling out social media as a threat to modern...
Vanuatu president warns against ‘dictatorship’ if Justice Ministry is abolished
RNZ Pacific
Vanuatu's outgoing president, Obed Moses Tallis, has urged the government not to abolish the Ministry of Justice, warning against a "dictatorial system".
His opening...
Bongbong politics: Rehabilitating the Philippines’ martial law Marcos family
ANALYSIS: By Binoy Kampmark
Children should not pay for the sins of their parents. But in some cases, a healthy suspicion of the offspring is...
‘Our blood is boiling’ – victims angry as dictator’s son edges...
Rappler
Former political prisoner Cristina Bawagan still has the dress she wore the day she was arrested, tortured and sexually abused by soldiers during the...
Media freedom slide in Australia ‘undermining’ ability to project democratic values
Pacific Media Watch newsdesk
A Melbourne-based Indonesian media academic has warned that declining media freedom in Australia is undermining the country's ability to project liberal...
When mainstream media fails to hold truth to power, social media...
ANALYSIS: By Shailendra Singh
Social media is a mixed bag, with both democratic and undemocratic tendencies.
But then few things in life are perfect.
And in that...
Gavin Ellis: Show us the full horror of war in Ukraine
COMMENTARY: By Gavin Ellis
Atrocities and total war are not pixilated or sanitised. They bring death with unimaginable brutality and obliterate lives with indifference. It...