Tag: Disinformation
John Minto: The first casualty of war is truth – the...
COMMENTARY: By John Minto
Good slogans have people nodding their heads in agreement because they recognise an underlying truth in the words.
I have a...
‘Who is the superpower? The US or Israel?’ Al Jazeera on...
Pacific Media Watch
The United States' airdrops of aid into Gaza are a textbook case of cognitive dissonance on the part of the US administration...
NZ’s Stuff media group quits X (Twitter) over ‘disinformation’
Pacific Media Watch
Stuff, New Zealand’s biggest independently owned news business, today announced it will stop sharing content to X (formerly Twitter), effective immediately.
A media...
Researchers warn over climate crisis ‘fringe views’ danger as NZ election...
By David Robie
Two researchers examining responses to conspiratorial pandemic narratives have warned Aotearoa New Zealand not to be complacent over the risk of fringe...
Disinformation and climate crisis, governance, training feature in PJR
Pacific Journalism Review
Research on climate crisis as the new target for disinformation peddlers, governance and the media, China’s growing communication influence, and journalism training...
RNZ investigating series of ‘Kremlin-friendly’ story edits in audit
RNZ MEDIAWATCH: By Hayden Donnell, RNZ Mediawatch producer
RNZ is investigating how online stories about the war in Ukraine, supplied by an international news agency, were...
Timor-Leste makes top ten in 2023 World Press Freedom Index
Highlights of the 2023 World Press Freedom Index. Video: RSF
By David Robie
Timor-Leste has topped a stunning rise among Asia-Pacific countries to make it to...
Vila-based Indonesian ‘troll’ page targets Papuan advocates
By David Robie
As part of an Indonesian-backed disinformation and troll campaign against West Papuan pro-independence advocates, a Facebook page has emerged making bitter and...
Rise in NZ disinformation, conspiracy theories prompts calls for election protections
By Russell Palmer, RNZ News digital political journalist
Unprecedented levels of disinformation will only get worse this election in Aotearoa New Zealand, but systems set...
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...