Tag: hate speech
Online hate speech ‘gives green light’ to religion, race attacks
By Michael Andrew
Religion and race-based attacks will continue as a result of the rise of online hate speech, says a leading New Zealand academic.
Professor...
Indonesian smear campaigns target Jokowi ahead of presidential election
By Ainur Rohmah in Jakarta
Fake news and hate speech are inundating Indonesia on and offline with the country’s general election just two months away...
Jokowi plays it tough, accusing Prabowo of ‘outbursts of lies’
Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk
President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo appears to have gone on the offensive against his challenger in the upcoming presidential election Prabowo Subianto...
NZ aid workers’ open letter condemns broadcaster for Pacific ‘leeches’ attack
By RNZ Pacific
OPINION: An open letter to broadcaster Heather du Plessis-Allan on behalf of New Zealanders who have worked, and those are who are...
Indonesian police probe funding for group accused of ‘hate hoaxes’
Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk
Indonesia's National Police continue to dig deeper into the Saracen group, an online syndicate accused of creating and spreading hoax news and...
Wadan Narsey: Are there two sets of prosecuting rules in Fiji?
ANALYSIS: By Wadan Narsey in Suva
In 2016, two of Fiji’s main media organisations, the privately owned Fiji Times and state-owned Fiji Broadcasting Corporation, came...
FPI leader calls for withdrawal of banknotes with ‘communist symbol’
By Safrin La Batu in Jakarta
Islam Defenders Front (FPI) leader Rizieq Shihab has called on the Indonesian government to pull from circulation the newly-issued...
