Tag: Social Media
Nobel laureate Ressa: How the information ecosystem has been poisoned
By Bea Cupin in Manila
Journalist and publisher Maria Ressa has called on tech and social media giants to practise “enlightened self-interest” amid a global...
France keeps December 12 date for New Caledonia independence vote
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk
The French High Commissioner in New Caledonia, Patrice Faure, has confirmed the December 12 date for the independence referendum, fuelling tension...
PMC communications researcher named on Meta Aotearoa panel
Pacific Media Watch newsdesk
A Pacific Media Centre advocate and researcher is one of five people named today in the Meta Aotearoa News Innovation Advisory...
The Pacific Newsroom – the virtual ‘kava bar’ news success story
SPECIAL REPORT: By Sri Krishnamurthi
October 2021 was a horror month for Facebook as the headlines screamed “Facebook under fire” which started with the social...
Open season again for Indonesian military trolls and ‘fake news’ campaign...
SPECIAL REPORT: By David Robie
It is open season again for Indonesian trolls targeting Asia Pacific Report and other media with fake news and disinformation...
Fiji police warn public against violence and ‘fake profiles’ after two...
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk
Fiji police have warned that any attempts to destabilise and cause instability will be investigated and dealt with, reports The Fiji...
Fiji opposition MPs pledge not to be silenced, despite arrests over...
RNZ Pacific
Fiji's opposition MPs who were arrested after their criticism of a government land bill say they will not be intimidated or silenced.
Police have...
Lawyer Clooney welcomes dismissal of second libel suit against Maria Ressa
By Camille Elemia in Manila
Human rights lawyers Amal Clooney and Caoilfhionn Gallagher, who lead the international defence legal team, have call on the international...
PNG woman tortured and killed in horrifying video over ‘sorcery’
By Miriam Zarriga in Port Moresby
A Papua New Guinean woman accused of killing a two-year-old boy through sorcery was assaulted, tortured and killed after...
Indonesia pressures PNG over militant video by West Papuan supporters
By Gorethy Kenneth in Port Moresby
Indonesia is pressuring Papua New Guinea over an illegal group East Sepik claiming to form an army unit to...
MEAA rethinks press council role and backs need for Facebook media...
MEAA video message on YouTube.
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk
The Media Entertainment and Arts Alliance (MEAA) union is reconsidering its involvement in the Australian Press Council...
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...
Church demands Timor-Leste faithful accept defrocking of accused priest
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk
The Timorese Episcopal Conference has called on the entire Catholic community in Timor-Leste to accept and respect Pope Francis' decision to...
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"...
The Great Divider: Covid-19 reflects global racism, not equality
ANALYSIS: By Ramzy Baroud
The notion that the covid-19 pandemic was "the great equalizer' should be dead and buried by now. If anything, the lethal...
Wendy Amangongo: Where is MASI over the Solomons Facebook ban?
COMMENT: By Wendy Amangongo
Twenty years ago, the Solomon Islands government put restrictions on the media during and after the State of Public Emergency. This...
Solomon Islands businesses, rights groups condemn Facebook ban plan
By Robert Iroga in Honiara
Struggling businesses have expressed concerns and international media rights groups have condemned the Solomon Islands government’s proposal to temporarily ban...
NZ churches with US links blamed for spreading covid-19 misinformation
By Anusha Bradley, RNZ News reporter
New Zealand churches with US links are being blamed for spreading covid-19 misinformation.
Health Minister Chris Hipkins has said some...
PNG parliamentarian faces cyber crime charges over K250m Ok Tedi claim
By Trevor Wahune in Port Moresby
North Fly MP James Donald yesterday made an appearance in Papua New Guinea's Waigani Committal Court to face cyber...
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...
Jakarta files appeal against court’s ruling on Papua internet blackout
By Dewi Nurita in Jakarta
The Indonesian government has submitted an appeal against the Jakarta Administrative District Court's (PTUN) decision that found President Joko Widodo...
Fiji police raid opposition party headquarters in social media blitz
By RNZ Pacific
Fiji police have raided the headquarters of Fiji's National Federation Party, apparently in search of information related to social media posts.
In a...