Tag: Social Media
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...
Social media ‘third party’ defamation ruling warning for Pacific nations
By Sri Krishnamurthi, contributing editor of Pacific Media Watch
The New South Wales Court of Appeal has dismissed an appeal which sought to challenge a...
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...
NZ lockdown – Day 3: PM Ardern chats with followers on...
By RNZ News
New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern spoke to her followers on Facebook today from her office in Premier House.
Her chat lasted about...
Maria Ressa named among Time’s most influential women of century
By Rappler in Manila
Rappler CEO Maria Ressa is among Time's "100 Women of the Year", the news magazine has revealed ahead of International Women's...
10 reasons why tourists must visit Iran
David Robie continues his three-part series about travelling in Iran.
I stumbled on the scene by chance. Our host family in Iran’s second city Mashhad,...
Ethics needed in computing and tech to stop ‘robber barons’, says...
By Michael Andrew
Social media and tech industries have been replicating the ugliest aspects of capitalism from the 1800s, according to an AUT computer science...
PNG police minister Kramer claims plot to arrest him
Dumped police commissioner Gary Baki announces his challenge to the new government, claiming that he is the legal commander. Video: EMTV News
By RNZ Pacific
Papua...
USP hosts talks on social media and fake news in Pacific
Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk
Journalists have gathered for a three-day event at the University of the South Pacific in Suva to discuss the rise of...
Keith Jackson: Marape’s commitment to PNG a checklist for judging him
ANALYSIS: By Keith Jackson
Following the election of James Marape’s as Papua New Guinea's Prime Minister, on Sunday, he issued a declaration on Facebook that...
Dear editor, why smartphones are ruining our nakamal storytelling
Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk
A Vanuatu Daily Post newspaper reader has protested over Facebook addiction, describing it as ruining the lives of teenagers and youth...
Scott Waide: Why banning Facebook in PNG is a really bad...
COMMENTARY: By Scott Waide
The reason why politicians in Papua New Guinea are afraid of Facebook is because it has done more in the last...
PNG politicians, journalists condemn O’Neill social media ‘crackdown’ plan
Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk
The Papua New Guinea Prime Minister’s call to “crack down” on social media has created immediate controversy, with politicians and journalists...