Tag: Trolling
Former NZ PM Helen Clark calls for rethink on political debate...
RNZ News
Aotearoa New Zealand has become hugely polarised and it is little wonder Jacinda Ardern has decided to call it a day, says Helen...
Ramos-Horta challenges Pacific’s biggest threat to media freedom – China’s gatekeepers
COMMENTARY: By David Robie
Timor-Leste, the youngest independent nation and the most fledgling press in the Asia-Pacific, has finally shown how it’s done -- with...
Rappler’s Maria Ressa, Russia’s Dmitry Muratov win 2021 Nobel Peace Prize
The Nobel Peace Prize for 2021 announced in Oslo today. Video: Rappler livestream
Pacific Media Watch newsdesk
Rappler chief executive Maria Ressa of the Philippines and...
For this Filipina journalist, every day is a battle with fear...
Women journalists, feminists, activists, and human rights defenders around the world are facing virtual harassment. In this series, global civil society alliance CIVICUS highlights...
Bryan Bruce: On trolls, haters, conspiracy theorists and health stupidity
COMMENT: By Bryan Bruce
The other day I wrote a post on my blog which invited people to: "Take care of others by taking care...
Indonesian trolls target Tongan beauty Diamond Langi over Papuan solidarity
By Sri Krishnamurthi, contributing editor of Pacific Media Watch
Miss Universe NZ 2019 beauty queen Diamond Langi is being trolled by thousands of Indonesians on...
Mong Palatino: Cyber trolling targets opposition against Duterte’s Terror Bill
COMMENT: By Mong Palatino in Manila
The proliferation of fake Facebook accounts in the Philippines is meant to derail the growing public opposition against the...
Vanuatu Daily Post: Indonesia online propaganda undermining West Papua
By Dan McGarry in Port Vila
In the wake of a Vanuatu Daily Post investigation into what appeared to be a deliberate attempt to spread...
‘We can’t control the demons’: Tonga mulls Facebook ban
By RNZ Pacific
Tonga is mulling a Facebook ban as the Kingdom struggles to contain a torrent of online abuse and threats on the platform...
Online trolling: Once funny, but now the term meaning is far...
By Dr Evita March
It seems like internet trolling happens everywhere online these days – and it’s showing no signs of slowing down.
The British press...