2024 – When democracy ‘falls off the cliff’?
Social media platforms are helping us to create our worst selves, says Nobel laureate Maria Ressa (above). We know – in 2018, MIT said that lies spread faster than facts,… Read more »
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Autocrats’ attacks a tribute to independent media’s power
The ultimate, most severe threats to a free press come from governments, which, to justify their actions, have seized opportunistically on causes ranging from requiring platforms to moderate posts to… Read more »
Illiberal leaders targeting media freedom
On Monday, a court in Manila convicted Filipino American journalist Maria Ressa of something called “cyber libel.” Her case will have severe ramifications for press freedom not only in South Asia… Read more »
Philippines’ ‘lie machine’ at work: Maria Ressa found guilty of cyber libel
High-profile journalist Maria Ressa has been found guilty of libel in the Philippines’ in a case seen as a test of the country’s media freedom, the BBC reports. The former… Read more »
Weaponizing law is ‘draining democracy dry’ – Philippines journalist Maria Ressa
Award-winning Philippines journalist Maria Ressa told CNN that her arrest on “cyber libel” charges is an example of how the law is being “weaponized” against critics of the country’s President… Read more »
Weaponizing technology: Russia is ‘winning disinformation war’
Russia’s disinformation campaign around the 2016 election used every major social media platform, according to reports obtained by The Washington Post before its official release Monday: The report is the… Read more »
Democracy and disinformation: Russia will interfere in 2018 elections, say officials
Top U.S. national security officials said on Tuesday they had “no doubt” Russia will try to interfere in the 2018 U.S. mid-term elections, adding Moscow believes it succeeded in its… Read more »
Social media aids Putin’s ‘postmodern war against the West’
In a rare move, some members of the British Parliament are traveling to Washington this week to question Facebook, Google and Twitter about fake news and the spread of misinformation on… Read more »
Disinformation vs. democracy: authoritarians outspending U.S.
Authoritarian regimes like Russia and China are outspending the United States in the realm of soft power, Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) told the National Democratic Institute’s annual Democracy Dinner at… Read more »
Disinformation vs. democracy: how to ‘Shatter The House Of Mirrors’
Vladimir Putin’s Russia is engaged in a well-financed and determined campaign to undermine democratic political and social institutions as well as international alliances, and to remove resistance to Russia’s foreign… Read more »