Francia Baltazar and Paula Martins The Association for Progressive Communications (APC) welcomes the landmark resolution on human rights defenders and new and emerging technologies adopted by consensus at the 58th session of the UN Human Rights Council on 4 April 2025. This resolution addresses many of...
UNESCO Ten core principles lay out a human rights centred approach to AI ethics. 1. Proportionality and Do No Harm The use of AI systems must not go beyond what is necessary to achieve a legitimate aim. Risk assessment should be used to prevent harms which may result...
UNESCO “In a world increasingly influenced by media narratives, the representation of Indigenous Peoples in the media has far-reaching implications for their rights, cultural and linguistic preservation, economic empowerment, well-being and inclusion in society,” states the introduction to a new publication from UNESCO. Based on extensive...
Oberhausen (Germany) 2025 At the International Short Film Festival Oberhausen 2025, the Ecumenical Jury of the International Competition awarded its Prize to Dear Leo Sokolsky directed by Weronika Szyma (Poland, 2024). Motivation: By employing minimalist animation with live action resurrected from family archives this film transports the...
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The US government just announced it will withdraw from UNESCO (again) effective December 31, 2026, stating that “[c]ontinued involvement in UNESCO is not in the national interest of the United States.” UNESCO'S statement in response was a diplomatic shrug, underlining that they were prepared anyway for...
Today, 30 June, is “World Social Media Day” – a commemoration created by the website Mashable in 2010 that celebrates the transformative power of social media. That transformation – with all its positive and negative real world impacts – is part of the information eco-system under...
“All the news that’s fit to print” was a motto adopted by American newspaper publisher Adolph S. Ochs – an immigrant from Germany – when he took over The New York Times in 1895. It signified the newspaper’s commitment to accurate, impartial, and ethical news...
The U.S. House of Representatives just passed the One Big Beautiful Bill Act intended to deliver the President’s domestic agenda. Among the provisions is a 10-year moratorium on states from regulating artificial intelligence. It reads: “…no State or political subdivision thereof may enforce, during the...
[caption id="attachment_63858" align="alignleft" width="190"] MD 2025/2[/caption] Media Development 2025-2 Last Chance for Communication Justice? WSIS+20 may be the last chance to establish a lasting and meaningful rights-based framework for global communications which is effective, and which enables people everywhere to be seen and heard. A peaceful and just...