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16 May 2026 Media Development 2026-2 online magazine and pdf

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[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_column_text css=""] [caption id="attachment_67130" align="alignleft" width="190"] MD 2026/2[/caption] Media Development 2026-2 Other technological worlds are possible This issue focuses on digital media literacy and cultural integrity to highlight the interaction of digital communication technologies with local cultures/communities, to identify key concerns and...

04 May 2026 Reclaiming digital technology to build a fairer, safer, and more inclusive world

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Is it any wonder people are in thrall to the power and vicarious thrill of digital technologies when many acclaimed films and TV series extol the apparent virtues of digital surveillance. At the same time, they fear that State surveillance has gone too far. A swift...

20 Apr 2026 The beginning of the end of the attention economy?

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On 25 March 2026, a Los Angeles jury found Meta and Google negligent for designing social media platforms that harmed a young user through addictive features, awarding $6 million in damages. Just one day earlier, a New Mexico jury had ordered Meta to pay $375...

09 Mar 2026 Data protection: Burden or obligation?

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Reuters recently reported that US diplomats worldwide have been ordered to track and counter data localization efforts, naming the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) as an example of “unnecessarily burdensome” regulation. According to Reuters, “Experts say the move signals the Trump administration is reverting...

23 Feb 2026 A cautionary tale of “The Russian Guy”: The gender AI divide, ethics, and regulation

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The plot could easily have been from a Netflix dystopian thriller. “The Russian Guy” approaches ordinary women and girls leading ordinary lives, one walking her child to school, another stocking supermarket shelves, and a young girl walking by. “Hello. What’s your name? You look beautiful. Come with...

16 Feb 2026 On the Screen (MD 2026/1)

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Leipzig (Germany) 2025 At DOK Leipzig – 68th International Film Festival for Documentary and Animated Film October 27 - November 2, 2025 – the Interreligious Jury, appointed by INTERFILM and SIGNIS, awarded its Prize of € 2.000, donated by the Hotel Michaelis (VCH Hotels) in Leipzig...

16 Feb 2026 WSIS+20 Outcomes

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United Nations This document is an AI summary of the draft resolution (16 December 2025) to the United Nations General Assembly addressing the review and implementation of outcomes from the World Summit on Information Society (WSIS+20), focusing on the role of information and communication technologies in...

16 Feb 2026 Statement to the UN General Assembly WSIS+20 High-Level Meeting

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Association for Progressive Communications The Association for Progressive Communications (APC) is a civil society network dedicated to ICTs for development and human rights founded in 1990 and working in more than 70 countries around the world. APC has participated in the World Summit on the Information...

16 Feb 2026 L’Intelligence artificielle et la liberté de la presse à l’Est de la RDC

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Serge Bisimwa La liberté de la presse et l’accès à une information vérifiée sont un enjeu crucial dans le contexte de l’Est de la République Démocratique du Congo. Cette zone, est une région marquée par une instabilité chronique, où les conflits armés et l’exploitation des...

16 Feb 2026 Climate action requires truth: COP30 must codify information integrity

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“We must fight the coordinated disinformation campaigns impeding global progress on climate change.” (Antonio Guterres, UN Secretary General) This Open Letter with over 200 signatories was released on 12 November 2025, on the official thematic day on information integrity at COP30 in Belém. We, the undersigned...