By Silvio Waisbord and María Soledad Segura
Does the COVID-19 pandemic mark the birth of a new form of biopolitics? The Latin American case shows important departures from Europe and the United States, both in the adoption of surveillance technologies and in the types of biopolitical control enacted through them.
By Brittany Forsythe
Media regulation according to Fredman (2015) is defined as the process by which a range of specific, often legally binding, tools are applied to media systems and institutions to achieve established policy goals such as pluralism, diversity, competition, and freedom. Regulation consists of the deployment of formal statutory rules laid down by public authorities as well as more informal codes of conduct developed and implemented by media organizations in conjunction with the state.
Mainstream media have produced extraordinary and sustained coverage of the COVID-19 pandemic, focusing on health, care-workers, and government policies, as well as the impact on individuals and communities. The same cannot be said for social media, which have been the source of misinformation and fake news, amplifying rumour and stoking fear.
Par Mathilde Kpalla
Le Togo, comme la plupart des pays de l’Afrique subsahariens, est touché par le COVID-19. Pour le moment (mars 2020) pas à une grande échelle. Ainsi le Togo en est à 84 cas confirmés et 6 décès.
This treaty aims to protect and promote the historical regional or minority languages of Europe. It was adopted, on the one hand, in order to maintain and to develop the Europe’s cultural traditions and heritage, and on the other, to respect an inalienable and commonly recognised right to use a regional or minority language in private and public life.
By Lorenzo Vargas
New models to fund and sustain the public interest media that the Internet disrupted are urgently needed. COVID-19 reminds us of just how pressing this need is.
By Just Net Coalition
The Digital Justice Manifesto, “A Call to Own Our Digital Future”, was launched in Berlin in November 2019 by the Just Net Coalition, a global network of civil society organizations and individuals, including the World Association for Christian Communication. The coalition was founded at a meeting in New Delhi in 2014, which agreed “The Delhi Declaration for a Just and Equitable Internet”.
he General Conference of UNESCO, recognizing the importance of promoting multilingualism and equitable access to information and knowledge, especially in the public domain, adopted the following Recommendation at its 32nd session (30 September – 17 October 2003).
Por J. Carlos Lara
Incontables iniciativas estatales y privadas pretenden proveer de soluciones a la expansión del COVID-19, incluso en América Latina. A pesar de los llamados a la cordura y al respeto por los derechos fundamentales, persiste en nuestra región un intento por usar la vigilancia como solución, inclusive para problemas que van más allá de la salud pública. ¿Sobreviviremos al brote de vigilancia?
By Alexander Trepelkov The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), with their universal scope, interlinked nature and focus on leaving no one behind will be more essential than ever during and after this crisis. The SDGs encourage investments in critical public goods like minimum levels of social protection and...