Fake news and the hijacking of public opinion
British Members of Parliament are agitating for tougher regulations to combat fake news.
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11 March, 2019
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To share or not to share
A friend forwarded a YouTube video reporting on an apparent practice in a Central Asian country of abducting women for marriage.
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04 March, 2019
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Digital surveillance: Who watches the watchers?
Last year Australia passed a bill weakening security on the iPhones and software people rely on in today’s digital world....
25 February, 2019
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I Got Algorithm
How to prevent social networks from damaging the well-being of young people?...
18 February, 2019
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Data protection and googol fines
Data privacy, also called information privacy, is about what data in a computer system can be shared with third parties.
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04 February, 2019
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Building trust in a fragmented world
Genuine communication is all about creating relationships and building trust.
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28 January, 2019
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What makes great journalism? On foreign correspondents and terror
Yet another terrorist act played out in Nairobi just two weeks into 2019.
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21 January, 2019
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Hunger for truth games
Media wars can easily get personal. Today the name of the game is Showtime! Ratings trump sober facts and inconvenient...
14 January, 2019
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Shrinking civic space demands alternative strategies
At the end of 2018, an astonishing statistic was published by CIVICUS Monitor, a research collaborative effort that rates and tracks respect for...
07 January, 2019
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What price freedom of information?
Freedom of information, including the right to access information held by public bodies, is crucial to democracy, good governance, and good citizenship.
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10 December, 2018
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Time for a communication revolution from below!
Sobering words for those who still believe that information and communication technologies (ICTs) are the panacea for the world’s ills. In “Developing Countries...
03 December, 2018
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