Tag: Media
Three reasons why disinformation is so pervasive and what we can do about it
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Donald Trump derided any critical news coverage as “fake news” and his unwillingness to concede the 2020 presidential election eventually led to the January...
COVID deaths are now barely mentioned in the media. That changes the very nature of grief
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About a year ago, many of us were in lockdown. State premiers fronted the media every day to reveal how many people had...
High Court rules media are liable for Facebook comments on their stories. Here’s what that means for your favourite Facebook pages
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A publisher can be held responsible for defamatory comments readers leave on its Facebook pages, the High Court ruled yesterday, in a decision...
Facebook has pulled the trigger on news content — and possibly shot itself in the foot
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Facebook on Thursday made good on its threat to block Australians from accessing or posting news content. The ban includes blocking...
Is news worth a lot or a little? Google and Facebook want to have it both ways
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Executives from Google and Facebook have told a Senate committee they are prepared to take drastic action if Australia’s news media bargaining...
To publish or not to publish? The media’s free-speech dilemmas in a world of division, violence and extremism
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Terrorism, political extremism, Donald Trump, social media and the phenomenon of “cancel culture” are confronting journalists with a range of...