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Transformation in the Age of Misinformation

By Tom Benner

Singapore’s Minister for Communications and Information S. Iswaran, opening WAN-IFRA’s PublishAsia 2019 conference in Singapore on May 8, said government steps to reign in deliberate online falsehoods complement efforts by the media industry and community groups.

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Kimberly Lim

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2019-05-13 02:30

Media, Our Best Hope On World Press Freedom Day

Pressures on journalists and media organisations are designed to reduce transparency and accountability in society. Usually it means powerful interests have something to hide from public view. Ultimately, media need to do more to convince public opinion that such targeting is an attack on common values and will not be tolerated.

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Andrew Heslop

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2017-05-02 13:48

International delegation calls on Indonesian President to address media freedom concerns

WAN-IFRA was part of an international delegation of media and freedom of expression organisations that met with the Indonesian government to discuss the state of media in the country. It highlighted concerns regarding journalist safety and an environment that poses significant threats to freedom of expression after a week-long visit to meet with journalists, civil society and government representatives.

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Andrew Heslop

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2015-11-13 11:02

Governments Cannot Ignore Soft Censorship

The release today of three new reports outlining the effects of soft censorship on the media in Hungary, Serbia and Mexico makes for alarming, but altogether unsurprising reading.

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Andrew Heslop

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2015-10-29 14:30

Behind bars, newspapers have special power

Reading a newspaper can greatly benefit a prison inmate, even more so than a book, argues former prisoner Chandra Bozelko in a compelling essay appearing in Quartz, the online news outlet of Atlantic Media.

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2015-08-14 10:33

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