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Press freedom under digital siege

Authoritarian governments use algorithms to give a false impression of the majority view online and silence dissenting voices : AgoezIMAGES, Transparency International Indonesia, Flickr

Skewing the online discussion threatens media literacy.

Press freedom under digital siege

Indonesia: weaponising algorithms to silence dissent

Skewing the online discussion threatens media literacy.

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Journalists are facing growing levels of surveillance designed to discredit both them and their sources. : Michael Joiner, 360info

Journalists the world over face increasing digital surveillance used to hamper press freedom, promote misinformation or discredit their work.

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Press freedom under digital siege

Journalists the world over face increasing digital surveillance used to hamper press freedom, promote misinformation or discredit their work.

Arts
Has the Internet helped journalists to encourage democracy? The jury is still out. : Sham Hardy

Media systems have no answer for toxic polarisation. The development of a public-service internet and public-service media needs to be on the agenda.

Press freedom under digital siege

Outnumbered and outgunned, public-interest journalism losing to identity politics

Media systems have no answer for toxic polarisation. The development of a public-service internet and public-service media needs to be on the agenda.

Politics
Journalists are some of the most active users of Twitter. : Akshar Dave on Unspalsh

Journalists are some of the most active users of Twitter. But steps to make it a platform for unregulated speech threatens to turn a tool into a tribulation.

Press freedom under digital siege

Journalism’s hostage relationship with Twitter

Conflict
Malaysia’s economy has been heavily reliant on the migrant workforce. : tinou bao

Migrant workers keep the Malaysian economy humming during peak times. But when times got tough, they were scapegoated.

Press freedom under digital siege

Blamed, defamed, deported: media attacks on migrants in Malaysia

Human Interest
Rodrigo Duterte’s six-year presidency has been synonymous with declining press freedom in the Philippines : Jeff Pioquinto, SJ, Flickr

Duterte’s presidency rapidly eroded press freedom in the Philippines. Media organisations see the May elections as a chance to set things right.

Press freedom under digital siege

Media in the Philippines bite back against Duterte

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A new tech law could turn Bangladesh into a surveillance state : joiseyshowaa, Dhaka Daily News, Flickr

Already under fire from the Digital Security Act, Bangladeshi journalists face even worse censorship if a new piece of legislation gets up.

Press freedom under digital siege

Bangladeshi tech law would gag journalists, embed authoritarianism

Law
The Committee To Protect Journalists Hosts International Press Freedom Awards

Authoritarian governments have weaponised online tools and platforms to control journalists and stifle freedom of expression.

Press freedom under digital siege

Four ways Southeast Asian journalists are under digital attack

Human Interest
As press freedom declines in Indonesia, it is becoming harder for journalists to report on sensitive subjects such as West Papua. : AK Rockefeller, Flickr

New media laws in Indonesia target journalists and infringe rights rather than protecting them

Press freedom under digital siege

Indonesian law systematically stifles journalists

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