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- Asia Pacific, China, Coronavirus, Journalist safety, Media, Newspapers, Newspapers & magazines, Press freedom, World news
UN and rights groups condemn reported jailing of Wuhan Covid citizen journalist
Zhang Zhan sentenced to four years for second time on charge often used by China to target government criticsT…
- Censorship, Donald Trump, Freedom of speech, Jimmy Kimmel, Jon Stewart, Maria Ressa, Media, Philippines, Trump administration, US news, US politics, World news
Americans are ‘deer in the headlights’ in face of Trump assault on free speech, Maria Ressa tells Jon Stewart
Nobel prize winner says US institutions have collapsed much quicker than expected under the Trump administrati…
- Digital media, Facebook, Instagram, Law, Media, Meta, Nepal, Social media, South and Central Asia, Technology, TikTok, WhatsApp, World news
At least 19 killed in ‘gen Z’ protests against Nepal’s social media ban
Many demonstrators say they are also on the streets over corruption and nepotism they allege is rampant At lea…
- Asia Pacific, Business, China, Hong Kong, Jimmy Lai, Law, Media, Newspapers, Newspapers & magazines, Press freedom, World news
Final arguments conclude in Jimmy Lai national security trial in Hong Kong
Government-picked judges consider verdict in high-profile case against pro-democracy media mogulFinal argument…
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Supporting freedom of expression is not wrong, Jimmy Lai’s lawyer tells court
Closing arguments made in Hong Kong media mogul’s national security trial, which has lasted more than 140 days…
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‘Take that risk’: the New Zealand teen author named one of Time magazine’s girls of the year
Rutendo Shadaya, who wrote a series of children’s fantasy books featuring strong female leads, has been recogn…
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Swatch pulls ‘slanted eye’ ad after backlash in China
Calls for boycott after Swiss watchmaker becomes latest western brand accused of racist imageryThe Swiss watch…
- Bollywood, Business, Culture, Film, Film industry, India, Media, Netflix, South and Central Asia, Technology, World news, YouTube
Aamir Khan: India’s movie legend on a cut-price mission to save Bollywood
The superstar actor will release his latest film on YouTube so families who cannot afford cinema trips can wat…
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Pacific faces ‘critical moment’ in fight for press freedom, media watchdog warns
Some reporters in the region face jail for alleged defamation in countries where news outlets often lack resou…
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Frequent TikTok users in Taiwan more likely to agree with pro-China narratives, study finds
Survey shows correlation between use of Chinese-owned platform and approval of unification with ChinaTaiwanese…
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Frequent TikTok users in Taiwan more likely to agree with pro-China narratives, study finds
Survey shows correlation between use of Chinese-owned platform and approval of unification with ChinaTaiwanese…
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Hanoi bans The Economist’s issue featuring Vietnam’s leader on its cover, reports say
Media quoted unnamed distributors who said they could not obtain copies of the magazine or that it had been ba…
- Digital media, Imran Khan, India, Kashmir, Media, Pakistan, Social media, South and Central Asia, Technology, War reporting, World news
How social media lies fuelled a rush to war between India and Pakistan
Disinformation spread to mainstream channels in what experts call deliberate ‘informational warfare’As missile…
- Africa, Americas, Conflict and arms, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Global development, Journalist safety, Media, Mexico, Middle East and North Africa, Myanmar, Newspapers & magazines, Press freedom, South and Central Asia, Sudan, World news
‘They told me that they’d hunt me down’: journalists on how they survive working in war zones
With a record number of journalists killed over the past year, four reporters covering conflicts across the wo…
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Hong Kong authorities trying to disrupt independent press with ‘strange’ tax audits
Inland revenue targets eight outlets, union, 20 journalists and their families with supposed ‘random’ checksHo…