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New Indian online rules risk state overreach and abuse

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INDIA

The new rules follow a stand-off between Twitter and the central government last month over some posts and accounts. The government has used this stand-off as an opportunity not…

Rules on tech firms will tighten across South Asia

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SOUTH ASIA

Policy convergence is visible across the region's four largest markets -- India, Bangladesh, Pakistan and Sri Lanka. However, success varies and, counter-intuitively, policy…

Millennials give US unions hope but need new focus

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UNITED STATES

Unions remain well-entrenched in the public sector, but their influence has fallen in much of the private sector. One exception is workers in knowledge-based industries, often…

Trump could shake up US conservative media post-office

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UNITED STATES

Conservative broadcast news media in the United States will be reshaped after January 20 by a combination of Trump’s departure; a backlash from his supporters against Fox News for…

Canadian debate over streaming services moves venues

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CANADA

C-18, a second, related bill that would require internet companies to compensate Canadian journalistic enterprises for use of their content, is currently before a Senate committee…

US political divisions will remain deeply entrenched

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UNITED STATES

The January 6 assault on the Capitol, which triggered the impeachment, followed a period in which those divisions reached a new level of intensity.

Disinformation is a rising security threat to the West

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INTERNATIONAL

Articles containing the bogus quotes were shared across social media globally. The case illustrates how disinformation is created and spread for malign influence, and its ease of…

Foreign powers will use media for Balkan influence

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BALKANS

Western media have been present in the Balkans for decades through the likes of the BBC and Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL). Large media corporations in Russia, China…

Media control will protect scandal-ridden Netanyahu

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ISRAEL

An opposition leader in January petitioned the High Court to remove that portfolio over alleged conflicts of interest. This followed the emergence of a recording of Netanyahu…

COVID-19 intensifies the cyber race on disinformation

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INT

Efforts to combat disinformation.