TikTok users in US flock to ‘China’s Instagram’ ahead of ban | Social Media
Taipei, Taiwan – As a TikTok ban looms in the United States, young Americans are flocking to the Chinese social media platform Xiaohongshu as “TikTok…
Brazil expresses concern over Meta’s changes to content moderation | Social Media News
Brazilian attorney general says that Meta’s move to loosen curbs on hate speech may put it at odds with country’s laws.Brazilian authorities have expressed “serious…
Why I won’t stop telling Gaza’s stories | Media
There is a look I have come to recognise – the way a child’s eyes widen when they see me, wearing a press vest and…
MEDIA ADVISORY: The Canadian Real Estate Association Set to Announce 2025 Housing Market Forecast
Article contentOTTAWA, Ontario, Jan. 13, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) —Article contentThe Canadian Real Estate Association (CREA) will be holding a press conference to release its 2025…
Four digital detox tricks to stop spending hours on social media – end ‘doom scrolling’ instantly
IT'S that time of year again; where promises of self-improvement flurry around, settle and melt away like snow.If you want 2025 to be the year…
Company memo reveals social media giant Meta rolling back DEI program
Social media giant Meta is rolling back its corporate diversity, equity and inclusion program, according to a leaked internal company memo published on Friday. File…
US Supreme Court critical of TikTok arguments against looming ban | Social Media News
Justices at the United States Supreme Court have signalled scepticism towards a challenge brought by the video-sharing platform TikTok, as it seeks to overturn a…
Meta, Facebook to drop fact-checkers: What does this mean for social media? | Social Media News
Meta, the owner of Facebook and other social media platforms, will implement major changes to its content moderation policies, founder Mark Zuckerberg announced this week…
Social media giant Meta scraps fact-checking for ‘community notes’ | Social Media News
Meta, which owns Facebook and Instagram, says allowing fact-checkers to assess content ‘became a tool to censor’.The social media giant Meta, which owns Instagram and…
Palestinian Authority shuts down several Al Jazeera websites | Palestinian Authority News
The decision came after the PA closed Al Jazeera’s office in the occupied West Bank, temporarily suspending its work.The Magistrate Court of Ramallah in the…
Mukesh Chandrakar: Indian media bodies seek probe into murder of journalist | News
Three arrested after Mukesh Chandrakar’s body found on January 3 in Chhattisgarh’s Bijapur stuffed in a septic tank.India’s media watchdog and other journalism organisations have…
Silence on Israel’s massacres of journalists is dangerous to all | Israel-Palestine conflict
A December 26 press statement by the Israeli army attempted to justify a war crime. It unabashedly admitted that the military incinerated five Palestinian journalists…
Charles Barkley takes Lakers coach JJ Redick’s media criticism personally
Lakers coach JJ Redick went on a bit of a tangent last month about how an overly critical media might be partially responsible for a…
The Global Crisis of Bullshit Culture and Media Manipulation
The American philosopher Harry G. Frankfurt’s 2005 book, On Bullshit (originally an article from 1986), offers a theory of bullshit that defines the term and…
A Year of Censorship: Social Media Crackdown | TV Shows
We look at how censorship on the internet has increased and ask what freedom of expression means online.With some governments banning apps like TikTok and social media…
Know their names: The Palestinian journalists killed by Israel in Gaza | Israel-Palestine conflict
Ismail’s last message to the world Al Jazeera Arabic journalist Ismail Al-Ghoul and his cameraman Rami al-Rifi were killed in an Israeli air attack on…
The Truth in Crisis: Navigating the Post-Truth Age
In an age where information is available at the touch of a button, the world finds itself facing a crisis of truth. The rise of…
The Role of Social Media in Facilitating Terrorism: A Growing Threat to Global Security
Social media has become a double-edged sword in the modern world. While it offers unprecedented connectivity, facilitates communication, and serves as a platform for global…
Latinx Files: 4 media trends that stood out to me in 2024
It’s the waning days of December, which means it’s time to look back at the year that was. For this week’s newsletter, here are four…
Italy says working to free journalist under arrest in Iran for over a week | Media News
Cecilia Sala, 29, who works for Il Foglio and Chora Media, was arrested in Tehran on December 19, authorities said.An Italian journalist has been arrested…