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Privacy vs Free Expression: Global News Media Im...
By Ayden Férdeline Personal data privacy, or the general lack thereof online, has garnered a considerable amount of attention in the past month, especially in the wake of the Facebook-Cambridge Analytica controversy. The European Union’s new General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), which will ... |
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Holding the Line: An Interview with Tanya Hamada...
The last two years have been a tumultuous period for Filipino democracy. Since the People Power Revolution in 1986, the Philippines became something of a beacon for democratic development in a region beset by authoritarian rule. But in the face of President Duterte’s violent so-called “drug war... |
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China’s Outward Propaganda Strategy Undermines...
At a press briefing during China’s National People’s Congress convened in March, a local Chinese journalist’s dramatic eye-roll in response to her fellow reporter’s softball question went viral after it was captured on China’s state-run CCTV broadcast. The momentary glimpse of a candid rea... |
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Gulf Journalism in Exile: An Independent Press S...
To say that Mohammed Alfazari is an unsung hero would be misleading; a reviled hero might be a more apt description. Through his online magazine Muwatin, he is trying to create a voice for critical journalism in his home country, Oman. For his efforts, Alfazari has been arrested and harassed by the ... |
