[Communiqué] Audrey Azoulay, Director-General of UNESCO sounded the alarm on Monday 6th about the intensification of disinformation and hate speech online, which constitutes "a major threat to stability and social cohesion".
Journalism & Ethics
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New Delhi, Nov 10 (PTI). The government on Friday 10th unveiled a Bill that seeks to consolidate the regulatory framework for broadcasting services, including Over-The-Top (OTT) and digital media content.The Broadcasting Services (Regulation) Bill, 2023 seeks to replace the Cable Television Networks Regulation Act of 1995 and other rules and guidelines governing the broadcasting sector, and strengthen self-regulation on content. 
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As smaller newspapers shrink or disappear, it’s easy to romanticize the role they played. But one reporter’s memories of the heyday of local journalism reveal a much more complicated reality.
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Since 1990, the number of newspaper employees in the United States has plunged from 455,000 to fewer than 90,000, even as the population has increased by a third. What such a decline tells about our democratic societies ?
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The American Society of Professional Journalists (SPJ), known for decades as the oldest and largest professional organization for journalists, is facing an identity crisis.
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“You have to be 100% certain before publishing and show the audience why something is false,” says journalist Shayan Sardarizadeh, a senior journalist covering disinformation, extremism and conspiracy theories for BBC Monitoring’s disinformation team as part of BBC Verify. [photo : Palestinians look at the destruction of a house after a strike amid the conflict with Israel in Gaza on 12 October 2023.]
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"Just saying something is false, just trust me, is not good enough", this checker of viral visual content at the BBC assures.It has to be proven.
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Most journalists and news organisations are concerned about the ethical implications of artificial intelligence for journalism, a research by the London School of Economics has found. More than 60pc of people in the industry fear the impact AI could have on accuracy, fairness and transparency and other aspects of the trade. However, 73pc of those surveyed, which included journalists, technologists and managers, believe AI presents new opportunities for journalism by “boosting efficiency, productivity and creativity”.
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The Council for Mass Media in Finland carried out a research project on the social-media-related rulings of the European media councils. The study analysed a total of 250 resolutions made by seven European media councils over a ten-year period. The report highlights the spectrum of ethical issues related to the use of social media as both a source and publishing platform of journalism.
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One of the most difficult issues for the media councils has been where to draw the boundaries of their own authority in relation to social media. While some councils only accept complaints about content posted on the media outlets’ official accounts, other councils also assess posts by individual journalists.
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Given the rising hype surrounding AI, much attention has been given to the question “what values should guide this development?” From moratoriums to the AI industry to endless lists of principles, it is easy to get lost in this normative discourse. Hence, to help determine whether a global consensus exists regarding our values concerning AI, this paper conducts a meta-analysis of 200 governance policies and guidelines for AI usage published by different stakeholders worldwide.
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[Podcast] The global town square is in ruins. Where do we go from here ?
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A new academic study "Distinguishing Journalism from other Sources of Information" was published within the project "Media Councils in the Digital Age" by Presserat, supported by the European Commission.
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The European Commission has sent a request for information to the platform to check its compliance with the Digital Services Act.
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Young app seems to have few viral falsehoods, perhaps because it’s still small and used differently from competitors...
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The European Union issued warnings to Musk and the Meta CEO, Mark Zuckerberg, this week, urging them to remove any content that violated EU laws and instructed them to respond within 24 hours. X’s CEO, Linda Yaccarino, announced on Thursday 12th that the platform had removed hundreds of Hamas-linked accounts and labeled tens of thousands of posts.
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Issue exposed more than 260 unanswered requests... [HoldtheFrontPage is a news and jobs website for journalists everywhere with a particular focus on the UK regional press.]
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[video interview] Barack Obama joined Nilay Patel on Decoder (The Verge) to discuss President Joe Biden’s executive order on Artificial Intelligence, tech regulation, and... what apps he has on his homescreen.
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The ideas of the “first digital president”, who was among the most subject to disinformation, on what appears to him to be a major disruptive innovation like electricity. "I am concerned about business models that just feed people exactly what they already believe and agree with and are all designed to sell them stuff", he says. "Do I think that’s great for democracy? No. Do I think that’s something the government itself can regulate? I’m skeptical that you can come up with perfect regulations there. What I actually think needs to happen, though, is that we need to think about different platforms and different business models."
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The BBC and The New York Times (NYT) are among the news outlets revisiting their coverage of a deadly blast at a Gaza hospital, the american National Public Radio network (NPR) reports. They relied on Hamas as an authoritative source of information. The NYT said it would re-examine its protocols and safeguards for covering breaking news in light of the incident.
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"The audiences' perceptions of media outlets' fairness determine how much trust they have — not just in the veracity of specific coverage but the independence of their journalists, NPR concludes. Speed may matter a lot to readers, viewers and listeners. Accuracy and fairness still matter more, especially when stakes are so high."
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"We find a really strong connection that [nonprofit news outlets] are able to maintain accountability in [local] communities", says Nikki Usher, lead author of the paper and an associate communications professor at the University of San Diego (California).
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Even if a nonprofit news outlet has a fraction of the reach that a traditional newspaper used to have, it still provides a crucial civic function and helps drive the local news agenda, the research shows.
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As the world’s health risks continue to evolve, dedicated health journalists have never been more important, The Global Investigative Journalism Network says. [On the photo, a debate at the Healthcare Investigations panel at GIJC23. Image: Ellen Lindqvist Karsberg for GIJN]
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Here are some tips for studying companies and their potential influence on scientific reporting, particularly in public health matters: 1. examine the regulatory and legal context; 2. Check who funds science; 3. Talk to experts; 4. Context of the authors; 5. Don't be impressed by white coats...
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Readers give Columbus Dispatch sports editor Brian White their takes on the Columbus Blue Jackets, Ohio State football, pro golf and more.
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"What increasingly troubles me with this story and journalism in particular is the routine use of anonymous sources, a Dispatch's reader says. It's hard to avoid the phrases 'granted anonymity to ensure candor' or to '... protect confidentiality in sensitive situations' these days. I can understand why this is necessary in some situations but not as much as it is being employed."
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As the European Parliament gets set to vote on the European Media Freedom Act (EMFA) next week, 80 civil society and journalists’ associations and unions, including the International and the European Federations of Journalists (IFJ-EFJ), are calling on Members of European Parliament (MEPs) to ensure meaningful protection for journalists in the regulation by including a total ban on spyware.
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William Wan, a reporter focused on mental health and people suffering on the margins of society at The Washington Post, , has won the Ethics in Journalism Award from the Society of Professional Journalists (SPJ). He was cited specifically for his run of coverage exploring systemic problems facing mentally ill youths.
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In the United States, the Society of Professional Journalists (SPJ) rewards ethical skills concretely implemented by journalists. “The ethical challenges [ William Wan] faced revolved around intimately reporting on suicide and mental health without further traumatizing the victims, causing a contagion effect or making sure the interviewees weren’t passively written about,” the SPJ said in its announcement.
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In Nigeria, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has tasked media practitioners to ensure ethics in their reportage, ahead of a local election. “As stakeholders, the media should refuse the temptation to move away from facts as being seen in the social media, where fake news has become the order of the day", Prof. Mahmud Yakubu, the Chairman, said. [Nigerian Anchor self-defines as "a development-focused newspaper that aspires to chronicle happenings in the restless waters of the Nigerian political and economic system".]
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Meta said on Friday october 13th 2023 it was taking steps including removing praise and substantive support for Hamas from its platforms after the European Union reprimanded social media companies for not doing enough to tackle disinformation.
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In an online environment increasingly polluted with false information, trust in news has steadily eroded over the years, notes a report for the Center for International Media Assistance (CIMA). At the same time, high-quality news has been losing already scarce advertising revenue to clickbait and viral misinformation. Digital trust initiatives, which evaluate and label news outlets, aim to remedy these issues. While their definitions of what constitutes trustworthy news may vary, these initiatives share common goals : to help independent media outlets survive by making them stand out to audiences and advertisers. [The CIMA is a think tank focusing on four cross-cutting issue areas in media development: effectiveness, sustainability, innovation, and funding.]
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Beyond their differences, the key enigma that every digital news trust initiative - such as The Trust Project, NewsGuard, or JTI - strives to resolve is a question of definition : how to define a "trustworthy" media ? And once defined, how can it be operationalized into a set of objective and measurable criteria ?, analyses Eleonora Mazzoli, specialized in digital media and platform regulation, with an interdisciplinary academic and professional background in media economics and broadcasting policy.
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No fewer than 3,500 journalists have been trained by Google on the use of different tools for news verification, including digital tools to manage...
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In Nigeria, the Ministry of Information and National Orientation relies on Google to promote "the free flow of information, because democracy cannot survive without freedom of expression."
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[Blog corporate] In Delhi (India), the private study institute IMS Ghaziabad (University Courses Campus) places deontology and ethics at the heart of its journalism studies course.
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