Media
-
Google political advertising spend transparency reporting coming to Australia
This change will bring more transparency to how parties run their online campaigns, including how much is spent on ads…
Read More » -
‘You’re the ultimate editor’: Mark Zuckerberg and Jack Dorsey face US Senate grilling
Facebook and Twitter defended their handling of US election misinformation at a heated congressional hearing on Tuesday where one key…
Read More » -
Courting the chameleon: how the US election reveals Rupert Murdoch’s political colours
Answer: He adapts and he waits. Denis Muller The Conversation Electoral cycles last three, four or five years. Murdoch has…
Read More » -
How the Broken Hill community and an unlikely champion brought century-old Barrier Truth newspaper back from the brink
They fly high over fences and shrubs, landing with a polite thud at every house. Authors ABC News It’s the…
Read More » -
The US is taking on Google in a huge antitrust case.
The US Department of Justice (DoJ) has filed an antitrust lawsuit against Google for unlawful monopolisation. Katharine Kemp The Conversation…
Read More » -
‘Chilling attack on democracy’: proposed Asio powers could be used against journalists
Journalists and advocacy groups could face compulsory questioning by Asio as part of a proposed expansion of the spy agency’s…
Read More » -
On social media everyone is a hero or zero. We must embrace the complexity of real life
Ever had a bad idea? Or a bad thought? Or a bad friend? Suzanne Moore The Guardian I imagine not,…
Read More » -
We’re dealing away our media diversity
The year was 2017. The place: Parliament House in Canberra. Then-prime minister Malcolm Turnbull and then-communications minister Mitch Fifield were…
Read More » -
Outspoken Australian writer Yang Hengjun formally charged with ‘espionage’ in China
Australian writer and commentator Yang Hengjun has been formally charged with espionage in China, where he has been held since…
Read More » -
Girls around the world are being harassed online: this is what it feels like
It’s time others called it out, writes 21-year-old youth activist Madhuraa Prakash. Madhuraa Prakash SBS News Trolling and nastiness online…
Read More » -
Belgian milestone: A first trans minister and nobody cares
Katrin Hugendubel is advocacy director at ILGA-Europe. Katrin Hugendubel Politico The appointment of Petra De Sutter as Belgium’s deputy prime minister —…
Read More » -
Australian officials granted access to Cheng Lei, the Australian anchor detained in China
Cheng Lei was working as a high-profile anchor for China’s state-run English news service, CGTN, until she was arrested last…
Read More » -
Opinion: Independent journalism is a pillar of open society
We are living in confusing and uncertain times. Mathias Döpfner Deutsche Welle The world order seems to be disintegrating. Europe…
Read More » -
‘It makes you want to throw your phone in the bin’: The film turning teens off social media
Almost instantaneously, the bombshell Netflix documentary, The Social Dilemma, changed her relationship with the platforms upon which her generation grew…
Read More » -
From B student to billionaire: the man who built Netflix
Dispassionate sackings. Konrad Marshall Good Weekend in The Age “Sunshining” failure. Reed Hastings, the man who built the world’s most…
Read More » -
Julian Assange interrupts extradition hearing again
The 49-year-old intervened in his extradition hearing for the second time since it’s resumption at the Old Bailey in London…
Read More »