Video Duration 24 minutes 35 seconds 24:35Could new Indian law on fake online news affect media freedom? From: Inside StoryState agency would determine what constitutes misinformation.The Indian government is proposing tough measures to clamp down on what it considers fake news. Proposals include giving a state-run agency the power to decide what is false and…
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On Wednesday, January 18 at 19:30 GMT: As subjects of stories and interview sources, women are far less likely to be interviewed as experts and only appear in about a quarter of television, radio, print and online news, according to the Global Media Monitoring Project. Because of gender bias, women are less likely to be…
The United States is marking what would have been Martin Luther King Jr‘s 94th birthday, with advocates urging the country to commemorate the assassinated civil rights leader’s legacy by truly tackling racial injustice. Monday’s federal holiday – Martin Luther King Jr Day – comes nearly 55 years after the April 1968 killing of King, who…
The SANA news agency said that the attack targeted buses transporting workers in Deir Az Zor.Published On 30 Dec 202230 Dec 2022An attack in eastern Syria killed 10 oil field workers, state news agency SANA has reported, a day after Syrian Kurdish-led forces announced an offensive against ISIL (ISIS). “Two others have been wounded in a…
Photos released by North Korean news agency are first official confirmation of the existence of Kim Jong Un’s daughter.Published On 19 Nov 202219 Nov 2022North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has presented his daughter to the world for the first time in striking photos showing the pair hand-in-hand inspecting the launch of an intercontinental ballistic…
Photos released by North Korean news agency are first official confirmation of the existence of Kim Jong Un’s daughter.Published On 19 Nov 202219 Nov 2022North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has presented his daughter to the world for the first time in striking photos showing the pair hand-in-hand inspecting the launch of an intercontinental ballistic…
The move comes after a newspaper report alleging politicians and business people have been under state surveillance.Published On 7 Nov 20227 Nov 2022Greece’s government says it will introduce a bill to ban the sale of spyware following media reports of a state-sponsored phone-tapping scandal that targeted at least 30 people, including politicians and business people.…
Symbolic parliamentary motion stands little chance of success but renews debate around the role of the British crown in Canada.Quebec sovereigntists have called on Canada to cut ties with the British monarchy, which the head of the Bloc Quebecois party described as a costly and “archaic” symbol. The party’s symbolic motion, debated in the House…
British newspaper stunt’s tracked whether the UK’s under-fire PM could survive longer than the leafy vegetable.Published On 21 Oct 202221 Oct 2022It started with a question: “Which wet lettuce will last longer?” On October 14, British tabloid the Daily Star newspaper began streaming an online feed of a lettuce to see whether the off-the-shelf leafy…
British newspaper stunt’s tracked whether the UK’s under-fire PM could survive longer than the leafy vegetable.Published On 21 Oct 202221 Oct 2022It started with a question: “Which wet lettuce will last longer?” On October 14, British tabloid the Daily Star newspaper began streaming an online feed of a lettuce to see whether the off-the-shelf leafy…