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Public service broadcasting: It’s political

Public service broadcasting: It’s political

by Saskia Rowley | Mar 16, 2020 | Communication Rights

Attacks on the independence of the BBC are multiplying. The principle of public service broadcasting – or, in these days of digital convergence, public service media – ought to be sacrosanct. The question then becomes one of the need for unbiased oversight and...
Pushing the limits of media freedom in the interest of democratic protest

Pushing the limits of media freedom in the interest of democratic protest

by Saskia Rowley | Mar 9, 2020 | Communication Rights

A report from Lebanon’s Maharat Foundation examines the role of freedom of expression and media during the 2019 uprising. Maharat’s aim is to create societal and political conditions that enhance freedom of expression and access to information both online and offline....
International digital taxation: It’s long overdue

International digital taxation: It’s long overdue

by Saskia Rowley | Mar 2, 2020 | Communication Rights

“Income tax returns are the most imaginative fiction being written today.” Pulitzer Prize winning American author Herman Wouk may have written that, but it certainly seems to be true of some of the major tech companies whose profits include those from dubious digital...
Civil society has a chance to regain the high ground

Civil society has a chance to regain the high ground

by Saskia Rowley | Feb 24, 2020 | Communication Rights

Surveillance and loss of privacy are watchwords in the digital transformation of societies worldwide. Who is watching us and for what purposes? Who is infringing private spaces and closing down public spaces? When it comes to communication infrastructures and...
Giving migrants a voice – and others a history lesson

Giving migrants a voice – and others a history lesson

by Saskia Rowley | Feb 17, 2020 | Communication Rights

National Public Radio (NPR) in the United States is demonstrating the importance both of giving a voice to migrants in media, and of ensuring the independence of the public broadcasting platform. As reported by another public broadcaster, BBC (“The immigrants telling...
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