by Terri Miller | Aug 6, 2024 | Communication Rights
The 2024 Summer Olympics – or the XXXIII Olympiad – are finally here! Whether you, or I, get to watch any of the games, livestreamed and in full, is a separate issue. Those of us old enough to remember will recall a time when the Olympics were readily accessible...
by Saskia Rowley | Oct 14, 2019 | Communication Rights
Digital technology is a growing force in today’s world. Since advocacy groups during the Vietnam War became incensed by televised images of suffering and torture, information and communication technology has changed the way we interact with the world around us. But it...
by Saskia Rowley | Sep 9, 2019 | Communication Rights
Google should have known better! An Associated Press piece in The Guardian newspaper (“YouTube fined $170m for collecting children’s personal data”, 4 September 2019) notes a serious violation of children’s right to privacy: “Google’s video site YouTube has been...
by Saskia Rowley | Jul 29, 2019 | Communication Rights
Walk around any city and your face will be caught on camera and might even be added to a facial-recognition database. That data can now be processed in real-time. Regulations about how it can be used are minimal and generally weak. The military, law-enforcement...
by Saskia Rowley | May 13, 2019 | Communication Rights
Readers of Comment may have seen Clifford G. Christians’ article in the 1/2019 issue of WACC’s journal Media Development on “New digital technology and global communication ethics”. He calls for a commitment to the three ethical principles that underlie human...
