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Rethinking our role as social media “users”

Rethinking our role as social media “users”

by Saskia Rowley | Oct 31, 2022 | Communication Rights

Mozilla, the organization/community that built the Firefox browser and now has a Foundation working to ensure the internet remains an open and accessible public resource, has released a 12-minute documentary, “Unknown Influence” The documentary interviews independent...
Calling out government censorship of the Internet

Calling out government censorship of the Internet

by Saskia Rowley | Oct 17, 2022 | Communication Rights

The world’s law enforcement services are in cahoots, sharing detailed data about individuals as well as corporations “in the interest of national security”. In 2021, the Agreement between the Government of Australia and the Government of the United States of America...
Media “platforming” and the oxygen of publicity

Media “platforming” and the oxygen of publicity

by Saskia Rowley | Feb 22, 2022 | Communication Rights

In 1985, following the hijacking of a Trans World Airlines flight by a Shi’ite Muslim group, UK Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher accused the news media of providing the terrorists with the “oxygen of publicity”. Thatcher misconstrued the role of public interest media,...
A wake up call to the spectre of “anti-woke” news

A wake up call to the spectre of “anti-woke” news

by Saskia Rowley | Nov 1, 2021 | Communication Rights

There is widespread dismay at the spectre of former US President Donald Trump setting up his own social media app provocatively named TRUTH. A press release dated 20 October 2021 announced a merger between Trump Media & Technology Group and Digital World...
Unmoored from the truth: Holding social media to account

Unmoored from the truth: Holding social media to account

by Saskia Rowley | Feb 22, 2021 | Communication Rights

The Washington Post (2 February 2021) reported, “Former president Donald Trump lost the 2020 election largely due to his handling of the coronavirus pandemic, according to a post-election autopsy completed by Trump campaign pollster Tony Fabrizio. The 27-page document...
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