News headlines for “Mainstream Media”, page 26
Twitter, Donald Trump, and Incitement to Violence
- Inter Press Service
CARACAS, Jan 15 (IPS) - Over the last four years, United States President Donald Trump has had in Twitter his main political communication tool. On this technological platform, he spread messages that were not entirely true, insulted and disqualified people, fired, or mocked his collaborators. Twitter was a stage for his sort of presidential reality show.
Stand Tall, UN Humanitarians
- Inter Press Service
LETHBRIDGE, Canada, Jan 05 (IPS) - Most people around the world were glad to see the back of 2020: From the devastating bushfires in Australia to the plagues of locusts through East Africa stretching across Arabia to Pakistan, extreme weather, melting ice sheets at the poles, and Covid-19 that still engulfs the globe.
A Decade after the Arab Spring, Tunisia Fails to Keep up with the Process of Democratisation
- Inter Press Service
NEW DELHI, India, Dec 22 (IPS) - Ten years ago a young street vendor, Mohamed Bouazizi set himself afire in the central Tunisian provincial town of Sidi Bouzid to protest against police harassment. Bouazizi’s sacrificial act served as a catalyst and inspired the Tunisian people to take over the streets that led to the Jasmine Revolution in the country. On January 4, 2011 Mohamed Bouazizi died, and ten days later the country's authoritarian President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali’s rule ended when he fled to Saudi Arabia.
Online Violence, Fueled by Disinformation and Political Attacks, Deeply Harms Women Journalists
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Dec 18 (IPS) - An alarmingly high number of women journalists are now targets of online attacks associated with orchestrated digital disinformation campaigns. The impacts include self-censorship, retreat from visibility, an increased risk of physical injury, and a serious mental health toll. The main perpetrators? Anonymous trolls and political actors.
If Your Civic Space is Closed, your Human Rights Dissolve
- Inter Press Service
PARIS, Dec 10 (IPS) - On Human Rights Day, civil society calls for the protection of civic space as a fundamental freedom, as more than 80% of the world’s population live in countries where civic space is closed, repressed or obstructed.
Venezuela, Twitter, and Crimes Against Humanity
- Inter Press Service
CARACAS, Oct 20 (IPS) - In mid-September, the United Nations Human Rights Council approved the renewal, for another two years, of the mandate of the Fact-Finding Mission to determine and document the existence of crimes against humanity in Venezuela, under the government of Nicolás Maduro.
TikTok, Trump and the Need for a Digital Non-Aligned Movement
- Inter Press Service
CAMBRIDGE, United States, Sep 09 (IPS) - Recent weeks have seen a dramatic escalation in the U.S.' stance towards tech companies from the People's Republic of China (PRC). After hounding the telecommunications company Huawei for years, the social networking app TikTok is the latest Chinese company to enter the firing line.
COVID-19: Presidents, the Press, and the Pandemic
- Inter Press Service
CARACAS, Sep 07 (IPS) - The presidents of the Americas, beyond their ideological differences, seem to agree in questioning the role of journalists and the media in the coverage of the COVID-19 pandemic. On the other hand, human rights organizations remind us of the fundamental role of information, especially in times of crisis and uncertainty like the one we are experiencing in this 2020.
Mozambique Reels from Repeated Attacks on Press Freedom
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Sep 04 (IPS) - While Mozambique was recently rattled by an arson attack on a local media organisation, experts say that it's only a part of a worrying pattern of continuous attacks on the media in the country.
Not Guilty Verdict in Kuciak Killing - a Chilling Message for Journalists
- Inter Press Service
BRATISLAVA, Sep 04 (IPS) - A Slovak businessman with alleged links to organised crime has been found not guilty of ordering the murder of journalist Jan Kuciak in a ruling that has left press freedom campaigner and politicians shocked.
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