‘A watershed’: Meta ordered to offer mental health care to moderators in Kenya
Trauma experienced by staff at Nairobi Facebook hub recognised in legal ruling that may have global implications Meta has been ordered to “provide proper medical,...
Category : Media
Lesotho orders indefinite curfew after radio journalist is shot dead
Murder of Ralikonelo ‘Leqhashasha’ Joki prompts crackdown in southern African nation amid warnings of threat to media freedom Lesotho has imposed an indefinite nationwide curfew...
El Salvador news outlet relocates to Costa Rica to avoid Bukele’s crackdown
El Faro moves its headquarters to avoid ‘fabricated accusations’ after 25 years reporting on drug wars, crime and corruption El Faro has survived many pressures...
Peru’s former presidential candidate sentenced for journalist’s murder
Daniel Urresti sent to jail for 12 years for his role in the 1988 killing of Hugo Bustíos at the height of the country’s civil...
African film-makers reimagine folktales as dark fantasy dramas for Netflix
The six films include the tale of an ogre who preys on women, a sci-fi Nigeria taken over by AI, and a girl on a...
Burkina Faso expels reporters from two French newspapers
Le Monde and Libération correspondents sent home in junta’s latest move against media from former colonial power Burkina Faso has expelled correspondents from Le Monde...
Canada’s approval of major telecoms takeover condemned as ‘dark day’
Anti-monopoly consumer groups slam multibillion-takeover of Shaw by Rogers that will create a media and sports behemoth Canada has approved a major telecoms takeover that...
Rupert Murdoch has fuelled polarisation of society, Barack Obama says
Former US president tells Sydney audience that media coverage has helped exacerbate divisions and that we no longer have a ‘shared story’ The former US...
TikTok unveils European data security plan amid calls for US ban
Move comes as White House backs bill that could give it power to ban Chinese-owned app nationwide TikTok has announced a data security regime for...
Political aides hacked by ‘Team Jorge’ in run-up to Kenyan election
Revelation shows dangers posed by bad actors and paid operatives in democratic systems across Africa Revealed: the hacking and disinformation team meddling in elections An...
