Meta to end news access in Canada over publisher payment law
Move comes in response to Canadian legislation requiring internet giants to pay news publishers Meta has begun the process to end access to news on...
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ABC’s international budget should grow as China spends billions on information war, inquiry told
Parliament hears media in Asia and the Pacific are being courted by Beijing in an ‘unprecedented campaign’ Follow our Australia news live blog for the...
Outrage in Guatemala as crusading journalist given six-year prison term
José Rubén Zamora, 66, convicted and sentenced on money-laundering charges press freedom groups say were trumped up A veteran journalist and founder of one of...
‘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,...
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...
