Media and Civic Engagement: From Protests to Dialogue
While civil society and the media are often painted primarily as forces of opposition, a growing group of scholars and practitioners makes the case for their vital roles in building… Read more »
Category: Media
Ukraine sanctions Russian social media amid Crimea’s virtual blackout
Ukraine has moved to block access to top Russian social media sites and search-and-email portals, adding them to a list of companies and individuals sanctioned over Moscow’s annexation of Crimea… Read more »
2017 World Press Freedom Index
On April 26, join The Washington Post and Reporters Without Borders for a conversation on media freedom around the world. The program will feature a discussion with journalists from Turkey,… Read more »
Evidence confirms Russian hackers, fake news targeting Europe’s elections
The campaign of the French presidential election candidate Emmanuel Macron has been targeted by what appear to be the same Russian operatives responsible for previous attacks on elections in Western democracies election,… Read more »
Putin’s ‘formidable influence machine’ at work in French poll
Russia, or at least its state-controlled news media, has been interfering in the French presidential election, the New York Times reports: Cécile Vaissié, a professor of Russian, Soviet and post-Soviet… Read more »
West moves to counter Kremlin’s hybrid warfare: Russia vulnerable to reverse information campaign
If you want evidence of how technology has made diplomacy less diplomatic and information warfare less subtle, take a look at @RussianEmbassy, the Twitter account of the Russian Embassy in London, the Washington… Read more »
Arab civil society crucial for democracy
Popular protests against corruption and curbs on freedom of expression are indications of the increasingly authoritarian rule of Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, observers suggest. A Palestinian author is hiding in an… Read more »
Russian information warfare at its worst
Russian information warfare at its worst, visit the Baltic states, Christian Caryl writes for The Washington Post: Interference with elections? Check. Cyberattacks? Check. Prominent politicians with murky links to the Kremlin? Check. Fake news and… Read more »
Promote democracy to counter radicalization and extremism
The British government today called for a global partnership to counter online radicalization and extremism. “As long as violent extremist groups seek to undermine the very ideals and values that… Read more »
International Fact-Checking Day Set for April 2
Events from Johannesburg to Denver will highlight International Fact-Checking Day on April 2, according to Poynter, a global leader in journalism. An initiative of the International Fact-Checking Network, the day… Read more »