Sachini Kavindya

Google moves to make Android apps more private

Google’s plan to limit data tracking on its Chrome browser has been extended to cover apps on its Android-based smartphones. Its so-called Privacy Sandbox project aims to curb the amount of user data that advertisers can gather. Rival Apple now forces app developers to ask permission from users before tracking them. The news will be […]

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Indian government must end intimidation campaigns against columnist, RSF says

Reporters Without Borders (RSF) condemns an Indian government agency’s decision to freeze the bank accounts of Rana Ayyub, an outspoken journalist who was been subjected to waves of judicial, digital and physical harassment in the past. The decision to freeze her assets is completely arbitrary and must be rescinded at once, RSF says. Rana Ayyub,

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Shots fired at Bissau journalist’s home one day after armed attack on his radio station

Reporters Without Borders (RSF) is alarmed to learn that shots were fired at the home of one of Capital FM’s journalists just 24 hours after masked gunmen attacked this Bissau-based opposition radio station, injuring several journalists. Guinea-Bissau’s authorities must react at once in order to protect this station’s personnel, RSF says. Bullet impacts can be

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RSF denounces harassment of Kyrgyz investigative video reporters

Reporters Without Borders (RSF) condemns a campaign to harass and intimidate the staff of the Kyrgyz investigative video channel Temirov Live, and calls for the withdrawal of the trumped-up drug charge that police brought against Bolot Temirov, the video channel’s well-known founder and director, after a raid on its premises. When narcotics police raided the

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Kosovo: Media freedom organizations call for an immediate end to the denigrating campaign against journalists

Individuals linked to Kosovo’s ruling party and the president incited the public against journalists after two media outlets had made a mistake followed by a public apology. Together with other international NGOs defending press freedom, Reporters Without Borders (RSF) condemns in an open letter a disproportionate reaction which led to unjustified hostility against reporters. To:

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Announcing the 2022 East-West Center International Media Conference

Save the date! The East-West Center is excited to announce that its 7th International Media Conference will be held both in-person and virtually this summer, June 27-30, 2022, in its home city of Honolulu, Hawaiʻi. Registration details to follow. As social trust in media, government, business, science, NGOs – even in the concept of society itself – has

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SRI LANKA PRESS INSTITUTE’S BASIC MEDIA LITERACY AND FACT-CHECKING TRAINING

The Sri Lanka Press Institute’s fact-checking unit, FactSeeker, conducted two successful on-site workshops on “Basic Media Literacy and Fact-checking”  at the Solis Hotel in Matara and Kethumathee Hotel in Ratnapura on 8th and 9th February 2022. The workshops were attended by 19 and 17 youth participants in Matara and Ratnapura districts respectively. The training program

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Just the facts: Investigative Journalism in Pursuit of Truth and Transparency-Training Series on Accountability Journalism

The Sri Lanka Press Institute (SLPI) in partnership with the International Center for Journalists (ICFJ) has initiated a program, “Just the Facts: Investigative Journalism in Pursuit of Truth and Transparency.” The program equips journalists in building capacity on investigative reporting. The SLPI is warmly inviting journalists to the second program of the series; an online

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How to harness human bias in algorithmic content curation

2022-02-09. How can news organisations harness human bias in algorithmic content curation? Sonali Verma, the Globe and Mail’s Senior Product Manager, Analytics Products, explains how they created an AI system that incorporates the best of human judgment as well as machine learning, with safeguards built in to prevent the machine from descending into clickbait hell.

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Syrian journalist detained for third time in 18 months

Reporters Without Borders (RSF) calls for the release of Kenan Wakkaf, a journalist who was arrested in Tartus, a government-controlled city on Syria’s Mediterranean coast, shortly after posting an alarming video on 5 February reporting that the security forces were looking for him and had just raided his home. “This is a testament for my

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