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Articles tagged regulation (13)

Samuel JensApril 10, 2024

“Fake news” legislation risks doing more harm than good amid a record number of elections in 2024

“Whether intentional or not, the legislation we examined created potential opportunities to diminish opposing voices and decrease media freedom — both of which are particularly important in countries holding elections.”

Joshua BentonFebruary 23, 2021

Facebook got everything it wanted out of Australia by being willing to do what the other guy wouldn’t

“One cannot be betrayed if one has no people.”

Joshua BentonOctober 1, 2020

Google is giving $1 billion to news publishers — to help convince governments not to take a whole lot more than that

The money, spread over three years and the entire globe, is welcome — but this is PR, not a product.

Joshua BentonDecember 2, 2019

An old FCC rule is being used to justify shrinking the Dayton “Daily” News to three days a week

Want to get around a regulation that limits who can own a daily newspaper? Just make it a less-than-daily newspaper.

Christine SchmidtAugust 15, 2018

Democracy is cracking and platforms are no help. What can we do about it? Some policy suggestions

Here are a few in a new Canadian report: greater transparency requirements for digital news publishers, holding social media companies legally liable for the content on their platforms, and mandatory independent audits for platform algorithms.

Laura Hazard OwenOctober 23, 2017

Maybe the future of American news publishing is…Europe? (and other bleak ad-related scenarios)

“How do we produce business models which will support durable, robust journalism? Or do we just give up on the idea that advertising is the right model?”

Ricardo BiltonDecember 7, 2016

Pushing to kill regulations (and weaken fair use), the newspaper lobby is asking Trump for change

The president-elect may not always get along with reporters, but a shared desire for fewer regulations could be common ground for his administration and the newspaper industry over the next few years.

Ken DoctorJuly 16, 2014

The newsonomics of the new quest for big, big, big

Rupert Murdoch wants to add Time Warner to his stable of media properties. Seemingly everyone’s looking for an acquisition. What is it about this moment that is pushing everyone to get bigger?

Starting April 1, Burmese publishers can print daily newspapers

Caroline O'DonovanMarch 11, 2013

Monday Q&A: EFF’s Jillian York on just-in-time censorship, scaling connectors, and the problem with banning porn

“When you’re writing, especially journalism internationally, there is sort of a lack of cognizance around the facts that you’re not writing solely for an American audience anymore.”

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