Attila Bátorfy co-authored the latest edition of the Media Pluralism Monitor’s country report on Hungary and found that the greatest risk was recorded in the political independence area. Media pluralism in Hungary has been degrading since 2010 but the year 2021 shows slight improvements, the authors argue. Yet they point out these are not due to reforms or a…
In a new report for the Center for International Media Assistance, Courtney Radsch analyzes global efforts at making Big Tech pay for the news they use and what they could mean for media development, media sustainability and press freedom, especially in developing countries. The report examines three types of policy interventions: taxation, competition policy and intellectual property, and…
CMDS Advisory Board member Anya Schiffrin and Peter Cunliffe-Jones survey some of the fixes tried for dis- and misinformation in the Global South in a chapter in the new book Disinformation in the Global South. The volume, edited by Herman Wasserman and Dani Madrid-Morales, has been published by Wiley-Blackwell. It offers a geographically diverse collection of perspectives on the phenomenon of…
CMDS Fellow Kristina Irion has participated in an empirical study of filing complaints with Data Protection Authorities under the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). The study, commissioned by Access Now, examines the practices of data protection authorities related to facilitating the submission of data infringement complaints and handling such complaints. The study finds “a lack of precise information…
CMDS Director Marius Dragomir hosted a panel at RightsCon 2022 on how the business community can support a healthier info-sphere, with our Fellow John Masuku as one of the speakers. The panel discussed the findings of research that started a year ago, conducted in 61 countries, aiming to identify and promote ethical models of business engagement to combat disinformation…
The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) published suggestions to transform the media landscape in the country, in order to impose restrictions on media ownership, and prevent dominance by a few media houses. The authority also highlighted negative trends in media ownership. 21 February 2020 Outlook, an English-language Indian weekly asked experts about TRAI’s suggestion, including CMDS…