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Lachlan Murdoch defends Fox News, says it won’t be changing its ‘centre-right’ strategy
Christopher Palmeri, Brisbane Times, 10 February 2021Chief Executive Officer of Fox Corp and son of Rupert Murdoch, Lachlan Murdoch, defended the network's "centre-right" programming, and said its viewing slump since the end of the US election campaign season was expected. His comments were in response to criticism of Fox Network for its role in promoting stories about baseless claims of...
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Google launches News Showcase in Australia in sign of compromise over media code
Josh Taylor, The Guardian, 05 February 2021The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age have dismissed Google's offer to pay media companies with the launch of News Showcase in Australia, arguing they will not negotiate with the tech giant before the news media code is legislated. Google launched its new product with seven Australian publishers whereby Google will pay to host content. The move...
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Internet blackouts skyrocket amid global political unrest
Dave Lawler & Sara Fischer, Axios, 02 February 2021An internet outage will usually occur when a coup is taking place in a country. At least 35 nations have restricted access to the internet or social media since 2019, according to research conducted by NetBlock, an organisation that monitors internet freedom. In Myanmar, internet disruptions coincided with reports that top politicians,...
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Fact-checkers are already fighting the spread of falsehoods from Telegram
Harrison Mantas, Poynter, 29 January 2021Fact-checkers in Germany, Ukraine, and India were already dealing with the spread of mis-and disinformation on encrypted messaging app Telegram. The app's popularity was significantly boosted in early 2021 following the de-platforming of former US President Donald Trump, and the proliferation of misinformation following ...
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Important stories hidden in Google’s ‘experiment’ blocking Australian news sites
Nick Evershed, The Guardian, 28 January 2021Google's "experiment" in removing major news sites from search results in Australia is resulting in the hiding of important news stories from hundreds of thousands of Australians. In some cases, mainstream news publications are being filtered out for lower-quality publications such as The Epoch Times, an outlet that promotes pro-Trump...
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HSBC’s CEO ‘aiding and abetting’ China’s crackdown in Hong Kong: British MPs
Latika Bourke, The Sydney Morning Herald, 27 January 2021HSBC's CEO has been accused of "aiding and abetting" China's crackdown on democracy by backing the security law imposed on Hong Kong. Group CEO Noel Quinn was grilled by British MPs at a hearing of the Commons Foreign Affairs select committee, where he was questioned about why HSBC froze the account of exiled democracy campaigner Ted Hui and...
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Top Five Predictions for 2021
Wayne BurnsAs we do each year, here is our recap of the big trends and developments that defined the practice of corporate public affairs in 2020, and our Top Five Predictions for 2021.
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Business titans pull back from GOP after US Capitol insurrection
Politico, 11 January 2021Ten major companies have decided to withhold contributions to Republican lawmakers in the wake of last week's deadly pro-Trump riot at the Capitol, continuing the widening separation between the GOP and the business community. Hallmark, MasterCard and American Express are among the companies that announced they were cutting off financial...
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US President Donald Trump Twitter ban ‘raises regulation questions’
BBC News, 11 January 2021The bans imposed by Twitter, Facebook and Instagram on President Donald Trump's accounts raise a question about how social media is regulated, according to British Health Secretary, Matt Hancock. The decisions came after Trump supporters stormed the US Capitol building last Wednesday, leading Mr Hancock to believe the bans showed Big Tech...
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For the first time in over 20 years, all S&P 500 boards have at least one woman
Courtney Connolly, CNBC, 15 December 2020Every S&P 500 board now has at least one woman, after 59 per cent of 413 new independent board director appointments in 2020 went to women and minority men, according to a new report released by Spencer Stuart. Marking the first time this has happened since data tracking started in 1998, Julie Hembrock Daum, Managing Director at Spencer Stuart...
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