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Parmar on Facebook’s New Oversight Board

May 21, 2020
Facebook’s content moderation has largely been based on US free-speech norms. The creation of the Oversight Board suggests a turn towards an international human rights approach in content moderation, our Fellow, Sejal Parmar writes in her article published by Just Security.

Parthasarathi on the Sweden-South Asia Media Project

May 19, 2020
Our Fellow, Vibodh Parthasarathi and Swedish South Asian Studies Network (SASNET) affiliate researcher Andreas Mattsson joined SASNET director Andreas Johansson to talk about the Sweden-South Asia Media Project in a podcast.

Parmar on COVID-19 Related Hate Speech

May 14, 2020
Our Fellow, Sejal Parmar, worked as an expert consultant with the United Nations Office on Genocide Prevention and the Responsibility to Protect to produce the UN Guidance Note on Addressing and Countering COVID-19 related Hate Speech which was published on 11 May.

Dragomir and Rodríguez-Castro on Media Management for the Transmedia Scene

The chapter, co-authored by our Director, Marius Dragomir, our Fellow, Marta Rodríguez-Castro and José M. Valero-Pastor uses some key trends in journalism collected as part of our Media Influence Matrix project.

New Átlátszó Article in the Framework of a CMDS Project

May 7, 2020
The government-aligned Mészáros Group acquired a lucrative toxic waste processing site after the state renewed its permit the independent Hungarian media outlet Átlátszó reports. The article is the result of the cooperation of academic researchers and journalists in our Black Waters project.