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Turkish lawmakers slam Google over declining traffic to independent news sites
09 May 2025 18:10 GMT
… sharply reduce traffic to independent news sites, during a parliamentary committee session … visibility and revenue of critical media outlets.
Committee chair Hüseyin … emphasized that Google supports independent media through educational programs and training …
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Pro-government media, MPs, and Patriarchate attack Tbilisi theatre’s ‘blasphemous’ play
09 May 2025 16:09 GMT
… become the first reader-funded news site in the Caucasus, and … recent days from pro-government media, ruling Georgian Dream party … when pro-government social media accounts began sharing short … ’s — and its affiliated media’s — increasing intolerance toward …
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Village Media CEO leads list of Sault business winners
09 May 2025 15:30 GMT
… Northern Ontario news sites, SooToday and BayToday.
Village Media is … operating over 30 local news sites — including Northern Ontario Business … the program, Village Media partners with local businesses … the Sault, Village Media now employs approximately 50 …
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India, Pakistan block news sites on Facebook, Instagram, YouTube
08 May 2025 19:34 GMT
… – IS **BLOCKING A PROMINENT NEWS SITE IN INDIA ACCORDING TO SCREENSHOTS … CONTENT.”
“MUSLIM” – A NEWS SITE ON INSTAGRAM WITH NEARLY 7 … OFFICIAL MEMO ORDERING SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS TO TAKE DOWN … ecosystem.”
MEANWHILE – THE SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORM X WAS BLOCKED IN …
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USP World Press Freedom Day warnings over AI, legal reform and media safety
09 May 2025 10:28 GMT
… she said.
Strengthening media independence and sustainability
Keynote … the theme, Strengthening Media Independence and Sustainability, Simpson … challenges facing the Fiji media, including financial constraints, … the student online news site Wansolwara and is …
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MPs pass Press Law reform, drop jail sentences, and introduce licensing requirements for online media
09 May 2025 06:29 GMT
… bring Bahrain’s online media under formal regulation, … brings digital publishers, online news sites and content platforms under … of Information to license media and advertising activity … rejected comparisons between social media and institutional journalism.
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Social media platform X blocks 8,000 accounts in India after govt's order
08 May 2025 20:31 GMT
synopsis
Social media platform X has blocked … for non-compliance.
Social media platform X has begun blocking … legal assistance.
Crackdown on social media accounts
As tensions between India … channels, including a number of news sites, on the grounds that they …
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Virginia governor signs bill limiting minors to 1 hour of social media per day
08 May 2025 02:43 GMT
… child can be on social media will soon be limited by … of 16 from using social media for more than one hour … age verification. Research shows social media can cause harm to young … direct messaging streaming services or news sites. What's next: As …
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Two more Azerbaijani journalists detained as media crackdown continues
07 May 2025 22:13 GMT
… become the first reader-funded news site in the Caucasus, and … Guliyeva as saying that ‘Media was handcuffed in Azerbaijan’ … becomes Azerbaijan’s latest independent media outlet to be repressed
… ’s crackdown on independent media continues with the arrest …
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Knesset summer session to focus on Haredi draft, efforts to curb public media
07 May 2025 09:13 GMT
… Yaakov Asher told Haredi news site Kikar HaShabbat that if … Communications Minister Shlomo Karhi’s media overhaul agenda.
Karhi has … part of a larger media overhaul package advocated by Karhi … proposed establishing a new “media committee,” an idea rejected …