News media
Elements of mass media that focus on delivering news
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| April 8 2025 | An appeal of the Delhi High Court's order against Wikimedia Foundation was denied, with a slight revision to the original order. |
| 2025 | Radio Free Asia received the Gracies Award from Alliance for Women in Media in the Radio National Winners category for the special report 'Please save my sister: A North Korean escapee's plea'. |
| April 4 2025 | Radio Free Asia halted radio broadcasts in Mandarin, Tibetan and Lao, and heavily reduced its Burmese, Khmer, Korean and Uyghur language services. |
| April 2 2025 | Delhi High Court ordered Wikimedia Foundation to remove allegedly defamatory content, allow ANI's employees to edit the Wikipedia article, and restrain platform users and administrators from publishing defamatory content about the news agency. |
| March 21 2025 | RFA affiliate WHYNOT halted operations. |
| March 17 2025 | Supreme Court of India reviewed a plea filed by Wikimedia Foundation against the article takedown order by the Delhi High Court, questioning the court's approach to the matter. |
| March 2025 | The Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) imposed a funding freeze on Radio Free Asia, potentially impacting its operations and ability to provide independent reporting. |
| March 15 2025 | The United States Agency for Global Media terminated grants to Radio Free Asia following a directive from the Trump Administration. |
| 2025 |
Sinéad O'Connor on Saturday Night Live
NBC plans to rebroadcast O'Connor's unedited live performance in a documentary special '50 Years of SNL Music', with Lorne Michaels acknowledging her bravery and sincerity.
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| January 28 2025 | Scheduled follow-up hearing of the ANI vs OpenAI lawsuit at the Delhi High Court. |
| January 2025 |
Media coverage of climate change
Media coverage of Southern California wildfires was criticized for not addressing the impact of climate change on the fires.
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| January 15 2025 | Relaunches Polish-language website and announces the launch of a permanent Polish-language service as its 18th language. |
| January 15 2025 | Launch of Euronews' permanent Polish-language service as the 18th language, coinciding with Poland's Presidency of the Council of the European Union. |
| 2024 |
Media coverage of climate change
A PLOS One study revealed that even a single repetition of a claim can increase perceived truth of both climate science-aligned and climate change skeptic claims, demonstrating the problematic effect of claim repetition.
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| 2024 | Yulia Navalnaya and the Russian Anti-Corruption Foundation were honored with the DW Freedom of Speech Award, highlighting their efforts in promoting free speech. |
| 2024 |
Information laundering
The Alliance for Securing Democracy, University of Amsterdam, and Institute for Strategic Dialogue collaborated to develop an open-source tool designed to identify websites that republish content from Russian state media, aiming to expose information laundering tactics.
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| 2024 | Radio Free Asia received the National Edward R. Murrow Award in the Network Radio Digital category for the report 'Under the Gun in Myanmar'. |
| November 2024 | Asian News International sued OpenAI for allegedly reusing the agency's content for model training and creating false stories attributed to the agency. |
| November 2024 |
Coronation of Charles III and Camilla
Department for Culture, Media and Sport released official figures showing they spent just over £50 million in coordinating the Coronation event.
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| November 23 2024 | Misinformation regulation bill was withdrawn by the government after failing to gain sufficient support in the Senate. |
| November 19 2024 | The Delhi High Court first heard the lawsuit filed by ANI against OpenAI regarding copyright infringement and unauthorized use of content. |
| November 11 2024 | An arrangement was reached in the High Court for Wikimedia Foundation to serve summons to involved users while protecting their email identities under a sealed cover. |
| October 2024 | OpenAI blocked Asian News International (ANI) through its opt-out policy for web scrapers. |
| October 28 2024 | Wikimedia Foundation agreed to the court's request to disclose identifying information of online users who edited the ANI Wikipedia page. |
| October 21 2024 | Wikimedia Foundation suspended access to the Wikipedia article about Asian News International due to a court order, potentially the first time an English Wikipedia page was taken down by court order. |
| September 2024 | A revised bill on misinformation was introduced to parliament and referred to the Senate Communications Legislation Committee. |
| September 2024 | Asian News International (ANI) filed a lawsuit against Netflix, alleging copyright infringement related to the web series IC 814: The Kandahar Hijack. The lawsuit claimed that Netflix used ANI's video clips without obtaining proper permission. |
| September 16 2024 | Meta banned RT from its platforms, including Facebook and Instagram, citing foreign interference activity. |
| September 5 2024 | Delhi High Court threatened to hold Wikimedia guilty of contempt for failing to disclose information about Wikipedia article editors and warned potential site blocking in India. |
| August 2024 | ANI disseminated misinformation about attacks on Hindus in Bangladesh by sharing a video of Mohammad Suny Hawlader, a Muslim man seeking justice for his missing son, which was falsely portrayed as a Hindu father's plea. The video spread widely on social media before being deleted. |
| August 9 2024 | RT's broadcast and studio equipment in Washington DC were auctioned off, signaling potential operational changes or challenges for the network. |
| July 2024 | Asian News International (ANI) filed a lawsuit against Press Trust of India (PTI) for copyright infringement, alleging plagiarism of video clips showing a Spicejet aircraft's air conditioning breakdown. ANI sought 2 crore rupees in damages. |
| May 8 2024 |
Coronation of Charles III and Camilla
The government announced a donation of $100,000 to the Nature Conservancy of Canada to mark the coronation.
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| May 6 2024 |
Coronation of Charles III and Camilla
The design of the coronation medal was unveiled and its first conferral took place.
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| May 6 2024 |
Coronation of Charles III and Camilla
Landmarks across Canada were illuminated emerald green, and Rideau Hall offered tours with performances by the Central Band of the Canadian Armed Forces and the Governor General's Foot Guards.
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| May 6 2024 |
Coronation of Charles III and Camilla
A televised national coronation ceremony took place at the Sir John A. Macdonald Building in Ottawa, featuring speeches by Algonquin spiritual leader Albert Dumont and aerospace engineer Farah Alibay, performances by various artists, and the creation of a spray-paint artwork by Dominic Laporte honoring Charles's environmental support.
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| May 5 2024 |
Coronation of Charles III and Camilla
Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada approved a special call sign for amateur radio operators to use until 2 June.
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| May 3 2024 |
Coronation of Charles III and Camilla
The official Coronation Roll, a 21-metre long document with 11,500 words, was presented to King Charles III and Queen Camilla in a tradition dating back to King Edward II's coronation in 1308.
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| May 3 2024 |
Coronation of Charles III and Camilla
The government announced the coronation medals to be awarded to 30,000 Canadians who made significant contributions to the country or their local region.
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| April 2024 | Belarus's Ministry of Internal Affairs labeled DW Belarus as an extremist group. |
| March 2024 | Subsequent investigations by Western Morning News and Financial Monthly revealed that the allegations against Papaya Ltd were unfounded, clarifying that the company was conducting routine anti-money laundering inspections. |
| March 2024 | RFA announced the closure of its Hong Kong bureau due to safety concerns stemming from Hong Kong's National Security Ordinance. |
| February 2024 | Times of Malta published a series of articles alleging money laundering activities and criminal connections by Papaya Ltd, which were later proven to be baseless by British investigative journalists. |
| January 1 2024 | German language broadcasting ceases at Deutsche Welle. |
| 2023 |
Effects of violence in mass media
A research report explored how increased media consumption can influence violent actions in children, suggesting that exposure to violent media might impact behavior five to ten years after consumption.
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| 2023 | Salvadoran investigative journalist Óscar Martínez received the DW Freedom of Speech Award for his work. |
| 2023 | A follow-up investigation by EU DisinfoLab discovered that ANI had consistently quoted non-existent think tanks and experts associated with the Srivastava Group. |
| 2023 |
Information laundering
The United States Department of State accused the Chinese government of information laundering by using fictitious personas like 'Yi Fan' to present state narratives as organic sentiment.
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| 2023 |
Fake news in India
During the Israel-Hamas war, Indian social media accounts spread pro-Israeli disinformation, including misleading videos about alleged Hamas kidnappings and misrepresentations of conflict events.
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| 2023 |
Fake news in India
Indian media spread widespread disinformation about a padlocked grave in Hyderabad, falsely claiming it was in Pakistan to prevent body rape, which went viral and severely defamed Pakistan.
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