The Week That Was: IT and Media news week 42
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Gun violence, verbal attacks and sexual harassment are reported by journalists in a US survey made by International Women’s Media Foundation. “For close to a decade the IWMF has heard about these rising threats from its network of women and nonbinary journalists.” The report includes a section on covering the upcoming presidential election. ”Press members have reported feeling at high risk while covering Trump rallies.”
Trust in media is record-low while trust in information on social media is increasing according to two new US surveys. More adults have no trust at all in the media (36%) than trust it a great deal or fair amount. Another 33% have “not very much” confidence, a survey by Gallup shows. A Pew Research Centre study shows that people under 30 are now nearly as likely to have a lot of or some trust in information from social media sites (52%) as from national news organisations (56%).
“The European Union remains deeply concerned about Russia’s ongoing harassment, intimidation and violence against journalists and media workers covering war zones and frontlines”, EU’s diplomatic service says in a statement following the death of Ukrainian freelance journalist Victoria Roshchyna, She had been detained by Russia in Ukrainian territory occupied by Russia. She is reported to have died while being transferred to Moscow from a prison in Taganrog for an exchange of prisoners.
Meta, owner of Facebook and Instagram, should clarify rules to make sure that the taking down of posts promoting forced marriages include child marriages, the company’s Oversight board says. “Child marriage, which disproportionately affects girls, is a form of forced marriage and gender-based violence and discrimination.”
Governments, industry and academia need a stronger partnership to address cybersecurity challenges and invest in cyber skills and expertise. Emerging technologies, including AI, offer both unprecedented opportunities for growth but also increase new types of cybersecurity risks, according to a new white paper from World Economic Forum.
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