"Equally everytime we watch or read #newsmedia or someone on the #media making a case we don’t want to spend time reading around to judge for ourselves whether the #facts being stated are true or not. That is the job of #mediaorganisations, and we need #mediaregulators ro make sure they do that job

mainly macro: #FreedomofSpeech and #MediaRegulation
https://mainlymacro.blogspot.com/2024/11/freedom-of-speech-and-media-regulation.html

Transparency and trust: How news consumers in Canada want AI to be used in journalism
#Canada #AI #Journalism #NewsMedia #CanadianJournalism #GenerativeAI #Transparency #NewsTrust #AIEthics #MediaRegulation #TrustInNews #AITransparency
https://the-14.com/transparency-and-trust-how-news-consumers-in-canada-want-ai-to-be-used-in-journalism/

"A plan to update the system for regulating our media content has been running under the radar for years. Some of the agencies that do it now backed the move to one single body, but this week the government dumped it over fears it could cramp free expression online."

https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018938976/media-oversight-one-stop-shop-stopped

Thoughts on this? My knee-jerk anarchist response is that democratic governance has no place in decisions about citizens' expression, online or otherwise. But...

"There's been a lot of discussion about ‘harm.’ But harm is not 'being offended'."

#StaceyWood, Chief Executive, Broadcasting Standards Authority

https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018916753/watchdog-warns-media-laws-need-urgent-upgrade

Here I am then . #introduction Sussex-based socio-legal researcher and senior lecturer, focussed on #accesstoinformation #mediaregulation #datagovernance #publicinterestjournalism, with a special interest in #justicedatamatters #openjustice #accesstojustice and justice system accountability / transparency / privacy @seethrujustice Also: migration and sanctuary rights @brightonsanct https://openinfoandideas.wordpress.com/ & more here: https://bit.ly/jtownendimpact / https://bit.ly/jtownendpublications