The United Nations Department of Global Communications (DGC), which promotes global awareness and understanding of the work of the United Nations, has stepped up its fight against “a proliferation of false information” about the COVID-19 virus. The advice from cyber security expert Neil Walsh is to obtain information from trusted sources, such as the United… [Read More]
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Mobile tracking for COVID-19: Privacy and health interests collide
Contract tracing has become an effective tool in the battle to contain the global COVID-19 epidemic, but extensive tracking involves privacy issues, not just technological capability. A sciencemag.org article poses the quandary: Cellphone tracking could help stem the spread of coronavirus. Is privacy the price? It reports that Oxford researchers are now advocating tapping into… [Read More]
What boundaries do audiences expect from audio-visual platforms? New research reveals content concerns.
With a range of platforms including TV, radio, catch-up, subscription and video sharing services now competing for our attention, do audiences still expect differing standards? A study conducted across the UK in late 2019, commissioned by Ofcom, the UK’s communications regulator, indicates that audiences make distinctions between platforms. “There was a strong desire to maintain… [Read More]
APAC Bytes March 2020
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Joint framework for countering child abuse
Technology firms including Facebook, Google, Microsoft, Twitter and Snap have signed up to the “Voluntary Principles to Counter Online Child Sexual Exploitation and Abuse” framework, reports the website zd.net. The joint set of rules were agreed following an initial discussion last year between technology companies and the ‘5 Eyes’ intelligence group of countries comprising Australia,… [Read More]
Canada to host International Regulators’ Forum in October 2020
March 10, 2020 – Ottawa-Gatineau – Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) Delegates from around the world are invited to Ottawa next fall to attend the Communications Policy & Regulation Week from October 5-8, 2020, organized by the International Institute of Communications (IIC). The Week will consist of a number of events, including its International… [Read More]