In some parts of the world and the economist calculates that more than 39 of the worlds population lives under authoritarian rule. Well, across this edition of the media show, were going to discuss how states are now major sources of disinformation, how technology is changing the threats to freedom of speech, and how major Media Organisations, such as the bbc, see their role in responding to this. Its a lot to get through and were going to start by understanding how restrictions on the press affect the information that people are able to access, and well begin with the situation in three countries that have a long history of muzzling the media russia, china and iran. And with us, weve got three experts from Bbc Monitoring. It, as the name suggests, monitors Media Activity Around The World. Kia atri follows the iranian media and, kia, just describe first a regular a normal person, if you can say that in iran what is their media diet . What sorts of information are they getting and where
Of the world, and The Economist calculates that more than 39 of the worlds population lives under authoritarian rule. Well, across this edition of The Media Show, were going to discuss how states are now major sources of disinformation, how technology is changing the threats to freedom of speech, and how major Media Organisations such as the bbc see their role in responding to this. Its a lot to get through, and were going to start by understanding how restrictions on the press affect the information that people are able to access. And well begin with the situation in three countries that have a long history of muzzling the media russia, china and iran. And with us, weve got three experts from bbc monitoring. It, as the name suggests, monitors Media Activity Around The World. Kia atri follows the iranian media and, kia, just describe first a regular. A normal person, if you can say that in iran. What is their media diet . What sorts of information are they getting and where from . Thei
Freedom is elusive. The Reuters Institute for the study Ofjournalism Talks of democratic backsliding in some parts of the world, and The Economist calculates that more than 39 of the worlds population lives under authoritarian rule. Well, across this edition of the media show, were going to discuss how states are now major sources of disinformation, how technology is changing the threats to freedom of speech, and how major Media Organisations such as the bbc see their role in responding to this. Its a lot to get through, and were going to start by understanding how restrictions on the press affect the information that people are able to access. And well begin with the situation in three countries that have a long history of muzzling the media russia, china and iran. And with us, weve got three experts from bbc monitoring. It, as the name suggests, monitors Media Activity Around The World. Kia atri follows the iranian media and, kia, just describe first a regular. A normal person, if yo
This is bbc news, the headlines. G7 Foreign Ministers meet in capri the wars in ukraine and gaza top of the agenda. Police take down an International Cyber crime gang based in the uk, accused of industrial scale fraud. The Scottish Government is moving its climate goal post, ditching its target of reducing Greenhouse Gas emissions by 75 by 2030. And why some film fans are veering away from streaming in favour of Micro Cinemas. Londons metropolitan police have infiltrated a website, founded in the uk and used to defraud victims on an industrial scale, leading to arrests around the world. Labhost enabled scammers without Technical Skills to set up fake websites designed to trick victims into revealing personal information such as email addresses, passwords and bank details. As many as 70,000 people in the uk were tricked by the scam, which allowed the scammers to steal 480,000 card numbers and 64,000 pin codes. Detectives estimate that the labhost site made nearly £1 million in profits.
The Foreign Secretary lord cameron has been injerusalem as the world waits to see how israel will respond to irans drone and missile attacks last weekend. Lord cameron has had talks with the israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. From jerusalem, our diplomatic correspondent, James Landale reports. More than 300 drones and missiles were launched at israel from iran, an unprecedented attack that thrust an unprecedented attack that thrust an old war Out Of The Shadows and into the open. The men and women around this table have decided to retaliate but it is not clear when or how. Their allies are urging restraint. The message of lord cameron reinforced when he met his counterpart injerusalem, asking israel to think about the future of the region. Germanys Foreign Minister also in town, urging Israel To Act Wisely. Minister also in town, urging Israel To Act Wisely to act wisely. Israel is an independent to act wisely. Israel is an independent sovereign i to act wisely. Israel is an in