National Press Day: President thanks press for role during pandemic 9th February 2021
Indonesian President Joko Widodo gives a speech at the virtual presentation of the 2020 Ombudsman Annual Report on Monday (February 8, 2021). (ANTARA / Screenshot of the Presidential Secretariat Youtube / pri) Jakarta (ANTARA) - The President of the Republic of Indonesia, Joko Widodo, expressed gratitude to the press for helping the government in educating the public about health protocols during the COVID-19 pandemic.
I am very grateful to the people of the press for helping the government to educate the public to implement health protocols and to help people to get correct and accurate information, the President said at the 2021 National Press Day commemoration, held at the State Palace in Jakarta on Tuesday.
Journalist body to hold discussion on media convergence rules 2nd February 2021
Representatives from the Indonesian Journalists Association and the Ministry of Law and Human Rights in a meeting to prepare for a discussion on media convergence regulation. (ANTARA/HO) Jakarta (ANTARA) - The Indonesian Journalists Association, in collaboration with the Ministry of Law and Human Rights, will hold a discussion
on regulations for media convergence ahead of the 2021 National Press Day. We believe that it is important to observe the development of regulations on (media) convergence in Indonesia in order to establish the ideal convergence regulations for conventional media in the country, said chairman of the Indonesian Journalists Association (PWI), Atal S Depari, here Tuesday.
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WASHINGTON: India has called on technology companies to ensure transparency and a check on misinformation on their platforms, cautioning that there is a growing tendency of foreign interference in the internal affairs of other countries through disinformation campaigns.
Addressing the Arria-formula meeting on media freedom in Belarus organised by the Estonian Permanent Mission on Friday, India s deputy permanent representative to the UN, ambassador K Nagaraj Naidu, said that the information revolution has both benefited and weakened media systems.
“Today, the global economy of disinformation rests on the complex interaction between data sets, algorithms and information infrastructure built by technology companies. These algorithms govern not just what information is available to different populations, but also to whom, and with what frequency,” Naidu said.
Disinformation being used to interfere in internal affairs of countries: India
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Addressing the Arria-formula meeting on media freedom in Belarus organised by the Estonian Permanent Mission on Friday, India s Deputy Permanent Representative to the UN Ambassador K. Nagaraj Naidu said that the information revolution has both benefited and weakened media systems.
United Nations: India has called on technology companies to ensure transparency and a check on misinformation on their platforms, cautioning that there is a growing tendency of foreign interference in the internal affairs of other countries through disinformation campaigns. Addressing the Arria-formula meeting on media freedom in Belarus organised by the Estonian Permanent Mission on Friday, India s Deputy Permanent Representative to the UN Ambassador K. Nagaraj Naidu said that the information revolution has both benefited and weakened media systems.