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Aidan White
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Founder Ethical Journalism Network, former General Secretary, International Federation of Journalists. Advisor Fetisov Journalism Awards. Ethics, human rights and quality in news media
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In a period of unprecedented killings and targeting of journalists, reporters share some inspirational stories of survival on the frontline.
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‘They told me that they’d hunt me down’: journalists on how they survive working in war zones
With a record number of journalists killed over the past year, four reporters covering conflicts across the world reveal how they dodge death
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May 27, 2025 at 11:35 AM
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The Labour government removes copyright protection from new law. More big tech exploitation and another blow to rights of creators. @jpmarthoz.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Ministers block Lords bid to make AI firms declare use of copyrighted content
Government uses arcane procedure to strip amendment passed by House of Lords from its data bill
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May 14, 2025 at 9:37 PM
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In Vilnius, to talk about the safe use of AI in journalism. There's general agreement among media leaders on what is needed -- transparency, human oversight, ethical development, and robust regulation. @ejnetwork.bsky.social @bealwhite.bsky.social @jpmarthoz.bsky.social
February 20, 2025 at 7:48 PM
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The bookshop at the American Colony has been a literary haven for decades, but that doesn't impress Netanyahu. @jpmarthoz.bsky.social @bealwhite.bsky.social @ejnetwork.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2025/02/10/w...
Israeli Police Raid Two Palestinian Bookshops in East Jerusalem
The police said the stores were selling books that supported terrorism, and that two of their owners had been arrested. A brother of the owners decried the raid as “political persecution.”
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February 10, 2025 at 1:44 PM
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Trump and Musk's war on media gets personal as they call for journalists to be sacked. @jpmarthoz.bsky.social @ejnetwork.bsky.social @bealwhite.bsky.social
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Trump and Musk Attack Journalists by Name in Social Media Posts
Since his inauguration, the president has been quick to demonize what he calls “the fake news media.” On Friday, both men demanded that individuals be fired.
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February 8, 2025 at 10:17 AM
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Alternative facts are back as Trump's press team takes aim at truth-telling and legacy media @ejnetwork.bsky.social @jpmarthoz.bsky.social @bealwhite.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Karoline Leavitt’s White House press conference marks return to Trump-era media relations
Spokesperson defended new federal measures and said briefing room would now be open to ‘new media’ outlets
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January 28, 2025 at 10:55 PM
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How trust in journalism has suffered in the long-running saga of corruption at the heart of the Murdoch news empire. @ejnetwork.bsky.social
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A day to mark Prince Harry’s historic victory over Rupert Murdoch – and to survey the awful toll on public life | Jane Martinson
The prince was right to fight – and also right about the need to stop good journalism being sullied by the bad. Trust has been severely damaged, says Guardian columnist Jane Martinson
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January 22, 2025 at 1:47 PM
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Britain's biggest news media admits unethical, unlawful and malicious behaviour. Held to account by a Royal victim, and not a press regulator in sight. @ejnetwork.bsky.social @jpmarthoz.bsky.social @bealwhite.bsky.social www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cd...
Prince Harry settles case against Sun publisher after long-running legal battle
The prince has agreed to receive a settlement from the paper's owner, bringing a long-running legal battle to an end.
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January 22, 2025 at 1:34 PM
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It is time for Meta's Oversight Board to resign and for advertisers to leave. Time for Orwell's common decency www.bbc.com/news/article... @aidanpwhite.bsky.social @arusbridger.bsky.social @mariaressa.bsky.social @reutersinstitute.bsky.social @renateschroeder.bsky.social
Huge problems with axing fact-checkers, Meta oversight board says
The body's co-chair says moving to community notes could have a big impact on gender rights and minority groups.
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January 8, 2025 at 4:11 PM
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Meta's Zuckeberg joins Musk in a worrying assault on fact-based public communications. His notion of censorship undermines the struggle for reliable, truthful and ethical public speech.
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Meta to get rid of factcheckers and recommend more political content
Mark Zuckerberg says company will ‘dramatically reduce censorship’ across Facebook, Instagram and Threads
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January 7, 2025 at 6:15 PM
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A test for Zelensky. A full investigation into this reported targeted killing of a Russian journalist is needed. @ejnetwork.bsky.social @jpmarthoz.bsky.social @blwhite.bsky.social
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Russian newspaper says its reporter killed by Ukraine drone strike
Moscow accuses Ukraine's military of deliberately targeting journalist Alexander Martemyanov.
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January 5, 2025 at 2:45 PM
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Targeted assassination of five journalists in a van marked "press". Israel says they're "terrorists" But it's cold-blooded murder until the incident is tested in court. @ejnetwork.bsky.social @jpmarthoz.bsky.social @blwhite.bsky.social
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Five Gaza journalists killed in Israeli strike
A Palestinian TV channel says they were in a marked media van, but Israel says it targeted an armed group.
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December 26, 2024 at 11:25 AM
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An important victory for press freedom and a warning that every journalist should heed. @ejnetwork.bsky.social @jpmarthoz.bsky.social
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Journalists who were unlawfully spied on have ‘no doubt’ UK reporters are still targeted
Belfast-based Trevor Birney and Barry McCaffrey won landmark victory that PSNI’s surveillance was unlawful
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December 23, 2024 at 9:08 AM
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Big Tech rips off creators and steals the work of artists and journalists. That's how their business model works. It's time to change it. @ejnetwork.bsky.social @jpmarthoz.bsky.social @blwhite.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
UK arts and media reject plan to let AI firms use copyrighted material
Exclusive: Coalition of musicians, photographers and newspapers insist existing copyright laws must be respected
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December 19, 2024 at 3:41 PM
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Architects of Charter for use of AI in newsrooms call on Apple to scrap system that spreads false news. @ejnetwork.bsky.social @jpmarthoz.bsky.social @rsf-inter.bsky.social @bealwhite.bsky.social
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Apple urged to scrap AI feature after it creates false headline
Reporters Without Borders has called for Apple to remove Apple Intelligence.
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December 19, 2024 at 11:37 AM
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Israel's disgraceful use of anti-semitism to divert attention from its war crimes doesn't impress the Irish. @jpmarthoz.bsky.social @ejnetwork.bsky.social @bealwhite.bsky.social
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Israeli foreign minister calls Ireland's premier 'antisemitic'
This comes after Israel's decision to close its embassy in Dublin.
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December 18, 2024 at 11:43 PM
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Censorship of Palestinian news as Facebook joins the Israeli crackdown on journalism from Gaza and the West Bank. @ejnetwork.bswww.bbc.co @jpmarthoz.bsky.social @blwhite.bsky.social
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How Facebook restricted news in Palestinian territories
Palestinian news outlets have seen a steep drop in audience engagement since October 2023.
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December 18, 2024 at 8:55 AM
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Succession-style drama as Murdoch's warring children wreck his vision for future control of his media empire. @jpmarthoz.bsky.social @ejnetwork.bsky.social

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Rupert Murdoch loses battle to control succession to his media empire
Media mogul’s three adult children will retain control despite attempt to give his son Lachlan complete control
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December 9, 2024 at 10:05 PM
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Journalism in the Ukraine frontline keeps community spirit alive. @jpmarthoz.bsky.social @ejnetwork.bsky.social
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‘It brings back a sense of belonging’: Bakhmut was destroyed by Russia – but the town lives on through its newspaper
Vpered, saved from destruction by intrepid editor Svitlana Ovcharenko, still gives hope and voice to a community in Ukraine
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December 7, 2024 at 3:37 PM
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Journalists at The Guardian are on strike today and tomorrow, sending a message that all journalists must stand up and fight for the future of our profession. @jpmarthoz.bsky.social @ejnetwork.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/media/2024/d...
Journalists strike over proposed sale of Observer to Tortoise Media
Forty-eight-hour strike, first at Guardian in more than 50 years, to take place on Wednesday and Thursday
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December 4, 2024 at 7:44 AM
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Media freedom snuffed out as totalitarianism returns to South Korea. @jpmarthoz.bsky.social @api-ipa.bsky.social
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South Korean political activities banned, protests prohibited and media censored under martial law – live
Members of the national assembly banned from entering building after president announces ‘emergency martial law’
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December 3, 2024 at 4:17 PM
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Inside The Last-Ditch Legislative Effort To Protect Journalists Before Trump Comes To Town
A bipartisan group is quietly making a longshot, eleventh-hour attempt to pass federal protections for journalists and other critics before Trump and his famously thin-skinned coterie take over.
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December 3, 2024 at 2:48 PM
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November 21, 2024 at 8:44 AM
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Better late than never: Nearly a decade later, the ECHR rules that #Hungary violated journalist Klaudia Csikós's rights through surveillance targeting her source: hudoc.echr.coe.int/hu#{%22itemi...

This is a crucial win for press freedom. Safeguarding journalists and their sources is essential.
November 30, 2024 at 11:12 AM