Julian Assange's full testimony to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) in Strasbourg today: "Mr. Chairman, esteemed members of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, ladies and gentlemen. The transition from years of confinement in a

MEAA motion: “It is a journalist’s right and duty to question how policies are made on issues impacting the Australian public and wider global community. We support our members’ rights to hold power to account by asking honest and fair questions.” Ditto. meaa.org/mediaroom/meaa…

Confronting falsehoods: The core job of journalists is to discover facts, verify claims, and replace false statements with accurate ones whenever an issue is so important that the public will benefit from knowing the correct answer. via ⁦Columbia Journalism Review⁩ cjr.org/analysis/confr…

RSF marks major milestones at big media gathering in Taipei. RSF chief Thibaut Bruttin spells out challenges: mailchi.mp/rsf.org/rsfs-d… RSF RSF_Asia-Pacific

Brilliant Media Watch Great to highlight brave work of Leila Molana-Allen Please follow her. She's right: the fact Israel has banned foreign media from Gaza means full story not being told. And to those who asked: Eric Tlozek & I out of Beirut (for now) but will continue our reporting

“Palestinian lives don’t matter to Defence; nor, it seems, do Australian ones.” via ⁦Crikey⁩ The story of Elbit. Can’t wait to hear the Minister’s response. crikey.com.au/2024/10/23/elb…

Press freedom advocates hold court in Taipei. Work cut out for Reporters Without Borders (RSF) and other advocacy groups. Killings, jailings, censorship, disinformation, secrecy, declining public trust. A long list. David Robie ⁦RSF⁩ ⁦⁦ asiapacificmedianetwork.memberful.com/posts/34466

From war crimes and robodebt to the Leppington Triangle and the Thales scandal, no-one suffers real consequences for any abuse of public office. Via ⁦Crikey⁩ crikey.com.au/2024/10/28/afg…

Wow. Jaw-droping numbers here. At the Washington Post, more than 200,000 subscriptions were canceled by midday Monday, about 8% of the paper’s paid circulation of 2.5 million subscribers, including print. npr.org/2024/10/28/nx-…

To endorse or not to endorse - that is the question. cjr.org/the_media_toda… via @cjr

Matt Peacock, former ABC journalist renowned for investigating asbestos issues, has died aged 72. RIP Matt. abc.net.au/news/2024-10-3…

Court finds Pauline Hanson racially discriminated against Mehreen Faruqi through a tweet telling the fellow senator to "piss off back to Pakistan". Racial Discrimination Act breached. Hanson ordered to delete the tweet. abc.net.au/news/2024-11-0…

In Faruqi v Hanson Court rules: “Senator Hanson’s tweet was merely an angry ad hominem attack devoid of discernible content (or comment) in response to what Senator Faruqi had said…Senator Hanson’s tweet was not reasonable or in good faith.” Paras 304-5. judgments.fedcourt.gov.au/judgments/Judg…

PM Albanese’s refusal to heed warnings about Australia’s media is now swamping his re-election chances. Via John Menadue’s Public Policy Journal johnmenadue.com/albaneses-refu…

Scott Morrison repeatedly said he was going to introduce laws to “ID” social media users — silencing anonymous whistleblowers. This latest push by Albanese (driven by many of the same vested interest forces) is a back door way of doing the same.

And there it is. Under this Labor government, every Australian - regardless of their age - will be forced to provide their ID and other private details of themselves to social media companies. Don’t say you were not warned. #NoAgeBan

Press freedom groups share grim warnings about a second Donald Trump administration. “We are at the precipice of what could be a very dangerous time for the press in the United States.” via ⁦Poynter⁩ ⁦RSF⁩ ⁦RSF in English⁩ poynter.org/commentary/202…

Guardian Australia and UK abandons X. Can’t trust Elon Musk to behave ethically when he abuses “free speech” while weaponising X for Trumpist partisanship and trolling intimidation.

amanda meade The hypocrisy is amazing but not surprising. If everybody who has previously said negative things about Trump was ruled out of a job, that would mean a huge chunk of the Republican party and numerous people that Trump will have on his team, including the new Vice-President!

Be right there, Nick.