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MEDIA

Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / Japan Pulse
Apr 6, 2019
Getting to the bottom of Chicano subculture coverage on Japan
Over the past month and a half, a number of Western media outlets have revisited a topic that has long been a hit for online publications.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies / ANALYSIS
Apr 3, 2019
Re-arrest may loom for Carlos Ghosn as ousted Nissan chief tweets he will 'tell the truth'
Ghosn's choice of medium for announcing a news conference bewildered legal experts and observers: Why wasn't the news delivered through his lawyers?
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Apr 3, 2019
Facebook and Twitter find themselves ensnared by Indian-Pakistani rivalry
Pakistani social media campaigner Hanzala Tayyab leads about 300 ultranationalist cyberwarriors fighting an internet war with archfoe India in a battle that is increasingly sucking in global tech giants.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Apr 2, 2019
Facebook and rights groups hit out at Singapore's planned fake news bill
Singapore submitted wide-ranging fake news legislation in Parliament on Monday, stoking fears from internet firms and human rights groups that it may give the government too much power and hinder freedom of speech.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 31, 2019
No news is bad news for civil discourse
The disappearance of local newspapers is making national politics more polarized.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 29, 2019
I told you so: Only idiots believed in Russiagate
Whatever credibility U.S. media still had after pimping those imaginary Iraqi WMDs and 'experts' repeatedly reporting that Trump had no chance of winning, now lies in tatters.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 28, 2019
Worried about Huawei? Take a closer look at Tencent
The social media giant is a growing global force, and it does Beijing's bidding.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / Japan Pulse
Mar 23, 2019
Denki Groove campaign reveals what Japan truly thinks of celebrities embroiled in drug scandals
It doesn’t take much for a celebrity drug scandal to be picked up by domestic news outlets in Japan, so when TV personality Pierre Taki was arrested on suspicion of cocaine use on March 12, it’s perhaps not surprising that TV and print media jumped on the story. Segments featured on morning shows...
BUSINESS / Tech
Mar 21, 2019
Facebook agrees to overhaul its ad system to settle U.S. discrimination suits
Facebook has agreed to change its paid advertising platform as part of a wide-ranging settlement to prevent discriminatory and "harmful" practices, the company and U.S. civil rights groups said on Tuesday.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Mar 20, 2019
South Korea's ruling party retracts critique of Bloomberg reporter
South Korea's ruling party withdrew personal criticism of a Bloomberg News reporter for writing an article about President Moon Jae-in, after international press groups warned the remarks threatened journalistic freedom and demanded a retraction by the party.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Mar 20, 2019
In wake of Christchurch massacre, Australia asks Japan to arrange talks on social media controls at G20
Japan has received a written request from Australia to arrange talks on tightening social media controls at the Group of 20 summit in Osaka in June, Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga said Tuesday.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Mar 20, 2019
Trump renews attack alleging social media's political bias favoring Democrats
U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday accused social media platforms Facebook, YouTube and Twitter of favoring his Democratic opponents over him and his fellow Republicans.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal
Mar 19, 2019
Tech consortium flags more than 800 versions of New Zealand attack video shared online
A consortium of global technology firms has shared on its collective database the digital fingerprints of more than 800 versions of the video of New Zealand's mass shootings that killed 50 people, it said on Monday.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 18, 2019
U.S. version of 'one country, two systems'
Is it time for the U.S. to reintroduce the 'fairness doctrine' to prevent the media from broadcasting extreme views?
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal
Mar 18, 2019
Livestreaming delays proposed as way to discourage more viral massacre videos
With the massacre of at least 50 people in New Zealand streamed live Friday, Facebook faced two problems: The immediacy of Facebook Live, and the fact that videos of any sort — including playbacks of live ones — can quickly explode globally.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Voices / FOREIGN AGENDA
Mar 17, 2019
Non-Japanese people are poorly represented in Japanese media: That needs to change
For almost a decade, the Japanese TV show "Why Did You Come to Japan?" has operated on the premise of finding foreign tourists and asking them the titular question. It might seem like an innocent query at first, but in fact this show and its ilk embody everything that is wrong with the depiction of non-Japanese...
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / Japan Pulse
Mar 16, 2019
Alarming results in literacy survey stir debate on social media in Japan
A Feb. 16 report on the country’s literacy has been causing a stir on social media, prompting a number of users to warn of impending intellectual doom.
ASIA PACIFIC
Mar 16, 2019
Massacre in New Zealand shows how violent videos can evade tech giants' radar
The Friday massacre at two New Zealand mosques, live-streamed to the world, was not the first internet broadcast of a violent crime, but it showed that stopping gory footage from spreading online persists as a major challenge for tech companies despite years of investment.

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