Facebook censorship on West Papua – then deafening silence
COMMENT: By David Robie
The silence from Facebook is deafening and disturbing.
At first, when I lodged my protests earlier this month to Facebook over the...
Melanesia: Facebook algorithms censor article about press freedom in West Papua
Reporters Without Borders
Reporters Without Borders (RSF) calls on Facebook to restore an article that was censored for violating its rules on nudity and urges...
French nuclear tests: ‘I bury people nearly every day, what was our sin?’
By Matthew Scott, reporting for the Pacific Media Centre
The day began with a video, showing a disparate collection of arresting images -- the drowned...
Creeping authoritarianism in Pacific not the answer to virus pandemic
PACIFIC PANDEMIC DIARY: By David Robie, self-isolating in Auckland under New Zealand’s Covid-19 lockdown as part of a Pacific Media Watch series.
A rather beautiful...
Philippine radio storytelling and community empowerment in Vinzons
By David Robie in Manila
Operating out of a modest three-roomed rooftop suite overlooking the local marketplace in the rice-producing Bicol township of Vinzons, a...
PMC director blasts politicians, media over ‘shameful silence’ on West Papua
Pacific Media Watch in Brisbane
Pacific Media Centre director Professor David Robie condemned the Australian and New Zealand governments and mainstream media for their “deafening silence”...