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Media Watchdog. The term Fourth Estate refers to the press and news media - their capacity to advocate for ideals & on issues and their ability to set the political debate.
US Dept of Justice indictment against Julian Assange
Press Release issued on May 23, 2019 by US Department of Justice outlining the 18 indictments against Julian Assange.
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What is the Streisand effect?
The Streisand Effect is the phenomenon of significantly increasing public awareness of information when attempting to hide, remove, or censor that information.
The Streisand...
Press Council rules against Courier Mail opinion writer
20 December 2022 - The Press Council considered whether its Standards of Practice were breached by an article published by The Courier Mail on...
Publishers call for release of Julian Assange
The five major international media organisations who collaborated with Julian Assange to publish documents which embarrassed the US Government have joined together to write...
The copyright of Vivian Maier’s street photography
Vivian Maier was a clandestine photographer, residing and laboring in Chicago during the 1950s, 60s, and 70s primarily as a nanny in affluent suburbs....
10 Wikileaks Collateral Murder video aftermath
Page 10 of our investigation into the Assange case. Was there a cover-up of alleged war crimes by the US Military? Where are they now?
Honouring the memory of Australian war correspondents
"Amid dangers known and unknown war correspondents report what they see and hear. Those words and images live beyond the moment and become part...
eSafety statement: update on removal of extreme violent content
Yesterday the Federal Court granted an interim injunction compelling X Corp to hide Class 1 material on X that was the subject of eSafety’s...
Meta launches Threads, their rival to Musk’s Twitter
5 July 2023 - The launch of Threads as a competitor to Twitter is a gamechanger.
Other platforms have attempted to serve as alternatives to...
The Democratization of Artistic Expression
The role of the artist is to create discussion, cause controversy and debate, and create change. Photographers jobs are coveted for their potential that...
