Facebook v Australia: Murdoch wins

February 20, 2021 By Media Reform Coalition Leave a Comment

by Benedetta Brevini The day after Facebook, the Digital Lord, banned Australian news from its platform, the world is still watching. Of course, it’s watching. After two decades of absence of regulation, the Digital Lords of the Western world such as Google and Facebook are finally under pressure. The fight did not start in Australia and it is already global: from the United … [Read more...]

Left, right or nowhere? Building a broad-based coalition for media reform

March 1, 2013 By Media Reform Coalition

Deborah Grayson is the Campaigns Coordinator for the Media Reform Coalition. She delivered the following paper at Media Policy Post-Leveson: opportunities for reshaping the media, co-hosted by MRC and Bournemouth University on Feb 8th 2013. Good afternoon. I have been working for the Media Reform Coalition for a little over a year – I came to it as a media student with a … [Read more...]

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