Because whistleblowers are the watchdogs of our democracy and it is our duty to protect them, a collective of 17 organizations initiated by Transparency France and Sciences Citoyennes (1) gave life to an innovative project on October 22nd, inaugurated on November 9th: the
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Nigeria has the largest population and the strongest economy in Africa, but poverty hits the country's countryside hard, where small farmers struggle to make a living. Thanks to Nnaemeka Ikegwuonu and her network of interactive radio stations, these farmers
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Faced with record levels of mistrust, especially in the oldest democracies, journalists must succeed in convincing people of their social usefulness. What is the situation in countries that are less saturated with information? Why should journalism prove its usefulness? The question may seem incongruous, or controversial. A
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The new law aimed at transposing into national law the so-called "business secrecy" European directive of June 2016 to provide a common European legal framework, prevent economic espionage or the "plundering" of innovations, weakens the citizen's right to be informed and freedom of expression, according to the
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The proposed law (PPL) to combat false news, "fake news", provides for the creation of a judicial summary procedure to suspend within 48 hours, during the election period, the dissemination of "manifestly false" information, propagated in an artificial and massive manner, and "of such a nature as to alter the
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Reporters Without Borders (RSF) is launching a new mechanism to combat disinformation, aimed at distinguishing media that respect criteria of integrity and ethics developed through international cooperation. To encourage media that broadcast reliable information, via a label certifying compliance with standards by
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Lactalis has been in the limelight for a few days now. Her infant formula was found to be contaminated with salmonella. An industrial accident, as it happens a lot, but here it takes a particular turn. The Lactalis affair becomes the absolute counterexample of what not to do in communication.
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Will the wave of fake news increase? Is the future of democracy linked to the credibility of the press? Do the French still trust the press? And elsewhere in the world? So many questions answered by 8,000 people in France and elsewhere in the world.
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It is the new scourge of the online press, social networks and even the political world. Fake news is proliferating on the Internet and is widely relayed by social networks. The recent initiatives launched by Facebook or Le Monde are still struggling to
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As we have been saying for a long time, the newspaper industry is in serious crisis. Newspapers are doing everything they can to retain and attract their readers, sometimes innovating at all costs. One Japanese daily, the Mainichi, is trying to surf on the values of ecology and offers, in
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"Windows", "mirrors", "symptoms"... there is no shortage of names to characterize the media's relationship with the "real". The scientific literature is vast on this subject and there are many different theoretical approaches: research into "effects", analysis of "functions", study of
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"Windows", "mirrors", "symptoms"... there is no shortage of names to characterize the media's relationship with the "real". The scientific literature is vast on this subject and there are many different theoretical approaches: research into "effects", analysis of "functions", study of
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« Fenêtres », « miroirs », « symptômes » … les appellations ne manquent pas pour caractériser le rapport des médias au « réel ». La littérature scientifique est vaste à ce sujet et les approches théoriques plurielles : recherche des « effets », analyse des « fonctions », étude
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La bataille contre les fausses informations, accusées d’avoir contribué à la victoire du républicain Donald Trump, s’intensifie aux États-Unis, avec une pression particulièrement forte sur Facebook, même si Twitter et Google sont également visés. Google et Facebook ont pris des mesures la semaine dernière pour assécher les revenus publicitaires des
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3.7 billion years! This is the age of life on Earth, revealed by the discovery of mineral concretions formed by bacteria found at the bottom of the ice. Australian geologists have just discovered traces of microbial activity in Greenland dating back 3.7 billion years, or 200 million years.
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In a world where violent political actions are on the rise, where there is a growing misunderstanding between wealthy societies and societies that do not yet have access to prosperity, the official development assistance budgets of the North - already often on the decline - are tending to be redirected towards the issues of
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L’alerte éthique et la dénonciation légitime d’un acte touchant l’intérêt général. Il est plus que jamais nécessaire, au nom de l’intérêt général qu’ils défendent, de protéger mieux les lanceurs d’alerte : par la loi et dans les entreprises. Étude de quelques pistes d’amélioration. Différentes lois sectorielles adoptées depuis 2007 sur les dispositifs
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On the occasion of COP21, two associations of journalists (AJSPI, AJEC21) are organising an exceptional event: the Grand chantier de l'info, on 10 and 11 October 2015. Its aim: to enable professionals (journalists and communicators,...) to talk about the climate in an innovative way. And if we radically transform the
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Vous vous souvenez de votre première conversation de cour d’école ? De votre première dispute ? Non ? Et dans votre famille, avec vos frères et soeurs ? Vous vous souvenez des premiers échanges ? Des premières bagarres ? Tu me le prêtes ? Il y a pourtant
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La liberté d’expression et d’information est-elle sérieusement menacée par la nouvelle proposition de Directive sur le Secret des Affaires de la Commission européenne et le Conseil européen ?En France, ce projet se heurte à l’opposition de nombreux journalistes comme Elise Lucet, présentatrice du journal de 13 heures de France 2
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