China Daily’s ‘Media Unlocked’ TikTok account banned
Media Unlocked’s accounts on Facebook, YouTube, and X, which are not flagged as government media outfits, are still up, however. Felipe F. Salvosa II
IN-DEPTH: AI bolsters China state media’s TikTok offensive to influence narrative on sea dispute
Seeking credibility, China Daily’s ‘Media Unlocked’ TikTok passes off opinion as news
CNN:
Erin Burnett OutFront May 23, 2024 1PM Transcript
“RIPLEY (voice-over): Chinese state media is using A.I.-enhanced videos on TikTok, altering the reporter’s voice and face. A disclosure on screen for just a few seconds, easy to miss.
[01:39:52]
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Under China’s jurisdiction.
RIPLEY: The video is pushing Beijing’s narrative on the South China Sea.
Is this a threat to democracy?
FELIPE SALVOSA II, JOURNALISM PROFESSOR, UNIVERSITY OF SANTO TOMAS: Most definitely. I think China has found a more cost-effective way to get its message across.
RIPLEY: Turning today’s digital landscape into a battleground for truth, where seeing is no longer believing.
Every time I do a story about these deepfake videos, what strikes me is the quality keeps improving. Our researcher (INAUDIBLE) spent hours putting these through algorithms to determine with 99 percent accuracy whether these videos are real, whether they’re fake, whether the voice has been altered, the face has been altered. Who on social media has time for that and a lot of people don’t take the time which experts say is dangerous, particularly in democracies when people are watching these videos and then potentially using the information they hear to make decisions about how to vote.
Lighting Up the Maritime Gray Zone by Captain Benjamin Goirigolzarri, U.S. Air Force
TikTok:
TikTok: Chinese Trojan Horse Run By Former CIA
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PressOne.PH:
From PH’s PressONE is funded by several US front organizations:
Sources:
Internews and USAID forum in the Philippines
Internews Supporters and Donors
Internews Financial Statements
Manuel Mogato, from the Philippines, is the editor of the news website called PressONE.ph. He had been working for Reuters as a correspondent covering political and general news in Manila since 2003, until he departed for One News in 2019, a TV news channel owned by Cignal TV. – Source
The Philippine Fact-Checker Incubator was established with the financial backing of Facebook, in collaboration with VERA Files and Rappler. The incubated organizations include ABS-CBN News & Current Affairs, Manila Broadcasting Company, MindaNews, Philstar.com, PressONE.ph, and Probe Productions. They are accredited by the International Fact-Checking Network. – PFCI, Poytner
Poynter Institute has been funded by the Gates Foundation, the Koch Network, the National Endowment for Democracy, the Omidyar Network, and Open Society Foundations. Other sponsors are CNN, the Scripps Howard Foundations, Craig Newmark Philanthropies, the Ethics and Excellence in Journalism Foundation, TEGNA Foundation, etc.
Felipe Salvosa II:
Journalism Studies Association of the Philippines, Philippines Communication Society, Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism (PCIJ), PressONE.PH, Philippine Association for Media and Information Literacy (PAMIL), Philippine Association for Communication and Media Research (Facebook), Philippine Advocates for Communication Education, The Varsitarian
Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism is one of three Philippine organizations belonging to the Global Investigative Journalism Network. – Source (GIJN membership list)
PCIJ: Data Journalism Training for Southeast Asian Journalists
The Asia-Pacific Regional Support for Elections and Political Transitions (RESPECT), a program supported by USAID and is collaboratively carried out between the Indonesian Association for Media Development (PPMN) and Association of Election and Democracy (Perludem).
Perludem Foundation:
Perludem and DRC FH UI Launched the Asia Pacific Journal of Elections and Democracy
After releasing datatalk.asia, a platform that provides several features for data journalism, now (17/2) the Association for Elections and Democracy (Perludem), with support from USAID through the Regional Support for Elections and Political Transitions or RESPECT, released Asia-Pacific Journal of Elections and Democracy. The management of this international journal is a collaboration with the Djokosoetono Research Center (DRC), a research institute under the Faculty of Law, University of Indonesia.
As an international journal, the Asia-Pacific Journal of Elections and Democracy is an English-language journal. This journal will be published every six months. Two people are believed to be the chief editor, namely Marcus Mietzner, a lecturer at the Australia National University, and Titi Anggraini, Member of the Perludem Supervisory Board.
Asia-Pacific Journal of Elections and Democracy
APJED is managed by the Association for Election and Democracy (Perludem) and Djokosoetono Research Center of University of Indonesia, supported by the Asia-Pacific Regional Support for Election and Political Transition Program (Respect) USAID.
From Update to Notes on Ukrainian Government Exposed Surveilling News Outlet:
The Global Investigative Journalism Network is funded by several front organizations: Bay and Paul Foundations, Ford Foundation, Humanity United, Reva & David Logan Foundation, Craig Newmark Philanthropies, Fondation Nicolas Puech, Oak Foundation, Open Society Foundations, Consortium for Human Rights and Media in Africa project (CHARM) through Fojo: Media Institute, Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime (GITOC), Hewlett Foundation, Charles Stewart Mott Foundation, Porticus Asia Ltd, King Baudouin Foundation, LexisNexis Rule of Law Foundation, Knight Chair in Investigative Reporting (Knight Foundation).
Fojo, of Linnaeus University, “started a project that is implemented by the Consortium for Human Rights and Media in Africa (CHARM), composed of: CIVICUS, Civil Rights Defenders, Defend Defenders, Fojo Media Institute, Hub Afrique, and Wits Journalism”. – Source
CHARM Africa is funded by the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency, a Swedish government agency.
The Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime is a not for profit and has its headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland. Norway and Switzerland provided funding and helped with operations. – Source.
King Baudouin Foundation US (partnered with Give2Asia to form Myriad USA): 2022 Financials, USAID, nonprofit partners. Donors: Skoll Foundation, Michel David Weill Foundation, Amalgamated Charitable Foundation, Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors, Levi Strauss, Paulson Family Foundation, Cultures Of Resistance Network, Woodshouse Foundation, Koret Foundation, Annenberg Foundation, etc.
Myriad USA’s corporate partners:
Give2Asia (part of the Myriad Alliance): Asian charities, 2022 Financials. Donors: Mastercard, Starbucks, Corning Inc, Cultures of Resistance Network, David And Lucile Packard Foundation, Margaret A Cargill Foundation, Estée Lauder, Harley Davidson, Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley, Committee Of 100, Raymond James Financial, Annenberg Foundation, Cigna, etc.
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