The last four episodes of Double Take cover media matters in regional and rural Australia, our global region of South Asia, and the frontiers of cyberspace. There are common pain points shared in all jurisdictions: the threat of disinformation and rise of AI, the challenge of developing regulatory solutions to platform autonomy, and the question of sustaining journalism as traditional business models fail.
In June, Derek spoke to Rita Jabri Markell from Birchgrove Legal about the vilification action brought by the Australian Muslim Advocacy Network against X Corp. Rita shared her experience of bringing digital platforms to a level of accountability in an environment where some have pushed back against national laws.
Kieran chatted to Crikey’s associate editor Cam Wilson in July about its decision to ban AI-generated news on its platform. While Crikey described such content as ‘unhuman slop’, other news outlets have signed deals allowing generative AI manufacturers and distributors to mine their content for training large language models.
Monica hosted a panel in August on the dramatic contraction of regional news in Australia and whether big city markets were sufficiently addressing regional issues. The panelists questioned the extent to which regional communities can have a voice in big policy debates and weighed up the differences between local and metro reporting on regional news.
And finally last month, our South Asia expert Kean Wong interviewed four Indian editors of independent news platforms and found that while they too battle against disinformation, in India, it is largely peddled by the very powers responsible for its regulation.
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Alexia Giacomazzi, CMT Events and Communciations Coordinator