Platforms and social media

Our researchers will present important research on trust, misinformation and coverage of climate protests

“Our priority was to reveal what the government was hiding,” says Zyma Islam, who opens up about her team's work in the weeks that changed her country.

“The protests were so resilient because people recorded atrocities on social media in real time,” says political science and media expert Mubashar Hasan.

“The news stories that NAT presents are focused towards young people who don’t connect with old style newscasts,” says Oswaldo Aguilar Castro from Grupo Fórmula.

Newslaundry, The News Minute, The Wire, The Caravan and Scroll went live to analyse the vote. Our contributor Raksha Kumar spent the day with them.

As the country votes in this year’s crucial election, news channels are being banned or demonetised in a move criticised by press freedom groups.