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The Briefing, episode 174
28 June 2012
A look at China’s efforts for “social stability”, we discuss today’s deadline for registering political parties in Russia, and get the latest media news headlines.
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28 June 2012
A look at China’s efforts for “social stability”, we discuss today’s deadline for registering political parties in Russia, and get the latest media news headlines.
26 October 2011
We ask whether China’s new censorship on social media is effecting its economy, and also visit Finland’s most famous department store, Stockmanns.
29 May 2020
Is China’s new security law for Hong Kong effectively the end of ‘one country, two systems’? Plus: Donald Trump’s executive order targeting social media and why Berliners are already missing Tegel airport.
31 October 2019
Why are there new concerns over Boeing’s 737 fleet? Plus: James D Zirin, author of ‘Plaintiff in Chief: A Portrait of Donald Trump in 3500 Lawsuits’, the value of news for children and political adverts on social media.
8 June 2017
As the UK heads to the polls, we hear the parties’ closing arguments. Plus: social media under the spotlight following a terror attack in Australia and a collaboration between two Asian flag-carriers.
22 February 2022
We hear the latest on the UN hearings in the Rohingya genocide case and discuss the role of disinformation and false-flag narratives in Ukraine. Plus: Trump’s new social-media platform and the latest business headlines.
17 February 2020
Lucy Scholes and Susannah Butter discuss Emma Jane Unsworth’s new novel about Jenny McLaine, a thirtysomething London journalist whose addiction to social media begins to take over her life.
30 July 2020
We examine the latest woes for Boeing as it announces an end to 747 production. Plus: Turkey’s controversial new social-media law and why Belgrade is scrutinising its street names.
18 February 2021
Australia’s government says that it is ‘not intimidated’ by Facebook as the social media giant blocks its news feeds in the country. Plus: Joe Biden’s financial stimulus package, Outpost News and Poland’s pop charts.
29 May 2020
From Midori House, Andrew Tuck, Tom Edwards and Josh Fehnert discuss Donald Trump’s battle with social media, Boris Johnson’s approval ratings and sun-soaked urban vitality.
31 October 2019
Tessa Szyszkowitz and Kapil Komireddi join Andrew Mueller to ask why Narendra Modi allowed far-right EU MEPs to visit Kashmir. Plus: endangered buildings and should social media allow political campaigning?
21 October 2021
Will greater vaccine equity help end the coronavirus pandemic? Plus: Donald Trump announces his plans to return to social media, the headlines from Latin America and Fernando Augusto Pacheco explores the UK’s pop charts.
3 July 2018
Mary Dejevsky and Victor Bulmer-Thomas ask if the World Cup will change Russia. Plus: how Mexico’s new president will rub along with Donald Trump and Uganda’s plan to start taxing social media.
11 April 2018
We ask if Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg will attempt to regulate the social network and whether the media has an obsession with young, ambitious politicians. Plus: censorship in Hungary and how Belgrade has commemorated the…
21 February 2022
Latvia’s defence minister, Artis Pabriks, tells us about attempts to avert an invasion of Ukraine. Plus: Donald Trump returns to social media, we review the papers and Andrew Tuck celebrates Monocle’s 15th birthday.
15 November 2017
Director Matt Spicer discusses the perils of social media in his Sundance award-winning new film, ‘Ingrid Goes West’. And Mike Hodges, director of the 1971 classic ‘Get Carter’, recalls the curious case of his almost-for…
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