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The biggest broadcasters in the UK announce the development of a new free TV service that will deliver live TV over broadband.

Providing trusted news and information on TikTok has become a bigger priority for some public media organisations to help combat growing disinformation on the platform.

BBC Chairman examines the continuing role of the BBC World Service in providing impartial and trustworthy news to global audiences. 

The UK government is to scrap plans to privatise Channel 4, while Brazil’s new government has saved EBC from privatisation.

A BBC journalist was arrested by the police while reporting on protests in China, while an RTS journalist was also threatened. 

The UK’s House of Lords has suggested replacing the licence fee with a household levy which would not be dependent on owning a television.

The latest action taken by Russian officials – which includes banning some UK public media workers from reporting from inside Russia – is another blow to independent journalism in the country.  

There are fears proposed legislation exerting strict controls over online posts would present another threat to press freedom in Bangladesh.

BBC Young Reporter India taught more than 8,000 school students about critical thinking, fact-checking and digital safety, to improve media literacy.

The idea of introducing Netflix-style subscriptions to finance public media is being flirted with in some countries. But would it work?