"The purpose of the study was to examine the social-media-related rulings of seven European media councils over the past 10 years. In total, 250 resolutions were analysed. The report highlights the spectrum of ethical issues related to the use of social media as both a source and publishing platform ... of journalism. Unarguably one of the most difficult issues for the media councils has been where to draw the boundaries of their own authority in relation to social media. Thus far, European media councils have taken somewhat different approaches to what type of social media content they consider within their remit. While some councils only accept complaints about content posted on the media outlets’ official accounts, other councils also assess posts by individual journalists on their own social media accounts. Furthermore, of the councils that address content published by individual journalists, some would handle the complaint if the account was used for professional purposes, while others would process the complaint if the post was written in the capacity of a journalist. [...] (Conclusions) more

"In 2006 IICD celebrates its 10th anniversary of working with Information and Communications Technologies (ICT) for development: ten very full years of working on people, ICT and development. And if one thing has become clear, it is that while ICT for develop ment forms the central theme in our work ... , the people are the key to our successes. Ultimately, our work is really all about people: their motivations, interests, capacities, achievements and difficulties. This booklet will demon strate what ICT can mean for our end-users, and cele brates how, over its first ten years, IICD has evolved to meet the challenges and take advantage of the opportunities in this field." (Foreword) more