The International Centre for Combating Media Disinformation (ICCMD) has unveiled a significant advance in the global fight against fake news and misleading information. This move is twofold, introducing both a cutting-edge technological framework designed to monitor and analyze digital content, and a comprehensive international charter aimed at reinforcing media integrity across the world. The announcement came during the inaugural meeting of the Centre’s Board of Directors, a virtual gathering chaired by Issa Al Shaiji, which brought together a distinguished assembly of renowned Arab media leaders who hold prominent positions in institutions and associations throughout the region. This meeting sets the…

Behind the marble walls of the House of Representatives, a different kind of battle is now being fought—not with speeches and legislative budgets, but with screenshots, viral videos, and carefully engineered online falsehoods. Lawmakers have grown deeply alarmed by a steady stream of content, supposedly originating from China-backed propaganda pages, that twists events in the West Philippine Sea into a narrative favorable to Beijing. The situation has become so concerning that senior House officials are now urging the National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) and other government agencies to intervene, not just by issuing statements of protest but by taking direct, decisive…