The 16th
Asia Media Summit was concluded on 13 June in Cambodia. The
summit called for regulation-making to fight against fake news and
cyber-crimes.The theme of the summit was Media Digitalisation – Focusing on Developing Markets.
16th
Asia Media Summit:
The summit was organised by Cambodian Ministry of
Information and the Asia-Pacific Institute for Broadcasting Development
(AIBD).
Participants: Around 600 media representatives
from 42 countries and
regions participated in the two-day summit.
Focus:
The summit focused on the spread of
disinformation or fake news and its impact on governments, media, private sector and society. The
discussions included the concerns caused by digital media, which requires
relevant authorities to make regulations to anti-cybercrimes, fake news, and
training people to
raise awareness and enhance media profession.
The summit encouraged the broadcasters and other
media stakeholders to counter fake news by strengthening law enforcement,
ethics and professionalism.
Angkor
Fake News Initiative:
During the summit Angkor Fake News Initiative was
launched. It is year-long research project to find out appropriate measures to
counter fake news. It was urged that fake news and cyber-crimes pose severe
risks to individual’s right and security in the region as well as in the globe.
Asia
Media Summit:
Asia Media Summit was established in 2004 in Kuala Lumpur,
Malaysia. The summit was held subsequently in Malaysia until 2008.
The sixth round of the meeting was moved
to Macau of China
in 2009. It was then held in Indonesia, Thailand, Vietnam,
Saudi Arabia, India and Cambodia in the following years.
It provides opportunity for media practitioners,
industry leaders, broadcasters, researchers, academia, experts and media policy
makers to meet and discuss the developing media’s quality and high
technological revolution.
