Civic journalism

[box]The World Assembly,

Aghast at the passing of the resolution GAR#624 "Protections In Wartime Reporting", which includes several literally fatal loopholes endangering the lives of journalists, "civic journalism" and social media users already facing grave dangers at war, including:

1. Section (3)(b) of the said resolution, which introduced the loophole of stopping all journalists to enter the war-torn areas, creating a loophole over protections afforded under GAR#601 ("Freedom of Travel") and hampering freedom of the press;
   
2. Significant ambiguities resulting from (i) defining "wartime reporting", but not who is a "wartime reporter", (ii) an open-ended definition of "espionage" and "clandestine" activities, resulting in numerous issues (specifically, depending on which side[/] they fall among belligerents in a war), including:
   
   
   • Potentially allowing significant users of social media to lose protection otherwise available under GAR#334 ("Protected Status in Wartime") and become belligerents in a war (inadvertently or otherwise) merely due to their use of social media to reveal information that may be considered "clandestine" ;
     
   • The absence of any accountability towards "open-source intelligence" ("OSINT"), which has become far more important in warfare in very recent times as a result of developments in technologies across the NS multi-verse, such as the use of low-cost satellites, positioning systems, smart phones, the use of common social media and communication platforms even by troops on the ground;
     
   • Ambiguities in section (4) resulting in the possible interpretation of OSINT participants as combatants, and causing them to lose their protection under GAR#334 ("Protected Status in Wartime") and GAR#345 ("Proscription on Living Shields")
   
   [*]The absence of any protection for paramilitary activities (under ) which may be considered by separate pending resolutions on law enforcement officers;
   
   [*]The replacement of a stronger resolution (GAR#554, "Safety and Integrity In Conflict Journalism") by a weaker resolution, and the abject failure to close loopholes cited in GAR#591 ("Repeal "Safety and Integrity In Conflict Journalism")
   
   Hereby repeals GAR#[624] "Protections in Wartime Reporting" and looks forward to rigorous debate in the esteemed Assembly on any possible replacements.[/box]

Is this still in progress? Asking since the NS thread has been inactive since soon after the target passed.

On the cards but slowly. My views on civic journalism have been evolving post the war in Ukraine.