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Complaints. Ossigeno defends in court two Irpi freelance

The Legal Assistance Office of Ossigeno has taken over the defense of freelance Lorenzo Bagnoli and Lorenzo Bodrero, authors of an article on L’Espresso For a journalist’s inquiry published on the weekly L’Espresso on July 22, 2016, freelance journalists Lorenzo Bagnoli and Craig Shaw and their collaborator Lorenzo Bodrero in February 2017 were sued for

Source: O2 in English – Ossigeno Informazione

Lamezia Terme (Catanzaro Province). Bag with bullet for journalist

Found in the home garden by the parents of Alessia Truzzolillo, reporter of crime and judicial news for the Corriere della Calabria. Solidarity from politicians and journalists On June 18, 2017 an envelope with the writing “For Alessia” and inside the shell of a bullet was found in the garden of the home of the

Source: O2 in English – Ossigeno Informazione

Digital media challenge children’s rights around the world: The case for a General Comment on the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child

Around the globe, in the global North as well as the global South, digital media are there to stay with significant implications for child rights and children’s wellbeing online. Following the launch of their report to the Children’s Commissioner for England, in this post Amanda Third, Sonia Livingstone and Gerison Lansdown are advocating for a General Comment on children’s rights […]

Link: http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/mediapolicyproject/2017/06/28/digital-media-challenge-childrens-rights-around-the-world-the-case-for-a-general-comment-on-the-un-convention-on-the-rights-of-the-child/
Source: Media Policy Project

Telex from Attilio Bolzoni, how to be a real journalist

With less rhetoric, fewer appeals, fewer catwalks, but with more news, information, insights, analysis, good writing and with the courage to annoy Attilio Bolzoni, a Sicilian journalist who is a Mafia expert, reporter with La Repubblica, author of essays on organized crime, on the occasion of the Concert for Press Freedom on June 21, 2017

Source: O2 in English – Ossigeno Informazione

Telex from Article 21 to Ossigeno, we are moved by the same spirit of freedom

We want to develop the freedom to inform and the right of citizens to be informed. It’s amazing what happens in Italy The President and the Director of Associazione Articolo 21, Barbara Scaramucci and Vittorio Corradino, sent the following greeting message to the Ossigeno per l’Informazione at the Concert for Press Freedom on 21 June

Source: O2 in English – Ossigeno Informazione

Bak.ma: the images of Turkey in protest

Using the digital space to document and break the climate of growing censorship and repression in Turkey. This is the goal of the activists of the project bak.ma

Link: http://www.balcanicaucaso.org/ECPMF/ECPMF-news/Bak.ma-the-images-of-Turkey-in-protest-180784
Source: Osservatorio Balcani e Caucaso - ECPMF News

Telex from Mayor of Rome, lets defend free and plural information

Any attack on freedom of the press is an attack on democracy and citizens. The Concert for Press Freedom has a significant impact The Mayor of Rome, Virginia Raggi, sent this message to “Ossigeno per l’Informazione” at the Concert for Press Freedom on 21 June 2017 in Rome, as part of the European Music Festival.

Source: O2 in English – Ossigeno Informazione

Telex from Franco La Torre, guarantees are needed and trustworthy news

It is necessary to fully guarantee the right to receive and disseminate information and to fight censorship. Create a warranty institution Franco La Torre, historian, environmentalist, international cooperation expert, son of Pio La Torre, assassinated by the mafia along with Rosario Di Salvo in an ambush in Palermo on April 30, 1982, sent to “Ossigeno

Source: O2 in English – Ossigeno Informazione

The problem with journalists employed by the state to report politics

Local journalism in the UK is in a steep decline. According to Press Gazette, at least half the UK local newspaper journalism jobs are believed to have gone over the last decade, and there has been a net loss of around 200 local newspaper titles since 2005 (around 1,000 are left). Dave Porter, Lecturer in Journalism, Manchester Metropolitan University, discusses […]

Link: http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/mediapolicyproject/2017/06/27/the-problem-with-journalists-employed-by-the-state-to-report-politics/
Source: Media Policy Project

Computational propaganda and elections

An interview with researcher Lisa-Maria Nicola Neudert, Oxford Internet Institute, UK, by Jane Whyatt The Computational Propaganda Research Project at the Oxford Internet Institute, University of Oxford, has researched the use of social media for public opinion manipulation. The team involved 12 researchers across nine countries who, altogether, interviewed 65 experts, analyzed tens of millions posts on seven different social media platforms during scores of elections, political crises, and national security incidents. Each case study analyzes qualitative, quantitative, and computational evidence collected between 2015 and 2017 from Brazil, Canada, China, Germany, Poland, Taiwan, Russia, Ukraine, and the United States. Lisa-Maria Nicola…

Source: European Centre for Press and Media Freedom (ECPMF)