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by Ana Ribeiro
The tightening control of the Polish government on the media is likely to affect filmmaking, as experts discussed in the most recent DOK Leipzig festival. But precisely how this will play out is yet to be seen, and while some are fearful, others say there is nothing really new or surprising about the situation.
Could censorship lead to resparking Polish filmmakers' interest in politics and creative ways to get around restrictions rather than silencing them? Photo: public domain
DOK Leipzig, a traditional international documentary and animated film festival based in Leipzig, took place last month. One of its panels…
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European Centre for Press and Media Freedom (ECPMF)
by Ana Ribeiro
The hashtag #TurkeyPurge continues to trend internationally five months after the attempted coup in Turkey. One watch group with an online presence actually calls itself "Turkey Purge", dedicating its work to monitoring and exposing threats and human rights abuses reported in the country.
The "TurkeyPurge" group is the first item to come up under the hashtag #TurkeyPurge active on Twitter. Screenshot from Twitter, 14 December 2016
The crackdown against Turkey's journalists, educators and others has been extended under the "state of emergency" declared by the government of Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. The first element confronting viewers on the "Turkey…
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European Centre for Press and Media Freedom (ECPMF)
Facebook has recently come under significant scrutiny for its perceived role in the US election as a conduit for fake news and hate speech, and is currently advertising for a head of news partnerships, presumably intended to tackle such issues. As Facebook has always maintained that its is a platform rather than a media company, it is difficult to hold […]
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Media Policy Project
The European General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), due to become law in May 2018, contains several provisions highly relevant to children and young people. Vicki Shotbolt, CEO of Parent Zone, argues here that we need to consider the challenges posed to parents by proposals to require parental consent for children under 16 to use online services. Throughout this blog series, we […]
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Media Policy Project
Orange Magazine is looking for up to five young journalists with English and German proficiency to cover Friedrich Ebert Stiftungs Integrationskongress 2017
The post Call for young journalist to cover the Friedrich Ebert Stiftungs Integrationskongress 2017 appeared first on European Youth Press.
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European Youth Press
With controversy over election upsets and the spread of fake news, the media’s role in politics is currently under the spotlight in more than one country. International comparative media systems research has developed significantly in the last decade as a tool for studying the relationship between media and politics. In an interview conducted on December 2, 2016, LSE MSc student […]
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Media Policy Project
The 2016 European General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) contains several provisions highly relevant to children and young people. In this post, Sonia Livingstone, Professor of Social Psychology at LSE’s Department of Media and Communications, will discuss empirical evidence to explore issues around the application of the GDPR to children’s online activities. Throughout this blog series, we have been decoding the implications of […]
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Media Policy Project
Marina Mingarelli deals with judicial reporting for the daily Il Messaggero and for the online magazine TG24. Filed a complaint against unknown persons The car of journalist Marina Mingarelli, collaborator of Il Messaggero and of the online magazine TG24, has been damaged by unknown persons while it was parked in the perimeter of the building
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O2 in English – Ossigeno Informazione
The former prime minister had asked for 1 million and 800 thousand euro to the Nuova Iniziativa Editoriale, and to the then Editor-in-Chief Concita De Gregorio along with two other journalists With the judgment of 15 November 2016, and published on November 30, the Court of Appeal of Rome has rejected the appeal by former
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O2 in English – Ossigeno Informazione
by Ingrida Milkaite
The European Court of Justice (ECJ) has ruled that the owner of a shop offering the public a free Wi-Fi network is not liable for copyright infringements committed by users of that network.
Public domain photo.
However, such an operator may be required to password-protect the network in order to bring an end to, or prevent, such infringements. (See Case C-484/14.)
The Court decided on a number of important issues at its 15 September ruling, which dealt with a lawsuit from Sony Music Entertainment GmbH against the shop owner. For instance, it noted that the free public Wi-Fi service provided…
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European Centre for Press and Media Freedom (ECPMF)
