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2626Eight intimidations against journalists this week in Italy Eight. So many where in Italy within the week 11 – 17 November 2016 the victims of violations of freedom of expression through threats and abuses of Law and judicial proceeding which names Ossigeno added to the Public table of the names of victims that includs journalists, bloggers and operators intimidated.
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O2 in English – Ossigeno Informazione
The Investigatory Powers Bill was recently passed by both Houses of the UK parliament and is set to become law, likely by the end of the year. Paul Bernal, Lecturer in Information Technology, Intellectual Property and Media Law, University of East Anglia, looks at the implications of the bill. You might not have noticed thanks to world events, but the […]
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Media Policy Project
On October 21, 2016 Carlo Iachino, opposition councilor, asked through an inquiry to the mayor of Ventimiglia (in the province of Imperia) Enrico Ioculano, whether it is true that he has pressured the chief editor of the local online newspaper Riviera 24 for the replacement of one journalist in charge of following the City’s policies,
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O2 in English – Ossigeno Informazione
Since the Brexit vote, EU media policy has a new sense of urgency. It remains to be seen if member states will be more prepared to deepen media policy convergence in an attempt to protect fundamental values and rights, but last week DG Justice held a joint colloquium with DG CONNECT, discussing current challenges to media pluralism and media freedom. […]
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Media Policy Project
Nani Jansen Reventlow and Jonathan McCully*On 8 November 2016, the Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights handed down a much-anticipated judgment on the right of access to information. While the Court was clearer and firmer than it had ever been before on the status of the right to access information as part of the right to freedom of expression guaranteed by Article 10 of the European Convention, it stopped short of acknowledging access to information as a fully-fledged right under the provision.
The case of Magyar Helsinki Bizottság v. Hungary concerned an information request that had…
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European Centre for Press and Media Freedom (ECPMF)
by Jane WhyattECPMF Chair Henrik Kaufholz has delivered a stirring call for Europe’s journalists to defend the truth. He urges them to challenge and counter the viral spread of fake news with well-researched facts.
Henrik Kaufholz speaking at the South East Europe Media Forum in Belgrade (screenshot: twitter/ECPMF)
Kaufholz warned that traditional newspapers and TV networks are losing the battle for audiences to social media. This means that, on many instances, lies and rumour are taking the place of honest journalism.
Speaking at the South East Europe Media Forum (SEEMF) in Belgrade on 22 November, Kaufholz earned warm applause in the…
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European Centre for Press and Media Freedom (ECPMF)
A candidate mayor for the city of Angri (Salerno Province) in 2007, Elidoro Barba, must compensate Pippo Della Corte who had sued for injuries received after the publication of an article For once the parties are reversed. The journalist files a lawsuit against a politician and the judge agrees with him. Here are the facts.
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O2 in English – Ossigeno Informazione
A ruling that goes against the tide, filed on June 24, 2016, has called into question the principles that seemed consolidated. The new frontier of online information The right to be forgotten is forcefully returned to the spotlight with a ruling by the Court of Cassation (First Civil Division, no. 13161/2016, filed on June 24,
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O2 in English – Ossigeno Informazione
Lello De Rosa, brother of the mayor of Casapesenna, tried to discredit on Facebook the work of Vincenzo Iurillo. Solidarity from Order of Journalists of Campania The journalist Vincenzo Iurillo was attacked by Lello De Rosa, former deputy mayor of Casapesenna and brother of Marcello, the current mayor of the town in the province of
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O2 in English – Ossigeno Informazione
Edoardo Stoppa and his cameraman had gone to the scene to conduct a journalistic investigation on the matter. The video was aired on November 14 The envoy of Striscia la Notizia, Edoardo Stoppa, was attacked and threatened, along with his camereman, by the relatives of a man filmed while training two dogs for fighting. The
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O2 in English – Ossigeno Informazione
