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On 2 February 2016, the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) delivered a judgement on Magyar Tartalomszolgáltatók Egyesülete and Index.hu Zrt v. Hungary (MTE and Index.hu). The case concerned the liability of online intermediaries for user comments. Using the criteria established in the Delfi AS case of 16 June 2015, the Court found that there had been a violation of […]
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Media Policy Project
By Martin HoffmanThe ECPMF-team is following up its Fact Finding Mission Concept of the enemy, investigating the attacks on journalists in Germany related to the so called "Lying Press-debate". This is an urban myth that dates back to Nazi propaganda in World War II, and symbolises a lack of trust in the media.
Our first Fact Finding Mission published in December revealed a massive increase in the total number of attacks on journalists. They were caused by increasely aggressive populists and extremists mainly at the sites of demonstrations. The follow up will focus on three main topics:
Prosecution by German security…
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European Centre for Press and Media Freedom (ECPMF)
In a recent ruling, the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) ruled that the Hungarian online news portal Index.hu cannot be held responsible for offensive or vulgar comments posted by its readers. The Court held that placing strict liability on news portals for such comments is a violation of Article 10 (Freedom of Expression) of the European Convention on Human Rights […]
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Media Policy Project
In or out? As Britain prepares for a referendum on whether or not to leave the European Union, BBC journalists have been banned from using opinion polls as the lead story on their news bulletins.
YouGov poll tracker (Screenshot: YouGov.co.uk)
They are also ordered not to commission their own opinion polls and to treat surveys of voter intention published by other source with caution.The BBC Trust, appointed by the Queen on advice from the Culture Ministry, has issued these new guidelines. Poll trackers such as YouGov show support for leaving the EU is rising. …
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European Centre for Press and Media Freedom (ECPMF)
The event strives to redefine what a youth gathering means, with the ultimate purpose of proving to the world that the youth is here to make a difference, through the unleashing of each..
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European Youth Press
Many rumors, but parliament never abolished the sentence of imprisonment nor has it addressed the event of publisher that disappears and leaves the journalists in trouble Eight months ago the case of the journalist Antonio Cipriani, who was in danger of ending up in jail for an enforceable sentence for libel, caused a sensation, but
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Ossigeno Informazione » O2 in English
The journalist Antonio Cipriani had been sentenced to five months imprisonment for omitted control. After the acquittal of the author of the article, his sentence was canceled When the sentence of acquittal of his co-defendant arrived, Antonio Cipriani, former chief editor of the publishing house E-Polis, had already served twenty-two days of social services, with
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Ossigeno Informazione » O2 in English
Victoria Nash, Deputy Director and Policy and Research Fellow, University of Oxford; Cicely Marston, Senior Lecturer in Social Science, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine; Joanna R Adler, Professor of Forensic Psychology, Middlesex University, and Sonia Livingstone, Professor of Social Psychology, London School of Economics and Political Science, say there is a need for better conversations around children and their online […]
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Media Policy Project
The reporter had secretly interviewed a fake volunteer who collected money. When he told him, the man attacked him. The police intervened “Go away, or I’ll stab you. Go away or I’ll shoot you”: these were the threats that the reporter for Striscia la Notizia, Valerio Staffelli, received in Milan by a man gathering cash
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Ossigeno Informazione » O2 in English
The Chief Editor of Trentinolibero.it, Claudio Taverna, had been sued for 60,000 Euros by the management of the provincial transportation company The publisher and chief editor of Trentinolibero.it Claudio Taverna has been acquitted, even on appeal after the victory in the first instance, from the charges of libel brought against him in 2014 by the
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Ossigeno Informazione » O2 in English
