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Abruzzo. Blogger and journalist sentenced for publication of court documents

They told of the story of the complaint of a local police woman against her commander for alleged harassment. Solidarity from Order and Union The journalist Fabio Capolla of Il Tempo Abruzzo, and the blogger Gianfranco Falconi, manager of the website www.duepunti.it, were sentenced, through expedite judgment, for the arbitrary publication of criminal documents (article

Source: Ossigeno Informazione » O2 in English

Threatened journalists. Thanks to the Minister Alfano who has opened one eye

Positive statements in Naples, but not enough. Ossigeno invites him to look at the whole phenomenon and say something on the threats against Lirio Abbate “It is important that after so much neglect the Italian government has begun to admit that, in Italy, acts of intimidation and threats against journalists are a serious problem, and

Source: Ossigeno Informazione » O2 in English

Capital Mafia. Carminati looked for Lirio Abbate even under his house

The fact was revealed during the trial from a phone tap which had not yet been made known, the weekly magazine L’Espresso writes During the hearings for the Capital Mafia trial, underway in Rome, new elements of the judicial investigation revealed that one of the defendants, Massimo Carminati, tried repeatedly to meet with the journalist

Source: Ossigeno Informazione » O2 in English

Accountable Algorithms (A Provocation)

Joshua Kroll, Systems Engineer at CloudFlare, Inc., presents the case for using techniques from computer science as the most appropriate means of reviewing the fairness of computerised decision making. Consequential decisions which have historically been made through human-operated processes are increasingly being automated, leading to questions about how to deal with incorrect, unfair, or unjustified outcomes that emerge from computer […]

Source: Media Policy Project

Human Rights Commissioner: do not discriminate adoptions, decriminalize defamation

In this interview Nils Muiznieks exorts Italy to legislate without discrimination to better protect Italian journalists and to punish torture by Samantha Agrò – (ANSA) – STRASBURG, February 5 – To extend to same-sex couples the rights and responsibilities of heterosexual couples is right and necessary, and in doing so Italy “does not create new

Source: Ossigeno Informazione » O2 in English

Defamation. To trial chief editor and reporter of the Giornale del Cilento

In 2012, they used the terms “clique” and “loan sharks” referring to the investigation on a case of usury that had led to the arrest of some people At the end of the preliminary hearing of 27 January 2016, the Judge for the preliminary hearing of Vallo Della Lucania indicted Maurizio Troccoli, chief editor of

Source: Ossigeno Informazione » O2 in English

Journalists visiting Diyarbakır: "We are here to remove disinformation"

Journalists in the second group of News Watch have met with Diyarbakır Bar Deputy President, Ahmet Özmen and Bar Administrative Board members

Source: Osservatorio Balcani e Caucaso - ECPMF News

Turkish journalist and writer face 4 years in jail for a metaphor

Journalists have been suffering the consequences of reporting on the misdeeds of the Turkish Government. Turkey, with the highest number of journalists in prison, and very high numbers of fatal and non-fatal attacks against independent journalists, has witnessed a steep decline in the level of freedom of the media - from 54 to 65 in Freedom House's Press Freedom Index, which since 2013 rates Turkey as "non free".

Source: Osservatorio Balcani e Caucaso - ECPMF News

Human Rights Commissioner on Lirio Abbate: italian media are vulnerable

“The silence of the State exacerbates the difficulties of journalists”. Concern also for the seizure of the movie from Piazzapulita La7 – Interview by ANSA “The case of Lirio Abbate and PiazzaPulita are emblematic examples of the worrying structural vulnerability faced by the media in Italy” says Nils Muiznieks, Commissioner of Human Rights of the

Source: Ossigeno Informazione » O2 in English

Council of Europe. Slander and incitement to hate against Lirio Abbate

Considered a case of the utmost gravity. The Platform also signals the seizure of footage from Piazzapulita Insults and insinuations against the journalist of L’Espresso Lirio Abbate, under police protection since 2007, have been reported on the “Platform for the protection of journalism and the safety of journalists” of the Council of Europe, as a rough episode

Source: Ossigeno Informazione » O2 in English