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The journalist Roberto Napoletano, chief editor of the newspaper, under investigation in Milan along with nine other Group executives. Fictitious companies to raise the number of copies sold In order to fake an increase in paper and digital copies sold, Il Sole 24 Ore would have created some companies abroad pretending to buy copies and
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O2 in English – Ossigeno Informazione
The journalist Raffaella Fanelli is accused of having sullied the memory of the right-wing extremist Paolo Signorelli by interviewing a lifer The daughter of Paolo Signorelli, the Italian politician of the extreme right who in the seventies was involved in judicial investigations into the so called “black plots (trame nere)”, in 2015 sued for defamation
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O2 in English – Ossigeno Informazione
Democratic Party leaders wanted to have subpoenas covered by secret. The Minister of Justice and the prosecutor Nicola Gratteri speak against it The FNSI responded immediately, with a clear “NO”, to the proposal to cover with secret the subpoenas against the accused, so as to prevent the publication of exaggerated news relative to the yet
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O2 in English – Ossigeno Informazione
The Hidden Censorship Detector, (the rigorous method for observing violations of press freedom achieved through violence, through discrimination and through the application of restrictive legislation), which is employed in Italy by“Ossigeno per l’Informazione” can easily be applied in Spain and in other democratic European countries which have similar legislation. This was advocated by Alberto Spampinato
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O2 in English – Ossigeno Informazione
Certainly newspapers, radio and television could help much more threatened journalists and bloggers. Above all they could give space and visibility to attempts to blackout unappreciated news with violence and abuses. They could publish regularly news on these episodes. Unfortunately they almost never do it not even when the journalist or the blogger is part
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O2 in English – Ossigeno Informazione
To help journalists who receive threats and retaliations it is necessary to break the isolation which surrounds them when they are targeted. It is necessary, therefore, to publish the names and the facts with all the necessary details to make them concrete and credible as is the case for every news story. Only by doing
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O2 in English – Ossigeno Informazione
Alberto Spampinato director of the Italian observatory, Ossigeno per l’Informazione asserted during the international conference at the Complutense University in Madrid on the theme “Italy and Spain: Liberty and Censorship: the great silence” that the published classifications each year on press freedom which are topped by several European countries and which place Italy seventieth in
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O2 in English – Ossigeno Informazione
Alberto Spampinato director of the Italian observatory, Ossigeno per l’Informazione repeatedly emphasised during the international conference at the Complutense University in Madrid on the theme “Italy and Spain: Liberty and Censorship: the great silence” the necessity of creating in every country independent agencies to monitor the threats to journalists and bloggers as has been requested
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O2 in English – Ossigeno Informazione
Schools which teach pupils to read road signs in order to cross the road safely should also teach about the right to inform and to be informed. Until schools do that it will be difficult to obtain pluralistic, accurate non-divisive information and as a consequence it will be difficult for citizens to reach political choices
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O2 in English – Ossigeno Informazione
There are two types of censorship, the classic one practised by dictators and the modern one practised in democratic systems on the basis of threats, intimidations, retaliation, abuse of legislation and punitive procedures. This second type of censorship appears invisible, even non-existent if one limits oneself to reading the newspapers. If instead, one puts on
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O2 in English – Ossigeno Informazione
