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by Mads Haahr | An Essay
They wanted the Young European Federalists Denmark to write about freedom of the press. Yet they did not give them overall freedom to describe freedom of the press. They were therefore confined to a mere one thousand words in their description. So the eternally cantankerous youth pondered how you could ask for a description of freedom of the press and at the same time impose conditions restricting the freedom of the description to a measly one thousand words.
They should not tell us what to do. We can write just as many words as we…
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European Centre for Press and Media Freedom (ECPMF)
Monica Horten, a visiting fellow at the LSE, argues for clarification on proposals regarding Internet intermediaries’ liability for content, and for an appropriate balance to be struck between the different interests involved. This post is based on her paper for the Center for Democracy and Technology on Content ‘responsibility’: The looming cloud of uncertainty for internet intermediaries. How might policy-makers […]
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Media Policy Project
by Ana Ribeiro
As the Parliament of Catalonia adamantly presses on to pull out of Spain – among other political shakeups in the Iberian country – journalism associations fear politicians have obtained the power to interfere in the media in a systemic manner.
The autonomous community of Catalonia, located in the northeast of Spain, has a particular language and culture and has resisted giving up its sovereignty throughout much of its history; tensions may be presently coming to a head as its parliament pursues a referendum against prosecution threats from Spain. (Image: anonymous, Catalonia2, CC BY-SA…
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European Centre for Press and Media Freedom (ECPMF)
by Ana Ribeiro
As the Parliament of Catalonia adamantly presses on to pull out of Spain – among other political shakeups in the Iberian country – journalism organisations fear politicians have obtained the power to interfere in the media in a systemic manner.
The autonomous community of Catalonia, located in the northeast of Spain, has a particular language and culture and has resisted giving up its sovereignty throughout much of its history; tensions may be presently coming to a head as its parliament pursues a referendum against prosecution threats from Spain. (Image: anonymous, Catalonia2, CC BY-SA 3.0)
The…
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European Centre for Press and Media Freedom (ECPMF)
Four meetings from 24 to 27 October 2016. New data on prison for defamation. Also two training seminars for journalists and students “UN: Journalists assaulted, the guilty go unpunished. The UN alarm – What happens in Italy “: this will be the overall theme of the Four days of initiatives promoted by Ossigeno per l’Informazione on
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O2 in English – Ossigeno Informazione
To discuss the issues arising from the General Data Protection Regulation’s provision that under 16 year-olds will need parental consent before accessing social media or other online services, the LSE’s Media Policy Project, the UK Council for Child Internet Safety’s Evidence Group, the Centre for Digital Democracy and the School of Communication at American University met in a round table […]
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Media Policy Project
by Tobias RaabOn 5 July 2016, then culture secretary John Whittingdale, who was replaced as culture secretary by Karen Bradley on 14 July 2016, introduced the Digital Economy Bill 2016-17 to the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
The Bill includes numerous provisions. In terms OFCOM, it allows the communications sector's regulator, to penalize financially communications providers for failing to comply with license commitments and gives OFCOM oversight over the BBC. In terms of online pornography, it aims at creating an age-verification regulator to publish guidelines about how pornographic websites should ensure their users are aged 18 or older. The…
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European Centre for Press and Media Freedom (ECPMF)
by Ronan FahyOn 19 July 2016, the Northern Ireland Minister of Finance, Máirtín Ó Muilleoir, announced the publication of a report on defamation law in Northern Ireland, written by Dr. Andrew Scott, of the London School of Economics. The 101-page report, entitled Reform of Defamation Law in Northern Ireland, includes two draft bills, and builds upon earlier work undertaken by the Northern Ireland Law Commission. A Consultation Paper had been published in November 2014 by the Law Commission, with a consultation period running until February 2015. The Minister of Finance also published a summary of the consultation responses.
The primary…
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European Centre for Press and Media Freedom (ECPMF)
by Sebastian SchwedaOn 18 July 2016, the European Data Protection Supervisor (EDPS) released new ‘Guidelines on processing personal information within a whistleblowing procedure’. The Guidelines are addressed to EU institutions and bodies and aim to provide practical orientation as to how to comply with Regulation (EG) No. 45/2001, regulating the protection of personal data by these bodies, in whistleblowing cases. The main purpose of the Guidelines is to protect whistle-blowers from retaliatory action.
In nine recommendations, the EDPS has laid down rules on how the protection of internal and external whistle-blowers can be improved. This includes the establishment of secure…
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European Centre for Press and Media Freedom (ECPMF)
by Dr. Silke HansThe Criminal conviction and imposition of a fine on a journalist under 216(2) of the Polish Criminal Code for an article mocking local government officials violates the editor´s right of freedom of expression. With this judgment from July 5th 2016 in the Case of ZIEMBIŃSKI v. POLAND (No. 2) the European Court of Human Rights underlines the editor´s right of freedom of expression as protected under Art. 10 ECHR.
In August 2004, the applicant was proprietor and editor-in-chief of the local newspaper Komu I Czemu and published an article headlined “Elegantly wrapped dung”, in which he criticized…
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European Centre for Press and Media Freedom (ECPMF)
