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The Boschi case. He is acquitted, but his blog is still under seizure

The defamation charges were dropped, but the Court of Appeal of Bologna forgot to restore access to the web site. A case that began in 2008 For having published on his blog a very critical text using, as far as the author is concerned, a satirical prose, in 2008 the blogger of Parma, Luigi Boschi,

Source: O2 in English – Ossigeno Informazione

Turkey: detention Warrant for 42 Journalists

Custody order has been issued for 42 journalists including journalist Nazlı Ilıcak within the investigation into Gülen Community

Source: Osservatorio Balcani e Caucaso - ECPMF News

Blogs seized, obscured and forgotten. “Il Gorgon” was silenced 4 years ago

It was decided by the magistrate of Livorno as a precaution. The charges for libel concerned only two of the hundreds of pages. Too expensive to ask for the release from seizure The website http://www.ilgorgon.eu website was seized and blackened out by a judicial order four years ago as a preventive measure on the basis

Source: O2 in English – Ossigeno Informazione

Letter to the Pope

Your Holiness,We are writing to ask you to use the power of your words to appeal for an end to hate speech. On the occasion of your visit to Poland which includes  - as well as a celebration of youth - a service at the Auschwitz former Nazi death camp, your message could be especially relevant. Across Europe, people  - and especially young people - are being abused on the grounds of their faith, ethnic origin, nationality, political affiliation and lifestyle choices. According to the 2015 survey conducted by the No Hate Speech Movement, as many…

Source: European Centre for Press and Media Freedom (ECPMF)

‘Screen time’ advice for a new generation of ‘digital’ parents

Following the recent publication by the Media Policy Project of their policy brief about families and ‘screen time’, LSE’s Alicia Blum-Ross and Sonia Livingstone here reflect on some of the findings of their recent research, arguing that rather than chastising parents for allowing their children to spend too much time looking at screens, we should find ways to harness the benefits of digital media for children. […]

Source: Media Policy Project

Croatia: radio and tv under the blows of the conservatives

A month after the fall of the government, right-wing parties remain in control of the Croatian public service, with layoffs and cancellations

Source: Osservatorio Balcani e Caucaso - ECPMF News

Call for: entries for Hostwriter Prize

Deadline: 31 August 2016   The hostwriter prize is awarded annually to collaborative journalism pieces as well as promising story pitches. There are two hostwriter prize categories. The main prize is for collaborative pieces researched and published by August 31st ‘16. The pitch prize is open to journalists with an excellent idea for a story […] The post Call for: entries for Hostwriter Prize appeared first on European Youth Press.

Source: European Youth Press

Defamation. Sicily region president receives compensation for 45 thousand euro

The journalists of the weekly Panorama, Antonio Rossitto and Giorgio Mulè, must pay fines of 800 euro and an advance of 45 thousand euro. This was decided by the Court of Milan On 15 July 2016 the single judge of the Court of Milan has sentenced the journalist of Panorama Antonio Rossitto and the editor

Source: O2 in English – Ossigeno Informazione

Naples. Asked to send mayor’s complaint against Giletti to the archives

The conductor of the TV show L’Arena (RAI) had defined the city as abandoned and full of waste. For the prosecutor it is a fact. Ready the recourse of the City Council On 11 July 2016, the public prosecutor of Naples requested the dismissal of the lawsuit for defamation filed by the City of Naples,

Source: O2 in English – Ossigeno Informazione

Sport. As Roma cancels accreditation to two radio reporters

They are Iacopo Sonnino of Radio Radio and Giovanni Parisi of Centro Suono Sport. For the club, agreements were violated. ODG and USSI: it is not fair to take it against the journalist AS Roma club withdrew the accreditation to two radio journalists, Iacopo Sonnino of Radio Radio and Giovanni Parisi of Centro Suono Sport,

Source: O2 in English – Ossigeno Informazione