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by Jane Whyatt, based on an article at the website of Ossigeno per l’informazioneECPMF’s Italian partner “Ossigeno per l’Informazione (O2)” is taking its fight against threats from the Mafia and other intimidations on tour around Europe.
Mafia? Nein, Danke!
O2 presented its method for monitoring threats and acts of intimidation at workshops in Berlin and Madrid. In Italy it has revealed the names of 2,900 journalists affected by this kind of abuse since the monitoring centre was founded in 2008. It was created by veteran political journalist Alberto Spampinato, after his own brother Giovanni was murdered by the Mafia because of…
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European Centre for Press and Media Freedom (ECPMF)
By Beata WalczakiewiczThe European Parliament adopted a new directive on trade secrets. But journalists’ organisations criticize the move as they fear that investigative journalism will be restricted.
The impact assessment of European Union showed that in many Members States the rules aimed at safeguarding trade secrets are not appropriate in addition to needs of the Internal Market. The pace of development is not as rapid as expected. Companies in the EU do not share valuable information with each other because of the ineffective legal protection of trade secrets. Therefore, new innovations cannot exist as a result of the collaborative research…
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European Centre for Press and Media Freedom (ECPMF)
ECPMF-chair Henrik Kaufholz gave the starting signal for a Europe-wide action day to raise awareness for press freedom violations in Hungary. First thing in the morning he went to the Hungarian embassy in Copenhagen, Denmark, to personally deliver a letter addressed to Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban.
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The letter in the name of the ECPMF and its supporters calls upon Viktor Orban to investigate a case of press freedom violations: In September 2015, six journalists were physically attacked, detained and hindered from doing their jobs at the Hungarian-Serbian border. Despite an ECPMF-fact finding mission, the case was…
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European Centre for Press and Media Freedom (ECPMF)
Three intimidations against journalists this week in Italy Three. So many where in Italy within the week 4 – 10 April 2016 the victims of violations of freedom of expression through threats and abuses of Law and judicial proceeding which names Ossigeno added to the Public table of the names of victims that includs journalists, bloggers and operators intimidated. Since January
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english – Ossigeno Informazione
Nick Anstead, Assistant Professor in the Department of Media & Communications at LSE, outlines a number of important issues related to the growing role of algorithms – be it in government, banking, information sharing or security – and the impact they are having on wider society. One of the major problems that became apparent in our conversation was one I had encountered […]
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Media Policy Project
The conferences were held on 12th and 14th April and presented the report on acts of intimidation and abuse in Italy. On the 21st the hearing at the Council of Europe On Tuesday, April 12th in Berlin, and on Thursday, April 14 in Madrid “Ossigeno per l’Informazione” presented its method for the monitoring of threats
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Ossigeno Informazione » O2 in English
ECPMF action on 14 April calls Hungary’s Prime Minister Viktor Orban to investigate press freedom violations and defend journalists’ right to cover the refugee crisis
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Osservatorio Balcani e Caucaso - ECPMF News
There are concerned voices about the ‘trumpification of the media’ in the US in the run up to the 2016 presidential elections. Victor Pickard, Associate Professor of Communication at the Annenberg School for Communication, argues that the commercial logic of US news organisations may have a serious impact on matters of profound importance such as democracy. Donald Trump’s ascendance has many […]
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Media Policy Project
Today ECPMF uses the power of its European network to stand up strongly for media freedom in Hungary. As our follow-up to our investigation of an incident where journalists’ rights have been violated and where they have been attacked and detained, we call upon Prime Minister Viktor Orban to react:
We are asking you to initiate a thorough investigation of the assault and to bring to justice those responsible for the violation of press freedom and for violating the personal integrity of the media workers who were assaulted.”
With our social media action day, we ask the European press freedom community…
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European Centre for Press and Media Freedom (ECPMF)
by Jane Whyatt, research by Martin Hoffmann
Attacks and verbal abuse against journalists and camera crews have forced some editors to hire private security guards when covering the regular weekly marches by right-wing anti-immigration groups and antifascist counter-demonstrations. Some journalists even refuse to cover the protests, as we reported in the ECPMF Germany fact-finding mission.
Matthias Meisner, editor at Der Tagesspiel, discussed Pegida and other matters with ECPMF's Jane Whyatt and the Leipzig police chief at the annual DJV Sachsen meeting. (Photo: ECPMF)
More than thirty incidents have been reported to ECPMF through our Reporting Point and displayed on our storymap. But…
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European Centre for Press and Media Freedom (ECPMF)
