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Web. Remove fake satirical interview, the interviewee asks

BrindisiReport published the protest but rejected the request of the former owner of the team New Basket Brindisi, Massimo Ferrarese Massimo Ferrarese, former owner of the sports team New Basket Brindisi and current president of Invimit, asset management company of the Ministry of Economy and Finance, has asked, through a letter signed by his lawyer,

Source: Ossigeno Informazione » O2 in English

Web. Police discovers and files complaint against two people for threats against Borrometi

Surprised while they were surfing on the Facebook profile edited by the journalist, they confessed. They have a “strong criminal caliber” the investigators say A few days after the latest threats against the journalist from Modica (Ragusa province) Paolo Borrometi, on Wednesday, October 21, 2015 the State Police of Ragusa identified and filed a complaint

Source: Ossigeno Informazione » O2 in English

Children and the internet: mapping the patterns of policymaking

In July 2015, the European Commission published the Better Internet for Kids benchmarking tool (the BIK map). Elisabeth Staksrud and Dag Grytli, from the Department of Media and Communications at the University of Oslo, present the most important findings of the new report and explain why the EU Kids Online survey stands out from other related research tools, ahead of The Safer Internet Forum taking place on […]

Source: Media Policy Project

ECPMF launches its Journalists-in-Residence programme

Journalists from all over Europe can apply to become a Journalist-in-Residence at the ECPMF in Leipzig

Source: Osservatorio Balcani e Caucaso - ECPMF News

Defamation. Pistoia judge gives reason to Chief Editor Lineefuture

To the archives the lawsuit for having reported rumors of possible arrest order for the sports club president. The magistrate: countenance respected On 17 September 2015 the Judge for the Preliminary Investigations of the Court of Pistoia has sent to the archives a defamation lawsuit against Edoardo Bianchini, chief editor of LineeFuture. Bianchini was sued

Source: Ossigeno Informazione » O2 in English

Turkish judiciary seizes major media group

A week ahead of the general elections of 1 November, the Turkish judiciary has put under trusteeship a media holding linked to the Gülen movement – once an ally of Erdoğan, today among his enemies

Source: Osservatorio Balcani e Caucaso - ECPMF News

Velletri. Insults and threats via facebook against reporter Andrea Palladino

Former councilor Lamberto Trivelloni (NCD) reacted to an article by the daily Il Fatto Quotidiano that recalled the sentences he suffered years ago In Velletri, in the province of Rome, the journalist Andrea Palladino, collaborator of Il Fatto Quotidiano, L’Espresso and Le Monde, from 14 October 2015 and for several days he was insulted and

Source: Ossigeno Informazione » O2 in English

Paris. Osce: concern for attack to journalist and threats to storm AFP

OSCE Representative raises concern over attack of Buzzfeed journalist and threats to storm AFP offices in France, welcomes swift police action VIENNA, 24 October 2015 – OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Dunja Mijatović today expressed concern about a recent attack against a journalist with Buzzfeed and threats to storm the offices of Agence

Source: Ossigeno Informazione » O2 in English

Making the Twitter Length News: Media Literacy in Digital Media – dedicated page

Our #DMLeyp project held in Belgrade in late September, gathered 60 young media makers from 12 European countries for 6 days of workshops, panel discussions and lectures on different digital media angles including media freedom, social media strategy of media outlets, citizen journalism, ethics online and much more. For this purpose and future initiatives around […]

Source: European Youth Press

Research defines risks to media integrity

How to define media integrity, and what puts it at risk? The SEE Media Observatory explains the issue in a new brochure, available in 6 languages SEE Media Observatory stands for media integrity and journalism in the public interest. To present its media integrity analytical framework, developed through the 2013/2014 "Media Integrity Matters" research project, the Observatory has published a brochure in six languages.It defines media integrity and lists four areas of risk: media policy development and implementation; media structures – media ownership, media finances and public service broadcasting; journalists and journalistic/media practices. The brochure "Media integrity matters – Understanding the meaning of and risks…

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