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An Ossigeno Special: the Giulia Cerino case

Ossigeno dedicates a special issue to the journalist Giulia Cerino on trial for defamation as the author of a reportage broadcast on the 11th June 2015 during an episode of AnnoUno. Pomezia: Giulia Cerino sued because of road accident interviews Legal Aid: Why Ossigeno is defending Giulia Cerino Legal Aid: Giulia Cerino and the barrister

Source: O2 in English – Ossigeno Informazione

Pomezia: Giulia Cerino sued because of road accident interviews

The journalist is sued by the driver of a car which hit a tree causing the death of a young woman passenger as they were returning from a discotheque. She will be aided by Ossigeno. On the 13th September 2017 the journalist Giulia Cerino, currently a correspondent of the programme Piazzapulita of the La7 channel,

Source: O2 in English – Ossigeno Informazione

Legal Aid: Why Ossigeno is defending Giulia Cerino

The targeted lawsuit to which she has been subject highlights the necessity of systematising the obligation of the publisher to assist the authors of published content. Ossigeno per l’Informazione has accepted the request from the journalist Giulio Cerino to be assisted by the Free Legal Aid office of the Osservatorio (see here) in the trial

Source: O2 in English – Ossigeno Informazione

Legal Aid: Giulia Cerino and the barrister Di Pietro speak

Why has the journalist sued for defamation asked Ossigeno for legal aid? The co-ordinator of the legal service puts the case in context. The defendant: – Giulia Cerino explained, “My reportage was broadcast in 2015 in the television programme AnnoUno produced by Zerostudios. Two years after the broadcast I was sued and found myself having

Source: O2 in English – Ossigeno Informazione

MEPs want EP monitoring body to expose abusive SLAPP practices

The proposal for an EU directive and the creation of the monitoring body was presented in Strasbourg on 13 June 2018 by MEPs of the EPP group. MEPs David Casa (EPP), Ana Gomes (S&D), Monica Macovei (ECR), Maite Pagazaurtundúa (ALDE), Benedek Jávor (Greens-EFA) and Stelios Kouloglou (GUE/NGL) organised and event in Strasbourg to discuss the

Source: O2 in English – Ossigeno Informazione

Why Tech Markets Are Winner-Take-All

Once a company dominates a technology market, it is almost impossible to displace, writes Patrick Barwise, Emeritus Professor of Management and Marketing at London Business School, and contributor (with Leo Watkins) to Digital Dominance: the Power of Google, Amazon, Facebook and Apple, recently launched at LSE. Their chapter can be accessed here.  ‘Competition is for losers. If you want to […]

Source: Media Policy Project

What if there were a World Cup for press freedom?

With Russia hosting the 2018 World Cup, journalists at the Manchester Evening News were inspired to work out what would happen if, instead of competing at football, the countries were judged on their record of defending press freedom and freedom of speech. The World Cup of Freedom of Speech (graphic: Manchester Evening News) By Alice Cachia and David Dubas-Fisher. This article first appeared in the Manchester Evening News and is reproduced with kind permission of the MEN Now more than ever, football needs a free press. Investigative journalists have uncovered many examples of match-fixing and other corrupt practices – for example through the…

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

What if there were a World Cup for press freedom?

With Russia hosting the 2018 World Cup, journalists at the Manchester Evening News were inspired to work out what would happen if, instead of competing at football, the countries were judged on their record of defending press freedom and freedom of speech. The World Cup of Freedom of Speech (graphic: Manchester Evening News) By Alice Cachia and David Dubas-Fisher. This article first appeared in the Manchester Evening News and is reproduced with kind permission of the MEN Now more than ever, football needs a free press. Investigative journalists have uncovered many examples of match-fixing and other corrupt practices – for example through the…

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

What if there were a World Cup for press freedom?

With Russia hosting the 2018 World Cup, journalists at the Manchester Evening News were inspired to work out what would happen if, instead of competing at football, the countries were judged on their record of defending press freedom and freedom of speech. The World Cup of Freedom of Speech (graphic: Manchester Evening News) By Alice Cachia and David Dubas-Fisher. This article first appeared in the Manchester Evening News and is reproduced with kind permission of the MEN Now more than ever, football needs a free press. Investigative journalists have uncovered many examples of match-fixing and other corrupt practices – for example through the…

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

Türkei: In diesem Land kann sich alles jederzeit ändern

For the English version please click here Mehr als sieben Monate lang saß die deutsche Journalistin Meşale Tolu mit ihrem kleinen Sohn in türkischer Untersuchungshaft. Mitte Dezember 2017 wurde sie unter Auflagen freigelassen. Am 26. April 2018 wurde die Ausreisesperre verlängert. Das ECPMF hat Tolu in Istanbul getroffen und mit ihr über die anstehenden Wahlen in der Türkei, den Fall Deniz Yücel und ihre eigene Zukunft gesprochen. Meşale Tolu (photo: Christian Freiland) Wäre die Ausreisesperre aufgehoben worden, wären sie unverzüglich nach Deutschland zurückgekehrt? Mein Mann ist ja noch hier in der Türkei. Natürlich hofft auch er, dass seine Ausreisesperre aufgehoben wird. Er ist…

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