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End of January 2018, EFJ and ECPMF went on a joint fact-finding mission to the Baltics. In Lithuania and Estonia, representatives of the media freedom organisations met with journalists, business people and the authorities. The mission was triggered by the question if disinformation and fake news could destabilise the region.
The Baltics were chosen in the wake of a wave of disinformation spread by Russian specialists during the US election campaign. The question, whether the comparatively small societies of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania could be polarised and destabilised by so-called fake news, was on the table. This seemed to…
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European Centre for Press and Media Freedom (ECPMF)
Great success for ECPMF's partner Index on Censorship: A Scottish politician lodged a motion in the Scottish Parliament on 27 March on media freedom following Index on Censorship’s annual Mapping Media Freedom report, crediting its authors for “their continued endeavours to defend media freedom and protect journalists”.
Mapping Media Freedom, Index on Censorship’s project monitoring threats to media freedom in 42 European and neighbouring countries, recorded 1,089 violations in 2017. As the motion notes, a majority of these threats came from official or governmental bodies.
The motion, put forward by Andy Wightman MSP of the Scottish Greens, “deeply regrets” the loss of life of…
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European Centre for Press and Media Freedom (ECPMF)
As part of a series of interviews with LSE Faculty on themes related to the Truth, Trust and Technology Commission, Dr Omar Al-Ghazzi talks to LSE MSc student Ariel Riera on ‘echo chambers’ in the context of North Africa and the Middle East. AR: The spread of misinformation through social media is a main focus of the Commission. Are there similar processes in the […]
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Media Policy Project
This article is by LSE Visiting Fellow Claire Milne Nuisance calls have been a long-running problem that I’ve posted about on this blog several times before. My last post was nearly three years ago, following the 2015 UK General Election, which interrupted use of the £3.5m allocated for this in the March 2015 budget. At the time I suggested that […]
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Media Policy Project
March 22, 2018 – Turkey should immediately implement the judgments of the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) and release the veteran journalists Mehmet Altan and Şahin Alpay without delay, a coalition of nongovernmental groups said today. Furthermore, Turkey must ensure that domestic remedies for human rights violations are effective, in particular by ensuring the urgent review of all cases of journalists and writers currently pending before its Constitutional Court.
Building of the European Court of Human Rights (photo: CherryX)
The organizations, which had intervened as third parties in the cases before the court, included PEN International, ARTICLE 19, Committee to…
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European Centre for Press and Media Freedom (ECPMF)
Open letter to diplomats in Malta regarding the Daphne Caruana Galizia murder
Eight international freedom of expression organisations have signed an open letter urging diplomats in Malta to make their presence felt concerning the investigation of the Daphne Caruana Galizia murder. "Your engagement in this case is setting a standard and precedent for what is permissible in the European Union".
We, the undersigning international organisations are closely monitoring the investigation of the murder of Maltese journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia and the related court proceedings in Malta.
Daphne Caruana Galizia was a journalist, a blogger, a mother of three. For years, she reported…
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European Centre for Press and Media Freedom (ECPMF)
In the first of a series of interviews with LSE Faculty on themes related to the Truth, Trust and Technology Commission, Dr Jean-Christophe Plantin talks to LSE MSc student Ruchi Malaya on Big Data, misinformation and transparency. RM: Do you think the government and regulators have a grip on what to do with Big Data? And do you think GDPR […]
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Media Policy Project
Days ahead of the EU-Turkey summit in Varna (Bulgaria), the Bulgarian section of the Association of European Journalists held a symbolic action in solidarity with media professionals currently detained in Turkey, demanding their immediate release
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Osservatorio Balcani e Caucaso - ECPMF News
Days ahead of the EU-Turkey summit in Varna (Bulgaria), the Bulgarian section of the Association of European Journalists held a symbolic action in solidarity with media professionals currently detained in Turkey, demanding their immediate release
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Osservatorio Balcani e Caucaso - ECPMF News
Are you a skilled and creative video maker? And would you like to gain working experience in the centre of the biggest event for young people at the European Parliament in Strasbourg? Then we are looking for you! The European Youth Press and the European Parliament are looking for 2 experienced video makers, who […]
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European Youth Press
