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The UK Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) recently sought views on a draft code of practice on Age appropriate design, aimed at online services likely to be accessed by children. Here, LSE’s Mariya Stoilova and Sonia Livingstone explain the code’s key challenges that they believe must be resolved. Next week, they will launch new findings from the project Children’s data and privacy online: growing up […]
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Media Policy Project
By Frederic Krull
After Turkey's Supreme Election Council (YSK) announced the re-run of the greater Istanbul municipal elections from 31 March 2019, a lot of voices proclaimed the end of Turkish democracy. However, this goes far beyond dishonoring the results at the ballots.
Watching a televised debate on Turkey. (Photo: ECPMF)
Turkey is facing a severe crackdown on press and media freedom. It is ranked at 157 out of 180 countries in the Reporters Without Borders (RSF) 2019 World Press Freedom Index. There are around 140 journalists and media workers under arrest, and violence against journalists as well as judicial persecution have increased. Moreover,…
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European Centre for Press and Media Freedom (ECPMF)
LSE’s Damian Tambini discusses the policy challenges posed by digital dominance for election legitimacy in an interview with with Sofia Verza of OBC Transeuropa‘s ESVEI project. Our daily life is ever more permeated by the use of digital platforms of worldwide relevance, the so called “Over The Top” (OTT) platforms. They are the main protagonists of the 2018 book edited by Martin Moore […]
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Media Policy Project
by ECPMF
EU leaders from Cyprus, France, Greece, Italy, Portugal, and Spain are urged to address the ongoing impunity in the case of assassinated journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia
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To: Mr Emmanuel Macron, President of France; Mr Giuseppe Conte, Prime Minister of Italy; Mr Nicos Anastasiades, President of Cyprus; Mr Alexis Tsipras, Prime Minister of Greece; Mr António Costa, Prime Minister of Portugal; and Mr Pedro Sánchez, Prime Minister of Spain.
13 June 2019
Your excellencies,
Journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia was assassinated in Malta by a car bomb on 16 October 2017. There is no process inquiring into the circumstances of the murder. We,…
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European Centre for Press and Media Freedom (ECPMF)
By Frederic Krull
The High Court in London has blocked a private prosecution against Boris Johnson, a candidate for Prime Minister on charges of misconduct in public office – namely telling lies during the Brexit referendum campaign.
Boris Johnson. Public domain photo
The allegations that have been levelled against Johnson within this case are based on his statements in the campaign prior the referendum on the Brexit in 2016. The prosecution stated that Johnson has „repeatedly lied and misled the British public as to the cost of EU membership, expressly stating, endorsing or inferring that the cost of EU membership was £350…
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European Centre for Press and Media Freedom (ECPMF)
By Renata Rat
When Claudia Neumann, a German sports journalist, commentated on a World Cup football match as the first female reporter ever in 2018, she experienced a flood of heavy sexist insults via social media.
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“It was just horrible”, said Neumann. Her TV channel, the German public boradcaster ZDF, even filed charges against two Twitter users.
Fast forward to 2019 where in this year’s World Cup the BBC has been accused of sexism via social media, after an all-female commentating team hosted the game England vs. Scotland and did the half-time-reports. The arguments were that there could not be…
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European Centre for Press and Media Freedom (ECPMF)
Deadline: June 30, 2019 The American Prospect welcomes applications for our 2019-2021 writing fellowships. The Prospect’s Writing Fellows Program offers journalists the opportunity to spend two years developing their skills with the magazine in Washington, D.C. Each fellow benefits from an intensive mentoring program with the experts on our editorial team, and is expected […]
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European Youth Press
Deadline: 21 June 2019 The Summer School on Investigative Reporting 2019 offers and amazing and expanded programme. Two days will be focused on the needs of editors. Two days to deal with presentations on the radio or a podcast, as well as visual aspects of reporting. There will, of course, also be […]
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European Youth Press
Deadline: 21 June 2019 The Adobe Awards are the world’s premier digital media competition for students and emerging creators. Get exposure to creative leaders and influencers, connect with other young artists and designers, and learn what it takes to land today’s most coveted creative jobs. The Adobe Awards are open to all aspiring […]
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European Youth Press
Deadline: 1 July 2019 Are you the top of your class? Does your lecturer agree? The CNN is looking for its next bright internship stars. As one of the world’s news leaders we are interested in creative and energetic people with diverse perspectives and talents. The CNN offers internships at our central London […]
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European Youth Press