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By Emil Weber
The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) has issued an important judgment, protecting the right of a photographer to communicate his or her work to the public. The ruling on 7 August 2018 further clarifies intellectual property rights in relation to digitally published and freely accessible work in the European Union.
Cédric Puisney from Brussels, Belgium, European Court of Justice - Luxembourg (1674586821), CC BY 2.0
In late March 2009, the website of Waltrop secondary school in North Rhine-Westphalia (Germany) published a school student’s presentation as part of a language workshop. The presentation contained among others a photograph…
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European Centre for Press and Media Freedom (ECPMF)
Post-Cambridge-Analytica, and post-GDPR, children are becoming increasingly aware of how their data is being used online but there are still limits to their digital literacy. In this post, Sonia Livingstone, Mariya Stoilova and Rishita Nandagiri discuss how they are conceptualising issues of privacy and personal data in their latest ICO-funded research into children’s understanding of privacy and data use online. […]
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Media Policy Project
In the book you will find 12 chapters from various parts of Europe telling the story how media freedom is challenged, and why it is more important than ever that our state leaders, politicians in the front line unconditionally support freedom of the media as a prerequisite for free speech.
Free European Media 2018 BOOK
This book should remind us that we cannot take our fundamental rights for granted and that we constantly have to protect press freedom, find mechanisms for the safety of journalists and be in dialogue with governments and parliaments to develop mutual understandings for our human rights.
The…
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European Centre for Press and Media Freedom (ECPMF)
Media freedom is under threat, also in Europe. State leaders and politicians in the frontline must unconditionally support freedom of the media as a prerequisite for free speech. After the Gdansk Free European Media conference this book was born, telling the story of why words matter. Free download!
The field where Daphne Caruana Galizia was assassinated in Malta (photo: Iris Rohmann)
The book combines twelve chapters on the state of press and media freedom in various parts of Europe, from Malta to Spain to Azerbaijan. It is a reminder that we cannot take our fundamental rights for granted, that we constantly…
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European Centre for Press and Media Freedom (ECPMF)
The Youth Time International Movement is officially inviting journalists and young media enthusiasts to apply for the Youth Global Forum, which will take place in Paris, France from the 2nd to the 6th of December, 2018. Deadline to apply is September 7. The main topic of this year’s forum is Worldwide Impact Investment: The Role of Entrepreneurs. […]
The post Call For Journalists and Young Media Enthusiasts for Youth Global Forum in Paris: appeared first on European Youth Press.
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European Youth Press
Deadline: 15 September 2018 Media and Information Literacy Cities: voice, power and change makers – Video Competition Do you make creative videos? Do you see yourself as a media and information literate individual? Are you interested in a round trip to Latvia? If the answer is yes, then you are on the right […]
The post Call for: videos documenting the new type of cities – Media and Information Literacy Cities appeared first on European Youth Press.
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European Youth Press
by Jane Whyatt
The national head of the German Journalists Union (DJV) Frank Überall has sent a message to all members on 31. August 2018: “Be extra careful when reporting on right-wing demonstrations.” It comes after a TV camera crew was prevented from filming at a demonstration in Dresden and journalists faced abuse in other German cities.
Photo by Sachelle Babbar, won third place in the 2017 BJV Press Photo Awards
In the DJV weekly newsletter to the trade union's 35,000 members, Frank Überall warns:
Journalists reporting on these events must know that they will be regarded as opponents by the right-wing extremists…
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European Centre for Press and Media Freedom (ECPMF)
Joint statement
We the undersigned organizations call on Turkey's government to follow through on its promise to end the state of emergency by withdrawing recently passed legislation that replicates many of the state of emergency's special provisions.
The adoption of rights-restricting laws that closely mirror those in force during the state of emergency makes a mockery of the government's claim to have ended the state of emergency; if anything, it seems to be making the state of emergency more permanent.
Many of the new provisions continue to violate universally recognized human rights, including those to freedoms of thought, expression, peaceful demonstration and…
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European Centre for Press and Media Freedom (ECPMF)
The NATO Strategic Communications Centre of Excellence (NATO StratCom COE) is a NATO accredited multi-national organisation that conducts research, publishes studies, and provides strategic communications training for government and military personnel. The Centre has recently launched The News Hero, a Facebook game designed to teach users how to spot false or unreliable information online. Bryan Metzger, Assistant Project Manager of […]
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Media Policy Project
by Jane Whyatt
Daphne Caruana Galizia’s sister Corinne Vella is calling for a public inquiry into who ordered the killing of the investigative journalist. She made it at the UK’s Byline Festival of independent journalism. The family has already formally made the request in writing to Malta’s Prime Minister Joseph Muscat. The response has been promised by the end of August 2018.
Corinne Vella, Stephen Grey and Juliette Garside at Byline Fest. Photo: Jame Bartlett
Speaking at the Byline Festival of Independent Journalism in Sussex, UK, Vella thanked the European media freedom community for its ongoing support and shared the platform with…
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European Centre for Press and Media Freedom (ECPMF)