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This observatory on freedom of the press in Italy applies “a rigorous method and monitors attacks geographically and chronologically ” In March 2018, Uruguaian newspaper Bitacora published a piece by Pierluigi Morena entitled “The danger of reporting about the mafia” (“El peligro de informar sobre las mafias“) . 3.475 journalists have been threatened in Italy since 2006 for
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O2 in English – Ossigeno Informazione
This article was originally published on LSE News In the early days of the internet, the view that it would liberate, inform and empower people as a force for good was widely held. But following a series of scandals, where social media companies are alleged to have breached spending limits and data consent rules in the UK and the US, such […]
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Media Policy Project
Kurdish Journalist Nedim Türfent has been in prison since March 12, 2016. In solitary confinement. Now seven media freedom organisations sent him a letter. And he answered.
Letter by journalist Nedim Türfent
Nedim Türfent, Van T-type Prison, Van, Turkey
Dear Nedim
Firstly, we send you our greetings as organisations working to promote freedom of the press and freedom of speech. We have been following news of your case since it began and were very alarmed at your arrest and the terrible conditions in which you have been kept for so long. We know you were just doing your job as a journalist and you have our respect…
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European Centre for Press and Media Freedom (ECPMF)
Kurdish Journalist Nedim Türfent has been in prison since March 12, 2016. In solitary confinement. Now seven media freedom organisations sent him a letter. And he answered.
Letter by journalist Nedim Türfent
Nedim Türfent, Van T-type Prison, Van, Turkey
Dear Nedim
Firstly, we send you our greetings as organisations working to promote freedom of the press and freedom of speech. We have been following news of your case since it began and were very alarmed at your arrest and the terrible conditions in which you have been kept for so long. We know you were just doing your job as a journalist and you have our respect…
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European Centre for Press and Media Freedom (ECPMF)
Kurdish Journalist Nedim Türfent has been in prison since March 12, 2016. In solitary confinement. Now seven media freedom organisations sent him a letter. And he answered.
Letter by journalist Nedim Türfent
Nedim Türfent, Van T-type Prison, Van, Turkey
Dear Nedim
Firstly, we send you our greetings as organisations working to promote freedom of the press and freedom of speech. We have been following news of your case since it began and were very alarmed at your arrest and the terrible conditions in which you have been kept for so long. We know you were just doing your job as a journalist and you have our respect…
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European Centre for Press and Media Freedom (ECPMF)
By Dr Helen Davies and Dr Christina Papagiannouli In March 2018 the long awaited independent review of S4C under the chairmanship of Euryn Ogwen Williams was published by the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS). Its aim is to assess the current remit, funding arrangement and governance structure of S4C and provide recommendations on how S4C can continue to […]
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Media Policy Project
One third of the whole threats come from the mafia and it is fundamental to monitor such attacks, Medialne reports In March 2018, the Slovakian newspaper Medialne published a piece by Samuel Chrťan called “Italian journalists are not killed anymore, but the mafia still threatens them. Three lessons” (“Talianski novinári už nemiznú, no mafia ich ničí stále. Tri poučenia
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O2 in English – Ossigeno Informazione
The forthcoming General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) comes into force next month, and proposes that companies should gain parental consent before processing the personal data of children under a certain age. But what do parents think that age should be? In this blogpost, LSE’s Sonia Livingstone and Kjartan Ólafsson of the University of Akureyri present the findings from a new UK study of parents with […]
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Media Policy Project
Joint Statement: six months on, justice for Daphne Caruana Galizia
(bitte scrollen für die deutsche Version)
The 16 April 2018 marks six months since the murder of Maltese journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia. Vigils held worldwide call on justice for Daphne. Four freedom of expression organisations gathered in Berlin.
At the vigil in front of the embassy of the Republic of Malta in Berlin (photo: Sophie Albers Ben Chamo/ECPMF)
We, the undersigned international freedom of expression organisations, the European Centre for Press and Media Freedom (ECPMF), IL-Kenniesa, Reporters without Borders Germany and Transparency International, demand the thorough and comprehensive investigation of the Daphne Caruana Galizia murder…
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European Centre for Press and Media Freedom (ECPMF)
Every year, the Internet Society (ISOC) publishes a report on trends and challenges impacting the future of the Internet. To feed into this effort, ISOC has been conducting a number of interviews with experts in the field to determine what trends are impacting the evolution of the Internet. In this interview, Nicholas Thompson, Editor in Chief of Wired, provides his perspective […]
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Media Policy Project