🚨@Europarl_EN's @EPCulture committee voted on the European #MediaFreedom Act #EMFA today.

They have approved a controversial 24-hour must-carry amendment that could impact media freedom and digital governance🧐

Read our take: https://edri.org/our-work/european-parliaments-cult-committee-greenlight-controversial-amendment-to-the-emfa/

This proposed legislation is potentially a bit of a watershed for media freedom in the EU - definitely one to watch for those of us interested in UK media corruption & regulation.

#KnowTheMedia #EU #mediafreedom #censorship

https://www.investigate-europe.eu/posts/media-freedom-act-europe-journalists-regulation

The key sentence from the @HuffPost article linked above is this one:

«Press freedom and civil rights organizations agreed that police, the local prosecutor’s office and the judge who signed off on the search warrant overstepped their authority.»

And all of this crap to please an owner of a restaurant who had ignored a DUI-related loss of her driving license and then sent the cops after the newspaper.

This stinks. This needs an independent investigation.

#mediafreedom #civilrights

#DonaldTrump is trying to hide behind the #1stAmendment.
Guess what? This basic #civicright indeed is under attack in the #UnitedStates. But not as you may be made to think by rightwing #media outlets.
A real attack is unfolding in #MarionCounty, #Kansas. Here the local #police has raided both the editorial offices and the home of the veteran editor of the local newspaper in what looks to be an obvious #overreach to serve a #GQP politician.
#mediafreedom
#freedomofspeech
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/kansas-newspaper-raid_n_64d9718be4b0ca9505891181

Disappointing news. #Censorship #BigTech #MediaFreedom #Illuminati #SecretPlans http://www.techmeme.com/230805/p9#a230805p9

When a car bomb killed Maltese investigative journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia in 2017, Brussels promised action to better protect journalists.

The European Commission last year forwarded a directive to combat strategic lawsuits against public participation (or SLAPPs), which are used to censor and silence public critics.

Her son, Andrew Caruana Galizia, however, says the new anti-SLAPP law would not have helped his mother.

https://www.politico.eu/article/murdered-journalist-daphne-caruana-galizia-son-blast-eu-media-freedom-law/

#EU #Malta #SLAPP #MediaFreedom #Journalism

Russian prosecutors on Tuesday declared the independent TV station Dozhd to be an "undesirable" organisation.

Dozhd, which means "Rain" in Russian, moved from Russia to Latvia shortly after Russia's invasion of Ukraine. It later moved its offices to the Netherlands.

The channel had already been banned by Moscow, but the new designation means any staff or donors in Russia can be prosecuted.

https://www.dw.com/en/russia-declares-dozhd-independent-tv-channel-undesirable/a-66346343

#Russia #Latvia #Netherlands #TV #Dozhd #Media #MediaFreedom #WarInUkraine

Freedom of expression and media freedom are firmly anchored in the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the EU. It's considered important for democratic societies to be able to tolerate a variety of opinions, even if they offend religious sensibilities.

However, provocations against religious communities repeatedly spark debate about the limits of this freedom.

To what extent is it acceptable to mock religion?

https://www.dw.com/en/how-much-blasphemy-is-allowed-in-europe/a-66314095

#Europe #EU #FreedomOfExpression #MediaFreedom #Religion

Every now and then, I remember that the #CounciloftheEU and the #EuropeanCouncil include the government of a kleptocracy, that one #EU member state is officially no longer a #democracy and everyone just shrugs it off as we ignore what the Council(s) are, do, decide, etc.

#EuropeanUnion #europol #europolitics #EuropeanParliament #EuropeanMediaFreedomAct #Europe #Europa #UE #mediafreedom #journalism #Pegasus

https://www.investigate-europe.eu/en/2023/meps-call-for-strong-safeguards-for-journalists-against-spyware/

RT Ambassador Jörn Rohde
I’m sharing these concerns about latest developments on @klankosova_tv. Withdrawing its business license seems disproportionate. I expect involved authorities to handle this with professionalism and care, It is not just about any minor business activity but about #mediafreedom.
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European Centre for Press and Media Freedom: 🇽🇰 Together with media freedom orgs, we call for the updated business certificate of @klankosova_tv to be accepted by the complaint committee and that all attempts by the #Kosovo govt to pressure the broadcaster are halted.
@albinkurti @rozeta_hajdari
https://www.ecpmf.eu/media-freedom-groups-call-for-klan-kosova-business-certificate-issue-to-be-resolved/
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🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/GermanAmbKOS/status/1679489534155980800

#Mediafreedom &amp; pluralism have come under growing threat in recent years, through increasing harassment of journalists, as well as human rights defenders and activists, with groundless or abusive lawsuits
📺Watch our expert explain #SLAPPs
📖Read http://eptwitter.eu/qDad
@woelken https://t.co/dqHGNbym0k

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/EP_ThinkTank/status/1678436668150517760

"Journalist’s assault in Chechnya follows revenge campaign against my family"

https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/odr/chechnya-attack-journalist-lawyer-revenge-family-abubakar-yangulbaev-elena-milashina/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=newsie_social

#Chechnya #mediafreedom #pressfreedom #Russia #humanrights #journalism

⚖️ Rule of law is one of the fundamental values upon which the 🇪🇺 is based.
The 4th annual #RuleofLaw report published today gives an overview of the situation across the EU &amp; makes recommendations for EU countries.
📰🎙️📺 Find out what the key findings are for #MediaFreedom ↓

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/DigitalEU/status/1676533695891554305

Very happy to host at @europarl_en a seminar on #MediaFreedom &amp; #HumanRights in #Türkiye co-organized by @globalfreemedia &amp; @EEDemocracy. Great chance to meet in person so many friends from 🇹🇷 civil society &amp; to exchange with them about last worrying developments &amp; the way ahead https://t.co/Pz6zONFbxM

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/NachoSAmor/status/1676480497021513728

@risj_oxford@bird.makeup spoke to Peter Erdelyi, former director of @444hu@bird.makeup, about how the news organisation has managed to stay afloat amid the erosion of #pressfreedom and democratic decline in #Hungary.

#media #mediafreedom

https://reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/news/how-keep-doing-journalism-under-siege-five-tips-editors-india-and-hungary

Politico лийкват доклада на ЕК за върховенството на правото. Според него Комисията ще предприеме последните стъпки за пълното прекратяване на уж отпадналия “механизъм за сътрудничество и проверка”, известен и като “мониторинг”.

https://www.politico.eu/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/05/COM_800_chapo_post_hebdo__CLEAN_.pdf

#ruleoflaw #ruleoflawreport #cvm #Bulgaria #eu #justice #media #mediafreedom #anticorruption #judiciary #judicialindependence

Press release 📑 EU #MediaFreedom Act: Council Makes Improvements But #Misinformation Loopholes Remain

💬 "Europe cannot afford that the #EMFA's special treatment of #media content ends up being a tool that helps those spreading #disinformation."

👉 https://ccianet.org/news/2023/06/eu-media-freedom-act-council-makes-improvements-but-misinformation-loopholes-remain/

#SLAPPs sets minimum standards for protection of those engaged in public participation.
“We are facing an issue that is undeniably disruptive to the #mediafreedom, expression and assembly, and to the essence of democracy”, says @Adamowicz_Magda.
Read: https://epp.group/le36rc https://t.co/ltDvP6UC7C

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/EPPGroup/status/1674825573204475921

Nepali #journalists & #media workers have been subjected to a series of rights violations in June by criminal groups, media outlet leadership, & law enforcement, amid a rising trend of attacks & harassment towards the media in #Nepal. Via @IFJGlobal

#pressfreedom #mediafreedom

https://www.ifj.org/media-centre/news/detail/category/press-releases/article/nepal-journalists-threatened-harassed-and-detained

MEPs prepare to battle on spyware exemption in EU media law https://www.euractiv.com/section/media/news/meps-prepare-to-battle-on-spyware-exemption-in-eu-media-law/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #EuropeanMediaFreedomAct #IMCO #mediafreedom