The EFJ GS Ricardo Gutiérrez will attend Usigrai (FNSI) Congress.
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) has invited its affiliate, the Belarusian Association of Journalists (BAJ) to Brussels to hold meetings with senior EU and Parliamentary officials. The mission will end with a public discussion with journalists and media workers on the state of media and journalists rights in Belarus to be held on Tuesday 19 June, at 18:00 to 19:00, at the Press Club Brussels Europe, Rue Froissart 95, 1040 Brussels. Speakers include: Andrei Bastunets, Lawyer and Chairman of the Belarusian Association of Journalists Zhanna Litvina, Board member and Former Chairwoman of the Belarusian Association of Journalists Volha Baranouskaya, BAJ Council Member, Hrodna…
Second Meeting of the Multistakeholder forum on Disinformation 20th May: 9:00 – 17:30, Robert Schuman Room, Berlaymont Building The EFJ will be represented by Renate Schroeder, EFJ Director.
The EFJ GS Ricardo Gutiérrez will attend next meeting of the CDMSI (the EFJ is an observer member of the CDMSI). The CDMSI will consider the Draft Strategy for the Implementation of the CM Recommendation on protection of journalism and safety of journalists and other media actors, prepared by the secretariat. Discuss and approve it. Consider and comment on the Draft Implementation Guide to Recommendation CM/Rec(2016)4, prepared by the Secretariat Valuable practices in the area of safety of journalists will be presented, including: the Action plan on Defending Free Speech, by the CDMSI representative of Sweden, and the Audit of Freedom…
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Projet de loi relatif à la protection des secrets d'affaires : audition
The nature of conflict in the world has changed, and along with it the relationship between the media and society. Modern technologies, while presenting new opportunities for the collection of information and the dissemination of reporting, also present new dangers. Trolls and bots can now help “false news” and “hate speech” to propagate in the digital sphere threatening security and stability of societies. Yet, maintaining a free press has never been more important. Disinformation, censorship, and attacks on investigative reporters endanger it by destroying trust and accountability between and within our nations and democratic institutions. When these negative phenomena are…