Seminar: Disinformation, Misinformation, Malinformation – How to Tackle Fake News and Information War in the EU? The Finnish Foundation for Media and Development (VIKES) and The Union of Journalists in Finland are organizing the seminar “Disinformation, Misinformation, Malinformation – How to Tackle Fake News and Information War in the EU?” Their goal is to identify different forms of misinformation and influence operations, as well as to introduce measures to tackle and regulate them. The seminar programme can be found here: https://vikes.fi/osallistu/disinformationseminar. It will also be possible to follow the seminar online. Stream link: https://www.mediaserver.fi/live/vikes The EFJ GS is invited as…
The European Centre for Press and Media Freedom (ECPMF) and other organisations, including EFJ, are organising an expert talk on Anti-SLAPP solutions in Brussels, Belgium. The event will take place on November 12, 2019 from 10:00 – 12:30. Venue: TBC. This expert talk will bring together journalists, politicians, lawyers and civil society organisations with an expected audience of 20-30 people. It will create a platform to share and gather expertise on potential anti-SLAPP solutions. In the long run, the ECPMF in co-operation with other organisations hopes to convince EU institutions to find mechanisms that would help to limit the abuse…
The education department of ETUI, in cooperation with CGT and CC.OO organise a course: “Bogus self-employed” to be held from 13- 15 November 2019 in Brussels, Belgium. This course aims to develop common trade union actions to protect bogus-self-employed workers. Marcelo Ortega, member of the Freelance Expert Group of the EFJ, will attend the course.
Meeting about labour rights for freelancers and self-employed workers.
The new European Commission is subjected to a variety of challenges in the field of media policy. Strong impetus to strengthen the media is expected in the area of e-commerce as well as in the field of competition law. In all these areas different actors give voice to their individual expectations. The 20th “Brüsseler Mediengespräch” provides an opportunity to meet not only representatives of the European Commission but also of European associations and international media companies. Against this backdrop, we invite you to address and discuss your own desires and ideas concerning the media-policy agenda for the upcoming legislative period.
invited Renate Schroeder, EFJ https://www.journalistentag.de/#speakers
A coalition of international press freedom and journalist organizations will carry out a press freedom mission to Hungary from 25 to 27 November. Confirmed participants: IPI, ECPMF, CPJ, Article 19, RSF, EFJ (Ricardo Gutiérrez).
Le 25/11 de 14h à 17h au Press Club Brussels Deux tiers des femmes journalistes sont harcelées selon un rapport de l’IMWF (International Women’s Media Foundation), repris par Reporters sans frontières et la Fédération internationale des journalistes (FIJ). Pour un quart d’entre elles, ce harcèlement a lieu sur les réseaux sociaux. Ces actes participent de la violence faite aux femmes et de la volonté de les réduire au silence. À l’occasion de la Journée internationale pour l’élimination des violences faites aux femmes, la RTBF souhaitent contribuer à la réflexion avec l’AJP, la FIJ et la FEJ. Nous vous invitons ce…
EFJ-ECPMF-RSF-IPI advocacy mission to Austria. EFJ representative: Andrea Roth (BJV, DJV)