Authors’ texts are indispensable for AI Large Language Models, but they receive no compensation. The Dutch Writers’ Guild (Auteursbond), the Dutch Association of Journalists (NVJ) and the Lira Foundation have sent a formal demand letter to Meta, the parent company of Facebook and developer of the AI model Llama. In the letter, they request that Meta immediately cease the unlawful use of copyrighted work of Dutch writers, translators and journalists in the training of its AI models. According to Liesbet van Zoonen, president of the Auteursbond: “We are not opposed to Large Language Models, but the AI industry is a…

By Isa Myzyraj, Journalist and Chairperson of the Association of Journalists of Albania (AJA) For more than a decade, dozens of journalists and media outlets in Albania have been dragged through the country’s criminal courts, accused mainly of defamation and insult. At first glance, these are provisions that protect individual reputation. In practice, they have been transformed into instruments of pressure and intimidation against the media. In the overwhelming majority of cases, criminal lawsuits have not been initiated by ordinary citizens seeking protection from defamation, but by politicians, high public officials, and companies with economic power. The purpose has not…

As Ukraine marks four full years since Russia’s full-scale invasion, the National Union of Journalists of Ukraine (NUJU) has launched a renewed fundraising campaign to sustain its network of six Journalists’ Solidarity Centers — safety hubs that enable Ukrainian and foreign journalists to continue reporting under wartime conditions. The European and International Federations of Journalists (EFJ/IFJ) support the NUJU campaign and invite journalists’ organisations and citizens who are able to do so to make a donation. Established in 2022 with the support of the IFJ/EFJ Safety Fund, the Centers have become a model of “safety spaces” for journalists operating in…

On the fourth anniversary of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, the European Federation of Journalists (EFJ) joins Media Freedom Rapid Response (MFRR) partners in hailing the continued courage of journalists in the country who continue to report on the war despite serious risks – and waning international attention. As we mark the anniversary, our organisations honour and remember the journalists who have been killed while reporting on the war and in the line of duty. We pay our respects to these reporters, who made the ultimate sacrifice in bringing news on the war to Ukrainian and international audiences. As documented in…

Deutsche Welle correspondent Alican Uludağ, who was detained Thursday evening in Turkey, was brought before a detention judge on Friday. The prosecutor in charge requested that he be placed in pre-trial detention, and the court subsequently issued an arrest warrant. The European Federation of Journalists (EFJ) joins its Turkish affiliates, TGS, TGC, DISK Basin-Is and GCD, in demanding the immediate release of the journalist. Alican Uludağ is a well-known investigative journalist with 18 years of experience and no prior convictions. He has worked for Germany’s international broadcaster DW in Turkey for several years. On Thursday evening, he was detained by…

Ahead of the eighth anniversary of the murder of Slovak investigative journalist Ján Kuciak and his fiancée, Martina Kušnírová, the European Federation of Journalists (EFJ) joins the undersigned partner organisations of the Media Freedom Rapid Response (MFRR) in renewing the call for full justice for their brutal killing. With the new retrial of the twice-acquitted but alleged mastermind Marian Kočner now again underway in Bratislava as of January 2026, hope remains that all those responsible for ordering and carrying out this assassination will eventually face justice for their crimes. On 21 February 2018, Kuciak and Kušnírová were fatally shot at…