EU funding of European media platforms
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A project to develop European media platforms and increasing EU access to quality information has been launched by the EU Commission. The ambition is information in as many EU languages
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UN expert warns of dangerous decline in media freedom
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Reporters getting killed. Online attacks against women journalists, including death and rape threats. Targeted electronic surveillance to intimidate and silence investigative journalism. Media freedom and safety have diminished in the
Musk backing out of Twitter deal
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Elon Musk’s turbulent offer to buy Twitter for 44 billion USD has entered a new phase with Musk announcing that he is backing out of the deal arguing Twitter has
European countries launching “Netflix Tax” to support local production
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The European TV market is largely an American business. Worried that this will lead to even more limited national production of TV and films, an increasing number of European countries
Access to abortion pills a new headache for social media giants
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Abortion pills are approved in the U.S. to end pregnancies before the 10th week. The pill has now become a headache for social media after the U.S. Supreme Court in
Survey shows 94% of journalists use social media for their job
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94% of journalists in the U.S. use social media for their job. Twitter is the number one. Journalists’ use of social media sites varies by what they identify as the
Reuters News gets new President
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Paul Bascobert, former CEO of US publisher Gannet, has been appointed President of Reuters News – the news agency business in information company Thomson Reuters. He is succeeding Michael Friedenberg
Few young users report harmful online content
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Young people are active online but they don’t report harmful content. Two thirds of teens and young adults have recently encountered at least one potentially harmful piece of content online,
Meta’s Oversight Board overturned management decision 14 times
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Many have been frustrated by Meta’s -earlier Facebook- management’s power to decide what can be said and what can’t. Meta’s Oversight Board has published its first annual report showing that
Slowing growth of fact-checking to fight disinformation
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Disinformation and other forms of misleading statements are global online problems. Fighting this, the number of fact-checkers around the world doubled over the past six years, with nearly 400 teams