Media freedom is declining across the EU and “perilously close to breaking point” in several countries, a leading civil liberties network has said, jon henley reports:
theguardian.com/media/2024/apr…

Media freedom and pluralism in many EU countries stand “perilously close” to breaking point and, in some cases, must be almost fully resuscitated, according to the “2024 Media Freedom Report” from the Berlin-based Civil Liberties Union for Europe. 👇

balkaninsight.com/2024/04/29/med…

🗣️Liberties.EU's #MediaFreedomReport2024 : Press Freedom Reaching Breaking Point

Media freedom & pluralism are flailing, and in some countries are on their last legs.

#EMFA will help, but it's not enough to rescue a struggling media landscape.

➡️link.liberties.eu/852ce6

Read the story of Mariia Sulialina, the recipient of Civil Rights Defender of the Year Award 2024, in the The Kyiv Independent's article (in English) 🏆👇

#CRDAward
kyivindependent.com/ukraines-marii…

Liberties.EU Media Freedom Report 2024 coming soon

✍️Insights by nearly 40 civil liberties organisations on
📺media freedom and pluralism
🎥safety of journalists
📢freedom of expression & access to information

#MediaFreedomReport2024

Following the European Parliament's #AIAct approval, EDRi affiliate ECNL has:
🔸taken stock of the extent to which fundamental rights, civic space & the rule of law will be safeguarded
🔸provided an analysis of key AI Act provisions

More in #EDRigram : edri.org/our-work/packe…

🎆Anti- #SLAPP Conference in #Poland 🇵🇱 is approaching!
Experts will discuss available legal means, draw from best practices in #Europe & consider how to create robust safeguards against #SLAPP s
🗓️25-26 04 📍 #Warsaw
📺Livestream: youtube.com/playlist?list=…
Detailed agenda in this 🧵

Protestors declared Facebook’s London HQ a crime scene, exposing Meta's failure to take effective action to stop the flow of hate-inciting content on its platform.

1/3 48 civil society orgs & 26 individual experts call on Member States representatives to ❌REJECT Belgian Presidency of the Council of the EU 2024's latest #CSAR compromise.

The text is flawed & harmful. It will enable #MassSurveillance & undermine #encryption .

Read more: edri.org/our-work/open-…