Media
EU must go further to protect journalists from abusive litigation, expert says
Est. 5minThe Council's latest draft of the EU anti-SLAPP directive is significantly watered down and does not go far enough to protect journalists from lawsuits designed to harass and intimidate them, director of Article 19 Europe Sarah Clarke told EURACTIV in an interview.
MEPs sound the alarm over Chinese mass surveillance project in Belgrade
Est. 5minThe European Parliament is taking a close look at China's high-tech present to Serbia, a mass surveillance system that involves the installation of thousands of smart surveillance cameras equipped with facial recognition features, MEP Gwendoline Delbos-Corfield (Greens/EFA, France) told EURACTIV in an interview.
UN freedom of speech rapporteur must wear several hats, says Bulgarian candidate
Est. 6minIveta Cherneva, a Bulgarian author who writes about security, politics, human rights, and sustainability, and a EURACTIV contributor, has been shortlisted for the position of the UN Special Rapporteur on freedom of speech.
Austria’s ‘video crisis’ exposes poor treatment of media – media expert
Est. 5minIn an interview with EURACTIV, Reporters Without Borders Austria President and distinguished journalist Rubina Möhring spoke about the effects of the controversial 'Ibiza video' and why Austria is getting ever so close to the Hungarian media model.
Reding: ‘Companies don’t take protection of personal data seriously enough’
Est. 9minRecent data protection breaches involving Apple and Sony show that "the protection of personal data doesn't work properly," says the EU commissioner in charge of justice and fundamental rights Viviane Reding. In a wide-ranging interview with EURACTIV, she also discusses other issues such as EU communications, media funding, Roma discrimination and gender quotas.
Journalist chief: Press freedom in Europe ‘not just a Hungarian problem’
Est. 12minEven as a growing number of challenges - including new media, the economic crisis and the rise of populist politics - are threatening the independence and viability of traditional media in Europe, quality journalism remains as necessary as ever to democracy, argues Aidan White, the former head of the International Federation of Journalists.