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French foreign minister warns of AfD’s electoral victory-associated risks

The spectacular electoral achiev…
#Europe #EU #AFD #ALTERNATIVEFORGERMANY #democraticfoundation #dispossession #downgrading #electoralvictory #European #Europeanspirit #EuropeanUnion #existentialissue #Farright #France #Germany #historicalrevisionism #injustice #Jean-NoëlBarrot #MarineLePen #Mediafreedom #nationalrally #neo-Naziparty #RIGHT-WINGEXTREMISM #Saxony-Anhalt #xenophobia
https://www.europesays.com/europe/132288/

https://www.europesays.com/uk/1188660/ Serbia wants to join the EU. Can it do so while journalists are forced into exile? #accession #AleksandarVučić #EU #Europe #European #EuropeanCommission #EuropeanUnion #Journalism #MediaFreedom #RSF #RuleOfLawReport #Serbia #Surveillance

Serbia wants to join the EU. Can it do so while journalists are forced into exile?

Serbia wants to move forward with its EU accession, even as journalists are being threatened, surveilled and forced…
#Europe #EU #accession #AleksandarVucic #EuropeanCommission #EuropeanUnion #journalism #Mediafreedom #RSF #RuleofLawReport #Serbia #Surveillance
https://www.europesays.com/europe/131424/

Serbia wants to join the EU. Can it do so while journalists are forced into exile? https://www.byteseu.com/2340093/ #accession #AleksandarVučić #EuropeanCommission #EuropeanUnion #journalism #MediaFreedom #RSF #RuleOfLawReport #Serbia #surveillance

‘This Is How We Lived Here’: Documenting 16 Years in Hungary Under Orban

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://balkaninsight.com/2026/09/02/this-is-how-we-lived-here-documenting-16-years-in-hungary-under-orban/rd/

Serbian Media Outlets’ Management Change Sparks Suspicion Ahead of Elections

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://balkaninsight.com/2026/08/18/serbian-media-outlets-management-change-sparks-suspicion-ahead-of-elections/bi/

The courts in Mozambique have struck down a decree granting the government draconian powers to spy on citizens, collect user data, shut down the internet and resort to technical intervention to force networks to comply.

This is a victory for freedom of expression, privacy and the right to access and share information freely.

#FreeSpeech #MediaFreedom
https://buff.ly/oo5n3Ya

Media Changes in Montenegro Intensify Alarm About Foreign Influence

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://balkaninsight.com/2026/07/30/media-changes-in-montenegro-intensify-alarm-about-foreign-influence/bi/

Trump is weaponizing the FBI to target journalists. Media lawyers fear he could soon resort to using the ‘nuclear option’ by invoking the Espionage Act to stifle critical reporting, writes Ruth Marcus in the New Yorker.

Big media houses have the resources to weather the storm, but smaller outlets may opt to self-censor. ‘That chilling effect, of course, is precisely what Trump is after.’

#MediaFreedom
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2026/07/27/trumps-war-on-journalists

Lawyers for Mozambican journalist @estaciosvaloi have asked the District Attorney’s office to revoke the warrant used to seize his laptop & phones, and return them immediately. The seizure violates his right to privacy and to work & threatens press freedom
#MediaFreedom
https://buff.ly/X6UDHMY

The EU's latest Rule of Law Report says several members states are updating legislation to comply with the European Media Freedom Act, but warns media ownership and editorial independence remain a concern with candidate countries Albania, Montenegro, North Macedonia and Serbia.

#MediaFreedom

https://dig.watch/updates/eu-publishes-2026-rule-of-law-report

If your argument for policing the ABC falls apart under basic fact-checking, maybe the problem isn’t the ABC.
Public broadcasters should be held to high standards—but by evidence, existing independent processes and editorial accountability, not political pressure or special oversight bodies whenever someone dislikes the coverage.

#abc #sbs #mediafreedom #auspol

https://www.lamestream.com.au/we-counted-all-the-errors-in-jillian-segals-attack-on-the-abc-2/

BIRN Report Warns Digital Repression is Worsening Across Western Balkans, Turkey

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://balkaninsight.com/2026/07/09/birn-report-warns-digital-repression-is-worsening-across-western-balkans-turkey/bi/

We are all Ukrainians, said Adam Michnik at the Meliore/PS Media & Democracy Summit.

Every Ukrainian killed is a shot through the heart of European democracy.

Watch the event at the link: bit.ly/4vkcCE0

#PSEvents #StandWithUkraine #Democracy #MediaFreedom #Ukraine

In a significant victory for media freedom and open public debate, Poland has passed a new law that protects journalists, activists and whistleblowers against vexatious lawsuits aimed at silencing them. The law covers both domestic and cross border SLAPPs.
#AntiSLAPP #MediaFreedom
https://buff.ly/OhEeIPq

Turkish Journalists Protest Accreditation Denials for NATO Summit in Ankara

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://balkaninsight.com/2026/06/25/turkish-journalists-protest-accreditation-denials-for-nato-summit-in-ankara/bi/

Montenegro Spy Agency Criticised for Criminal Complaint Against Reporters

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://balkaninsight.com/2026/06/22/montenegro-spy-agency-criticised-for-criminal-complaint-against-reporters/bi/

The Czech government scraps licence fees for public media.

The right-wing populist coalition of Prime Minister Andrej Babiš has approved a bill replacing the traditional funding model with direct state budget financing — a shift that journalists, media freedom groups and tens of thousands of citizens say puts editorial independence at risk.

https://mediafaro.org/article/20260615-the-czech-government-scraps-licence-fees-for-public-media?mf_channel=mastodon&action=forward

#Czechia #AndrejBabis #MediaFreedom #PressFreedom

Hungary Unveils Plans to Reform Public Media; Fidesz Press Struggles

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://balkaninsight.com/2026/06/15/hungary-unveils-plans-to-reform-public-media-fidesz-press-struggles/rd/

More than 340 local news outlets are limiting the Internet Archive's access

https://www.niemanlab.org/2026/05/more-than-340-local-news-outlets-are-limiting-the-internet-archives-access-to-their-journalism/

#HackerNews #localnews #InternetArchive #journalism #access #mediafreedom #newsoutlets

Interesting:

"Taken together, the [European Media Freedom Act]’s provisions offer a tiered but genuinely meaningful landscape for strategic litigation.

Strategic litigation is, however, neither a panacea nor a guarantee. Its effectiveness depends on judicial independence, adequate legal resources, and the willingness of courts to engage with politically sensitive (legal) questions."

https://www.europeanlawblog.eu/pub/m2bjnpey/release/1

#strategicLitigation #mediaCapture #EMFA #mediafreedom

@inex ❌ In Russia, the classifieds platform Avito has blocked a woman’s account after she used it for messaging during internet outages.

The service explained that the listing titled “Strict cat for friends” violated its rules because it did not offer a real product or service. The woman created it solely as a chat workaround, since Avito is included in the “whitelisted” resources accessible during shutdowns.

ℹ️ Residents of St. Petersburg and the Leningrad region have been reporting for the third consecutive day a lack of mobile internet and problems accessing websites and banking services, according to “Current Time.” The “whitelists” have been tested since summer 2025, but even they remain unstable.

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#Russia #Avito #InternetShutdown #Censorship #DigitalRights #FreedomOfSpeech #Runet #Whitelist #TechNews #StPetersburg #LeningradRegion #InternetAccess #CyberPolicy #OnlineFreedom #MediaFreedom