Tag: law
Estonian Public Media Gets Government Manpower
The appointment of a high government official in the body that governs Estonia’s public broadcaster is opening a can of worms. He promises to keep…
How Italy Wants to Slam Fake News: Use Fines and Prison
Italian lawmakers have reacted to the spread of fake news and misinformation with an authoritarian law. Far from solving the problem, though, it in fact…
Know the Power, Know the Media
Media and journalism are changing fast and so should the media research agenda. Analyzing the role of social media in the recent elections in America,…
Middle East: Online Conversation Moves out of Facebook and Twitter
Uncomfortable with the government’s aggressive snooping, internet users in the Middle East are increasingly beginning to move their discussions to more impervious chatrooms. Last summer,…
Reform of Myanmar’s Media System: Bracing for a Slow Ride
Local journalists are investing much hope in the newly installed power in Myanmar to reform the country’s media system. But that will be a gargantuan…
Government Removes All Critical Voices From Croatia’s Public Broadcaster
Shortly after grabbing the country’s political helm, Croatia’s government has begun brashly purging institutions of whomever is not their friend. The public broadcaster HRT is…
The Romanian Public Television on the Brink of Insolvency
The Romanian public service broadcaster has undergone scores of crises in the past two and a half decades. But now, talk about its insolvency is starting…
China Plans to Push out Foreign Owners From Its Internet
Chinese authorities have never liked dissenting voices. Now, they want to solve that problem by removing foreign players from their internet. This would be a…
The Constitutional Issues Behind Apple iPhone Dispute: Individuals’ Freedom Is at Stake
Is it right for Apple to refuse a government’s request to create software to snoop into a terrorist’s phone? Three legal experts say it was…
European Court Decision Allows Media to Be Less Paranoid About Online Comments
In summer 2015, a much-criticized decision by Europe’s human rights court left online portals anxious about what comments they allowed on their sites. Now, the…