From The International Press Institute (IPI)
Discussion on press freedom in Europe organized in partnership with the IPI Norwegian and Finnish National Committees
World Press Freedom Day, WPFD 2021
Media www.rajawalisiber.com – The International Press Institute (IPI) marked World Press Freedom Day 2021 with a discussion on press freedom in Europe organized in partnership with the IPI Norwegian and Finnish National Committees.
Topics discussed:
State capture of media in Hungary and now Poland is threatening the survival of pluralist independent media and, left unchecked, is likely to spread rapidly through Europe’s democracies. How do we confront this “illiberal” movement? And how can we best support our colleagues in the Visegrád region?
Meanwhile, the rapid growth in the use of vexatious lawsuits, or SLAPPs, to hound and silence investigative journalists across borders through litigant friendly courts threatens journalists everywhere.
And journalists across Europe are facing the scourge of online abuse, as well as the use of national security laws to limit legitimate journalistic inquiry.