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North Macedonia: Media coverage of tragedy in Kočani must respect journalistic ethics
News reporting on the nightclub fire in Kočani, in the eastern part of North Macedonia, which claimed the lives of at least 59 people on 16 March, must be in line with the IFJ’s Global Charter of Ethics.BYTESEU (Bytes Europe)
https://databreaches.net/2025/03/30/shoot-the-messenger-sunday-edition-reporting-on-a-leak-is-not-unethical-hamilton-county/
See the Chattanooga Times Free Press's full OpEd at: https://www.timesfreepress.com/news/2025/mar/30/opinion-reporting-on-a-leak-is-not-unethical/
#journalism #pressfreedom #transparency #incidentresponse #govsec #databreach #FirstAmendment
Opinion: Reporting on a leak is not unethical
Hamilton County Mayor Weston Wamp is angry with the Times Free Press and leveling accusations of unethical behavior against our journalists.Alison Gerber (www.timesfreepress.com)
🔴 Swedish Journalist Jailed in Turkey
🔸 Kaj Joakim Medin jailed for “terror links” & “insulting Erdogan.”
🔸 He was covering protests over Erdogan rival Imamoglu’s arrest.
🔸 Sweden demands consular access, says he’s punished for reporting.
🔸 Past warzone reporting also cited in charges.
#Turkey #Sweden #PressFreedom #Medin #Journalism #Erdogan #Imamoglu
🔴 Swedish Journalist Detained in Istanbul
🔸 Joakim Medin detained after reporting protests over Erdogan’s rival Imamoglu’s arrest.
🔸 Sweden demands answers, calls it a threat to press freedom.
🔸 BBC’s Mark Lowen deported earlier this week under “public order threat.”
🔸 1800+ detained including 11 journalists in nationwide protests.
#Turkey #PressFreedom #JoakimMedin #MarkLowen #Imamoglu #Journalism #Erdogan #MediaCrackdown #Istanbul
#turkey #press #journalism #joakimmedin #pressfreedom #europe #eu #dagensetc
" CDU &CSU wollen unter Verhandlungsvorsitz Amthors das Informationsfreiheitsgesetz (IFG) abschaffen. Dieses garantiert Bürger*innen den Anspruch auf Zugang zu amtlichen Informationen & ist zentral für #Demokratie & #Pressefreiheit in #Deutschland . Es ist eines der wenigen Gesetze, die Regierungsverantwortliche in die Rechenschaft vor uns zwingen & sie kontrollierbar machen"
https://www.nd-aktuell.de/artikel/1190120.informationsfreiheitsgesetz-ausgerechnet-amthor-will-ans-transparenzgesetz.html
Ausgerechnet Amthor will ans Transparenzgesetz
Julian Daum zum Vorschlag der Union, das Informationsfreiheitsgesetz abzuschaffen: Dass ausgerechnet Philipp Amthor die Abschaffung des IFG verhandelt, passt wunderbar in das antidemokratische Verhalten der Union.nd-aktuell.de
🔴 AFP Journalist Jailed Over Protest Coverage
🔸 Yasin Akgul detained pending trial for “joining illegal gatherings.”
🔸 AFP says Akgul was covering, not participating in, protests.
🔸 1,400+ people detained in protests over Mayor Imamoglu’s jailing.
🔸 Gov’t faces continued defiance after 6 nights of unrest.
#Turkey #AFP #Journalism #PressFreedom #Imamoglu #Protests
To me, what’s irresponsible is the national security state’s gradual creep into civic life — including, apparently, journalism. Obvious as that seems, I’ve paid a personal price for acting on my belief that my primary duty as a journalist is to inform the public. I’m never going to appear in a top White House official’s contacts list like Goldberg did, or score an exclusive interview with one of them or an invite to a black tie event. So I get why people like Goldberg do what they do. But we shouldn’t pretend it’s about protecting our national security.
Here’s what happens whenever a leak not authorized by the government hits the desk of some national security auxiliary. The normal standard for publication — is it newsworthy? — goes out the window as the reporter or their outlet scrambles to find out how the story might affect their own interests. Would publication piss off someone in power or otherwise jeopardize access to officialdom? Could it aid some nefarious actor somewhere? Could it contradict our previous reporting?"
https://www.kenklippenstein.com/p/trump-admin-caught-making-war-by
#USA #Trump #PressFreedom #News #Media #Journalism
Publish the Leaked Trump Texts
Biggest leak yet for Trump falls prey to media paternalismKen Klippenstein
The date was Saturday, March 15. President Donald Trump was at his Mar-a-Lago estate attending a “candlelight” dinner that wasn’t on his public calendar. On the lawn outside, luxury cars were on display: a Rolls Royce was parked near a Bugatti and Lamborghini. Guests milled about, taking photographs of each other and the vehicles. Earlier that day, the United States had bombed Yemen, targeting Houthi leadership. At least 53 people, including children, were killed.
Trump flew to the event on Air Force One with Elon Musk and Musk’s four year old son X, according to photos and videos viewed by WIRED. Throughout the weekend, Musk was in close contact with Trump and at least one member of the president’s brain trust who was participating in a Signal group chat where highly sensitive details of the planned operation were being shared. Experts say the conversation appears to have violated government protocols on information sharing."
https://www.wired.com/story/trump-officials-signal-chat-candlelight-dinner-mar-a-lago-yemen/
#USA #Trump #Musk #Leaks #PressFreedom #Signal #CyberSecurity #Privacy
https://www.taipeitimes.com/News/editorials/archives/2025/03/24/2003833936
#Tibet #VoiceofAmerica #radio #media #PressFreedom
A look through the recent articles highlights the vital work that RFA does reporting on human rights issues that are ignored by other media outlets
https://www.rfa.org/english/asia/2025/03/17/rfa-hun-sen-china/
#HumanRights #PressFreedom #journalism #uspol #Asia #VoiceofAmerica
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/mar/13/us-journalist-sues-indian-government-after-losing-his-overseas-citizenship
#pressfreedom #journalism
"The termination of RFA’s grant is a reward to dictators and despots, including the Chinese Communist Party, who would like nothing better than to have their influence go unchecked in the information space."
https://www.rfa.org/english/about/releases/2025/03/15/rfa-cancellation-a-boon-to-the-chinese-communist-party/
#uspol #VoiceofAmerica #journalism #PressFreedom #CCP #China
Serbia: One year of unpunished attacks on journalist Dinko Gruhonjić, the culture of impunity must e…
The members of the Media Freedom Rapid Response (MFRR) consortium and partner organisations of the Council of Europe’s Safety of Journalists Platform, which the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) is part of, are deeply concerned about the …BYTESEU (Bytes Europe)
"Turkey’s new cybersecurity law could criminalize legitimate reporting on cybersecurity incidents because of its overly broad and vague language, the Committee to Protect Journalists said Thursday.
The law, passed on Wednesday, criminalizes reporting about an online data leak or sharing that report unless the authorities have confirmed the incident.
It imposes a prison sentence of two to five years for anyone who knowingly creates or spreads “false” content claiming that there is a cybersecurity data leak “in order to create anxiety, fear, and panic among the public, or to target institutions or individuals."
https://cpj.org/2025/03/new-turkish-law-criminalizes-false-reporting-on-cybersecurity-related-data-leaks/
#pressfreedom #censorship #journalism
@zackwhittaker @campuscodi @lawrenceabrams @euroinfosec @amvinfe @JayeLTee
New Turkish law criminalizes ‘false’ reporting on cybersecurity-related data leaks - Committee to Protect Journalists
March 13, 2025—Turkey’s new cybersecurity law could criminalize legitimate reporting on cybersecurity incidents because of its overly broad and vague language, the Committee to Protect Journalists said Thursday.CPJ Staff (Committee to Protect Journalists)
New York Times v. Sullivan and other landmark Supreme Court decisions protect the press’s ability to investigate public figures. But a growing right-wing movement seeks to overturn them.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/03/magazine/nyt-sullivan-defamation-press-freedom-ruling.html?unlocked_article_code=1.2U4.NHIs.U5ZCurO7Aiy6&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
#pressfreedom #freespeech #investigativejournalism #scotus #attackonspeech
HCRG Care's lawyers claimed an injunction issued in a "private" hearing required us to remove two posts. We didn't comply.
HCRG Care was represented by the Pinsent Masons law firm in the UK in this matter. The injunction was issued by the High Court of Justice, King's Bench Division, Media and Communications List by the Honorable Mr. Justice Soole.
Pinsent Mason's attempt to get my web host to remove my posts also failed.
As always, I feel blessed to have the legal support of Covington and Burling's Kurt Wimmer Pro Media Freedom Initiative, which has represented my site pro bono for the last 16 years.
Read about the letter, the injunction, and why the High Court's over-reaching injunction endangers UK journalists and doesn't serve the public well.
https://databreaches.net/2025/03/05/hcrg-cares-lawyers-claimed-an-injunction-issued-in-a-private-hearing-required-us-to-remove-two-posts-we-didnt-comply/
Oh, and I'm not the only one ignoring the injunction. Medusa also got served with the injunction via tox chat, they tell me. And like other injunctions they have received, they are ignoring it. So what has HCRG really accomplished?
#databreach #ransomware #Medusa #transparency #censorship #pressfreedom #injunction #FirstAmendment
@zackwhittaker @campuscodi @lawrenceabrams @iainthomson
@amvinfe @lawfare @freedomofpress
The moment we no longer have a free press, anything can happen. What makes it possible for a totalitarian or any other dictatorship to rule is that people are not informed; how can you have an opinion if you are not informed?
Hannah Arendt (1906-1975) German-American philosopher, political theorist
Interview (1973-10) with Roger Errera, Office de Radiodiffusion-Télévision Française (ORTF)
[small]Sourcing, notes: https://wist.info/arendt-hannah/45087/[/small]
#quote #quotes #quotation #dictatorship #freepress #freedomofthepress #information #journalism #judgment #media #opinion #pressfreedom #publicopinion #totalitarianism
https://wist.info/arendt-hannah/45087/
The moment we no longer have a free press, anything can happen. What makes it possible for a totalitarian or any other dictatorship to rule is that people are not informed; how can you have an opinion if you are not informed? Other parts of this inte…wist.info
https://www.occrp.org/en/news/ukrainian-journalist-died-exposing-russias-hidden-crimes
#UkraineWar #journalist #press #pressfreedom
The news media is being pressured. Lawmakers have been tamed. Career officials deemed disloyal are being fired. Prosecutors named by a president who promised “retribution” are targeting perceived adversaries and dropping cases against allies or others who do his bidding. Billionaire tycoons who once considered themselves masters of the universe are prostrating themselves before him.
Judges who temporarily block administration decisions that they believe may be illegal are being threatened with impeachment. The uniformed military, which resisted being used as a political instrument in Mr. Trump’s first term, has now been purged of its highest-ranking officers and lawyers. And a president who calls himself “the king,” ostensibly in jest, is teasing that he may try to stay in power beyond the limits of the Constitution."
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/26/us/politics/trump-putin-russia.html
#USA #Trump #Journalism #Media #News #PressFreedom #Censorship #Authoritarianism
It is essential in a democracy for the public to have access to news about their government from an independent, free press. We believe that any steps by the government to limit the number of wire services with access to the President threatens that principle. It also harms the spread of reliable information to people, communities, businesses and global financial markets that heavily depend on our reporting."
https://reutersagency.com/resources/statement-from-the-editors-of-reuters-the-associated-press-and-bloomberg-news
#USA #Trump #Journalism #Media #News #PressFreedom
"The Guardian will never take editorial direction from our billionaire owner – because thankfully, we don't have one. Instead, we rely on supporters like you to fund our truly independent work."
#democracy #pressfreedom #journalism
@journalismscholars
White House bars reporters from covering Trump cabinet meeting
The White House denied access to an Associated Press photographer and three reporters from Reuters, HuffPost and Der Tagesspiegel, a German newspaper.James Oliphant (The Japan Times)
Press freedom is already low in the US (ranked 55). The administration works hard to reduce freedom further
#pressfreedom #democracy #journalism
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/white-house-takes-control-press-pool-covering-trump-2025-02-25/
"Warning comes as FCC, chaired by Trump ally and Project 2025 author, orders investigations into US media groups"
#USpol #USpolitics #FirstAmendment #pressfreedom #media #journalism
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/feb/24/trump-free-speech-media-attack
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The suit is from Mars. To my knowledge, I’ve never seen a suit brought like this one where editing is being criticized as constituting consumer fraud. It has no basis in law as far as I’m concerned, and what’s going to happen — if, in fact, the case is settled — is there will be more consumer fraud cases every time the media edits an interview, not only with Trump, but other politicians. And the First Amendment will suffer."
https://freedom.press/issues/legendary-first-amendment-lawyer-begs-press-to-fight-trumps-attacks/
#USA #PressFreedom #Trump #CBS #Media #Journalism #FirstAmendment
Legendary First Amendment lawyer begs press to fight Trump’s attacks
Potential CBS settlement would only embolden further attacks on press freedom.Freedom of the Press
Associated Press sues White House officials to restore access
Last week, the White House barred AP reporters from pooled events, objecting to the wire service's references to the Gulf of Mexico in articles.The Japan Times
🔴 Press Freedom Under Attack
🪧 UK journalist Gerald Flynn banned from Cambodia after exposing environmental issues.
🪧 Reporter Chhoeung Chheng shot dead investigating illegal deforestation—echoing past journalist killings.
🪧 Crackdown intensifies: arrests, media shutdowns, & Cambodia ranks 151st in press freedom.
#Cambodia #PressFreedom #HumanRights #Journalism
Haaretz published yesterday an opinion piece by David Schocken, a potential heir to the liberal newspaper Haaretz, in which he argues that the (low circulation though profitable and influential) newspaper has become too insular, ideologically homogenous, and fearful of dissenting opinions. He implies that the paper should be more open to a wider range of viewpoints, including those from the right-wing.
Succession 👑 and sugar-coated facade of pluralism
Shuki Tausig, The Seventh Eye’s editor, strongly supports Haaretz’s stance. In order to protect democratic values, a "defensive democracy" approach dictates that certain views should not be given a platform. To David Schoken’s claim that the paper is alienating people on the right he simply states: why should the paper cater to the right? It's a left-leaning paper.
[…] An important article is published in the opinion pages of "Haaretz." Not because of its content, which is foolish and irresponsible, certainly not because of its pompous tone, and definitely not because of the embarrassing ignorance and cowardice it's bursting with, but because of the author's identity: David Schocken. He is one of two possible heirs to the position of publisher of Haaretz, alongside his cousin, Roni Schocken.
[…] David Schocken writes that "there are some people in the newspaper who are proud of excluding writers with 'dangerous' opinions that, in a 'defensive democracy,' shouldn't be legitimized." Just like countless cheap manipulators before him, David Schocken won't lie, he'll just put quotation marks around the truth.
[…] David, dangerous opinions aren't 'dangerous' opinions. They are dangerous opinions. A defensive democracy isn't a '"defensive democracy." It's a defensive democracy. If David Schocken thinks there are no dangerous opinions and that our democracy doesn't need defending, he should grow a pair and write it. Instead, he resorts to the villain's other escape route. Not patriotism - quote marks."
Hebrew https://www.the7eye.org.il/543545
The rhinoceros 🦏 in the room
Aluf Benn, Haaretz’s current editor-in-chief chimed in arguing that Haaretz must remain committed to its core values, particularly human and civil rights, even in the face of political pressure and attempts to silence the paper. He emphasizes that the paper's role is to challenge the government and speak truth to power, even when that means going against popular opinion. He implicitly accuses Schocken of being naive and prioritizing the paper's financial interests over its journalistic integrity.
[…] On my desk at the Haaretz newsroom sits a small plastic rhinoceros. I put it there after the last elections, a reminder that the newspaper must never compromise its values and principles just to run with the herd. I knew from the very beginning that during the reign of this government of horrors, we would face pressures and temptations to abandon the newspaper's long-standing commitment to defending human and civil rights, to shut up and join some imaginary, cozy center. In moments like these, I thought, we'd need to look at the rhino as a warning sign.
[…] The rejection of these articles wasn't meant to protect "Haaretz" readers from "consuming poisonous opinions," as Schocken puts it. Readers are already bombarded with these views from every screen, news page, and tweet, and, of course, they're also reported on in Haaretz. The rejection was intended to draw a line in the sand, to mark the boundaries of acceptable opinions that the newspaper will provide a platform for. Just as we haven't published articles supporting the dismantling of the judiciary's independence and turning it into a puppet of the Likud party, even though that position also enjoys broad public support.
[…] David Schocken apparently believes that if we "rhino-fy" ourselves and open the newspaper up to debates on "transfer, pro and con," or to proposals on how to persuade and relocate Gazans, we'll be giving readers intellectual enrichment and a "fierce and wild ideological battle," and in doing so, we'll attract new subscribers and lift the government's boycott."
Hebrew https://www.haaretz.co.il/opinions/2025-02-16/ty-article-opinion/.premium/00000195-0a0d-d2a7-a7fd-ef8f4aec0000 or https://archive.is/1zkVs
@israel
#PressFreedom
* Edit: typos
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Iran: Journalists Elaheh Mohammadi, Niloofar Hamedi and Rouhollah Nakhaei granted pardons
Iranian journalists Elaheh Mohammadi, Niloofar Hamedi and Rouhollah Nakhaei were all pardoned by Iran’s top judiciary authority on 11 February.BYTESEU (Bytes Europe)
#buyanewspaper #buyapaper #pressfreedom #journalism #TomorrowsPapersToday
🔴 Press Freedom Clash: France vs. Russia
🪧 France denies that rejecting Russian journalists' visas was a reciprocal move, after Russia accused it of discrimination.
🪧 Moscow retaliated by refusing accreditation for Le Monde’s Moscow correspondent.
🪧 Paris condemns the move, citing worsening press freedom conditions in Russia.
#France #Russia #PressFreedom #Journalism