October 11, 2017 •
Media and Politics, Short stories •
by Caroline Lees
A new law, intended to combat hate speech online, was enacted in Germany last week. From October 2 any social network with over two million users nationally will be required to remove ‘offensive posts’ – defined as ‘evidently...
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December 20, 2013 •
Media and Politics, Press Freedom •
by Rukhshona Nazhmidinova
Is Putin’s swift reorganization of RIA Novosti really an exercise of strengthening control or is it merely a rebranding strategy planned well in advance? The EJO’s Rukhshona Nazhmidinova looks at the reactions and implications to the...
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December 19, 2013 •
Media and Politics, Press Freedom •
by Angelina Davydova
Vladimir Putin has drastically restructured Russia’s leading state-owned news agency, RIA Novosti, into a new institution, Russia Today, with the aim of promoting the national image worldwide. Head of the new agency Dmitry Kiselyov is...
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October 21, 2013 •
Specialist Journalism •
by Miruna Munteanu
When you have to rely on foreign press to learn about something happening in your country, national media is in deep trouble. That’s precisely what happened last month, when thousands of Romanians hit the streets to protest against the...
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