Does Nobel Prize for two journalists really help us? Yes.
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London, October 2021
by William Horsley, AEJ Media Freedom representative
The Norwegian Nobel Committee's award of the Peace Prize to Dmitry Muratov, editor of Novaya Gazeta...
Too much news….not enough independent newspapers
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Vienna, October 9, 2021
from Edward Steen, Secretary-General
The world has turned upside down, as I am not the first to notice. The news jungle has...
Putin’s Ukrainan nexus: Who’s Who? And what’s coming next…
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Kiev, October 4, 2021
by Ivan Verstyuk
Relations between Russia and Ukraine have never been easy. Since independence, Ukraine and its territory have been the focus...
Were we right all along about Facebook? Probably
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Vienna, October 7, 2021 (updated 20/10/21
by Edward Steen Secretary-General
Mark Zuckerberg is facing a Waterloo of his own making - the testimony on Capitol Hill...
Fourth Estate hits back with mega-investigation
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Vienna, October 3, 2021 (updated 05/10/2012)
by ES, Secretary-General
The biggest data leak in history - 11.9m files from companies hired by wealthy clients to create...
Trolling – it’s mostly about money and spite
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Vienna, September 26, 2021
by Edward Steen, Secretary-General
Trolling is about political manipulation. Troll-farms in North Macedonia and elsewhere serve, or served, both Trump and Vladimir...
Bulgarian Facebook Pages Post Altered Fox News Videos, Earning Tens of Millions of Views
It's not everyday that a Facebook network pushing disinformation involves a Spanish-language telenovela.
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A network of Bulgarian Facebook pages with hints...
Kabul – dark “new normal” for journalists and freedom
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London, August 20, 2021
by William Horsley, AEJ Media Freedom Representative
Afghan journalists and other media workers are among those in greatest danger of violent reprisals...
Messing with people’s heads on vacc policy
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(es) Vienna, July 29, 2021
It is no longer politically correct to use the word "gullible", and there are no doubt some who believe it's...
Pegasus scandal: Orban in electronic tangle
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Budapest/ Vienna. Updated August 11, 2021
by Edward Steen, AEJ sec-gen
Hungarian prime minister Viktor Orbán has become the first European leader to be challenged to...