The European Parliament has recently passed significant legislation aimed at reinforcing the European Union's stance on media freedom and sanctions enforcement. Firstly, a new law has been approved that criminalizes the evasion of EU sanctions, marking it a criminal offense, a significant step in the EU's legal framework against those circumventing its sanctions. Concurrently, the European Parliament endorsed the EU Media Freedom Act (EMFA), which promises to enhance transparency regarding media ownership and provide protection against government surveillance, while also aiming to strengthen independent media. Despite its intentions to bolster media freedom, the EMFA has been critiqued for lacking essential safeguards and for granting problematic content moderation privileges to media service providers. The EMFA is heralded as a groundbreaking law aimed at protecting journalists from political pressure and surveillance, emphasizing the protection of editorial independence across the EU. This dual legislative action underscores the European Parliament's commitment to safeguarding democratic values and the integrity of information within the EU.
The European Media Freedom Act is aimed at protecting the editorial independence of news outlets across the EU. https://t.co/uKzZ6qYUfP
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NEW: The EU is set to better protect journalists from political pressure and surveillance under an unprecedented media freedom law approved by the European Parliament on Wednesday. https://t.co/uckGoMHyYZ
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🇪🇺 Democracy: 2⃣ | Lobby: 0️⃣ I welcome the overwhelming support from European Parliament for our #MediaFreedomAct An important step to protect our information space & fight #disinformation. It will strengthen #independent media as vigilant guardians of our democratic values. https://t.co/Dw13s23u8a
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Today, the EU Parliament endorsed the EU Media Freedom Act (EMFA), promising greater transparency about media ownership and protection against government surveillance. Yet, it lacks key safeguards and grants problematic content moderation privileges to media service providers. 1/
EU criminalizes sanctions evasion The European Parliament has approved a law that would make the circumvention of EU sanctions a criminal offense https://t.co/ps09uoMdFL https://t.co/DrhU22RMU1