Tag: Freedom of the press
Federal ministers threaten Twitter with consequences
Berlin The expected exit of the short message service Twitter from an EU agreement to combat disinformation on the Internet is causing outrage within the federal government. “With the Code…
Most advertisers are back, according to Musk
Elon Musk The entrepreneur bought Twitter for $44 billion. (Photo: AP) London According to company boss Elon Musk, the short message service Twitter is “almost covering its costs.” The reason…
Russian secret service arrests US journalists
Riga The Russian domestic secret service FSB has arrested a correspondent for the renowned US newspaper “Wall Street Journal” in Yekaterinburg in the Urals. The 31-year-old reporter Evan Gershkovich is…
Georgia also defends our freedom
Pro-European demonstrations in Tbilisi As in Ukraine, large parts of the population in Georgia have been trying for years to evade Moscow’s influence. (Photo: IMAGO/ITAR-TASS) Chisinau With European flags and…
Georgia also defends our freedom
Pro-European demonstrations in Tbilisi As in Ukraine, large parts of the population in Georgia have been trying for years to evade Moscow’s influence. (Photo: IMAGO/ITAR-TASS) Chisinau With European flags and…
Government wants to censor earthquake coverage in the media
Istanbul Mehmet Akif Ersoy is not exactly a journalist who would attack the Turkish government at any opportunity. But when he was just doing his job – describing what he…
TikTok mother grants employees access to data from US journalists
Washington TikTok’s Chinese parent company, ByteDance, has admitted that employees had unauthorized access to data from two US journalists. The employees have now been fired, it said in an email…
Twitter reactivates blocked journalist accounts
Elon Musk As of Thursday evening, Twitter had blocked the accounts of at least six prominent US journalists. The closures came without warning. (Photo: dpa) san francisco Following international criticism,…
Twitter bans Musk and Twitter reporters
Elon Musk and Twitter It was unclear whether the journalists whose accounts have now been blocked had all reported via the @elonjet bot account. (Photo: Reuters) san francisco Billionaire and…
Latvia withdraws broadcasting licenses from exiled Russian journalists
Logo of the TV channel Doschd After the start of the war against Ukraine, the Russian broadcaster shifted its business abroad. (Photo: imago/Russian Look) Riga Latvia revoked the broadcasting license…
Several dead in explosion in Istanbul
Explosion in Istanbul Rescuers near the blast. (Photo: RUETERS) Istanbul According to President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, six people were killed and 53 injured in an explosion in a popular Istanbul…
Journalism & Politics – Media make brotherhood
Vienna Austria’s media have reported a lot in recent months about how the country’s politics are contaminated by “friendship” and corruption. But now even they, who are supposed to be…
Journalism & Politics – Media make brotherhood
Vienna Austria’s media have reported a lot in recent months about how the country’s politics are contaminated by “friendship” and corruption. But now even they, who are supposed to be…
Musk activates Starlink broadband service for Iranians
Starlink SpaceX’s technology delivers broadband access via satellite. (Photo: imago images/ITAR-TASS) Tesla boss and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk will activate his Starlink satellite broadband service to the people of Iran.…
Minister of Culture on the media – We do not practice disinformation
transmission tower A Ukrainian program is also broadcast in the territories occupied by Russia. (Photo: IMAGO/Ukrinform) Berlin Since the beginning of the war, the Ukrainian media landscape has changed dramatically.…
Minister of Culture on the media – We do not practice disinformation
transmission tower A Ukrainian program is also broadcast in the territories occupied by Russia. (Photo: IMAGO/Ukrinform) Berlin Since the beginning of the war, the Ukrainian media landscape has changed dramatically.…
Don’t take it so personally!
The author Tillmann Prüfer is a member of the editor-in-chief of “Zeit-Magazin”. I read a report in the “Süddeutsche Zeitung” about taking things personally. Taking it personally is a problematic…
Petrified – the Federal Audit Office and the government
“Petrified” is a beautiful word because it’s so ambiguous. Perhaps that is why the Federal Court of Auditors likes to use it so much in its current report on state…
Prime Minister Sanna Marin does a drug test after the party
Sanna Marin After her party video, the Prime Minister is criticized. (Photo: IMAGO/Lehtikuva) Helsinki After criticism in connection with a private party, Finnish Prime Minister Sanna Marin said she carried…
Prime Minister Sanna Marin does a drug test after the party
Sanna Marin After her party video, the Prime Minister is criticized. (Photo: IMAGO/Lehtikuva) Helsinki After criticism in connection with a private party, Finnish Prime Minister Sanna Marin said she carried…