@mediafreedomeu.bsky.social
Europe’s safety net for journalists under fire: https://www.mfrr.eu/
@mediafreedomeu.bsky.social“I have faced around 40 legal proceedings and never lost one. None went to trial, until now. Between 2020 and 2026, Italian national politicians launched 157 legal actions against journalists.” - Stefano Vergine, investigative journalist.
@mediafreedomeu.bsky.socialGiacomo Zandonini, Investigative Journalist, FADA Collective, @statewatch.bsky.social: “One thing that cuts across all our efforts, including policymaking, is the need for stronger transparency. Every day, we see media freedom being eroded.”
@mediafreedomeu.bsky.social“We know that a lot of online violence spills over into the offline world. And with many protection mechanisms, we find that they look simple at first, but when you look more closely, the burden of proof falls heavily on the journalist.” - Iris de Leede, @freepressunlimited.bsky.social.
@mediafreedomeu.bsky.social“What price do you pay when you try to install democracy into a system where it is missing? The whole of Hungary was captured. It sounds theoretical, but living there every day and hitting obstacles with every good intention was horrible.” - Eva Simon, Tech Rights & Civil Liberties Union of Europe .
@mediafreedomeu.bsky.social"We value our independence and fear that a change in funding would expose us to political pressure. Czechia’s government wants to scrap licence fees and fund Czech TV and Radio straight from the state budget, at a very bad time for journalism." - Karolína Kašparová, Czech Radio.
@mediafreedomeu.bsky.socialMonika Garbačiauskaitė-Budrienė: “It is still not clear how EMFA will work in practice, and it has not yet been written into Lithuanian law. But arguments based on EMFA helped us a lot in our situation, as did public support for free speech and free media.”
@mediafreedomeu.bsky.social@mediafreedomeu.bsky.socialBojana Kostić, @gfmd.info: “We are building a Journalism Cloud Alliance with @occrp.org. It is a software service, which brings together investigative orgs, data newsrooms, and public interest initiatives that are struggling with the cost and constraints of commercial cloud computing."
@mediafreedomeu.bsky.social“We kept telling media to diversify revenue and sell merchandise. Now we realise we need advocacy and political change to fix the system, rethink funding. DW Akademie has a new advocacy unit, we’ve brought orgs together to speak with one voice on media viability.” - Lucie Gürtler, @akademie.dw.com.
@mediafreedomeu.bsky.socialUp next is Márton Gergely of HVG and @globalfreemedia.bsky.social: "In Hungary, we felt like scuba divers who had spent years deep underwater, grown used to the pressure. The April election pulled us back to the surface, but we came up so fast that we realised we still need a lot of time to adjust"
@mediafreedomeu.bsky.social"MFRR has now recorded more than 7,000 press freedom violations. These are European figures, but the trend is global: freedom of expression worldwide has declined by 10%. Independent media need more than expressions of concern. They need direct support." - @polomaldonado.bsky.social.
@mediafreedomeu.bsky.social"Recently, we passed 7,000 recorded violations of press freedom in Europe. Digital attacks are the most common. Almost in that same week, our own mappingmediafreedom.org was itself the target of a cyberattack..." - Elena Rodina, MFRR Coordinator at @ecpmf.bsky.social.
@mediafreedomeu.bsky.social"At a time when the basic conditions for a free press are deteriorating all over the world, algorithms decide who and which perspectives are visible to audiences. We need to hold big platforms accountable." - Nathanael Liminski is opening the MFRR Summit 2026 with his welcoming speech.
@mediafreedomeu.bsky.socialWe’re already at the Representation of North Rhine-Westphalia to the EU in Brussels for MFRR Summit 2026! Today, journalists, media freedom experts and policymakers will discuss digital threats, SLAPPs, public media, FIMI, transnational repression and Europe’s response: www.mfrr.eu/summit/2026/
@mediafreedomeu.bsky.socialWhat does Moldova’s EU accession process mean for media freedom? Our latest webinar brings together media experts to discuss the country’s evolving media landscape, legislative reforms, greater pluralism, continued threats against journalists, and legal pressure: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tm6Y...
@mediafreedomeu.bsky.socialHave you heard of a press freedom violation that hasn’t been documented yet? You can report it through our form. Submissions can be anonymous, and every case is checked by our monitoring team before publication.
www.mappingmediafreedom.org/report-it/
@mediafreedomeu.bsky.social#Finland: During the night between 3 and 4 October 2026, the car and the office window of local newspaper Kankaanpään Seutu were damaged in Kankaanpää.
www.mapmf.org/alert/35593
@mediafreedomeu.bsky.social#Georgia: On 3 October, Gela Mtivlishvili, founder and editor of independent Georgian media outlet Sakartvelos Ambebi, announced on Facebook that the outlet's main website, sakartvelosambebi.ge, had been hacked.
www.mapmf.org/alert/35562
@mediafreedomeu.bsky.social#Romania: On 5 October, a man hit two journalists with a metal flagpole in front of the Directorate for Investigating Organised Crime and Terrorism (DIICOT) in Bucharest, where multiple reporters were trying to get an interview from Vasile Moldoveanu.
www.mapmf.org/alert/35600
@mediafreedomeu.bsky.social#Moldova: On 5 October, the personal data of journalist Iurie Sanduța had been accessed by the Office for Prevention and Fight against Money Laundering right before she published an investigation into cocaine trafficking and individuals connected to influential politicians.
www.mapmf.org/alert/35599
