2024 was the deadliest year for journalists in CPJ’s history. Every journalist killed is the loss of a truth-teller. Those who chronicle our reality and hold power to account deserve justice. We will not stop seeking it. Read more in CPJ’s new #2024KilledReport: cpj.org/?p=451429

One o the best illustration is @direkt36's story on telecom company 4 iG direkt36.hu/en/az-orban-rend… and for more context and cases:papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.…

Wow! Chatty chatbot able to convince conspiracy believers! Perhaps many of those believers just crave for a patient and humble chat-partner to discuss their doubts from all aspects, without constraints of time or words.

The Mapping Media Freedom Monitoring Report that I coordinated is out. In 2023, we registered more than 1100 #mediafreedom violations in Europe, including #SLAPPs, #FOIA #hacking and threats against 1620 #journalists and outlets. Written by @globalfreemedia @EFJEUROPE & @ECPMF

RT @BardPetra: Katalin Novák, President of 🇭🇺, the one adhering to Christian traditions, the former state secretary responsible for youth,…

Yesterday a political agreement was made on #MediaFreedomAct. Whether it will qualify as a historic moment still needs to be seen. And one (not only) crucial testcase is HU, where this week HU gov launched a new attack on media freedom.

RT @BardPetra: Great news: Daphne’s Law is here! For our background SLAPP studies with @JuditBayer @LinaVosyliute @chunluk_aruba see http…

Dániel Karsai with his legal team at the @ECHR_CEDH hearing today in Strasbourg.

This is terrible. I too was targeted by a group of immigrants on Wednesday this week, armed with knives. They turned my almost legally blind right eye into one with 97% perfect vision. I’m still recovering.

Cédric O as French Minister for Tech (2022): ‘We need more regulation’. Cédric O as Mistral AI shareholder (2023): ‘EU’s AI Act could kill our company’ A textbook case of revolving doors at the heart of the EU AI Act? Cédric O, close advisor to French President Emmanuel Macron and co-founder of his political party, used to be France's minister in charge of the tech sector until mid 2022. Until 2022, as minister he argued that "we need more regulation" on tech companies. As he stated at VivaTech 2021, France’s largest tech conference, Cédric wanted to rein in the American big tech "oligopoly" to “protect the public interest”. In 2022, at a tech conference in New York, his position was: “As far as I’m concerned, we need more regulation. So if the price to pay is to have a different framework in the U.S. and the EU, I would go for that.” His tune suddenly changed by mid 2023, just after becoming a shareholder and part of the "founding team" of Mistral, a new AI startup that raised 105M after 4 weeks of existence with a 7-pages Google doc as investor pitch. Soon after, he started declaring in interviews: ‘EU's AI Act could kill our company’. Ironic, given that it was the French government that pushed for the inclusion of general-purpose AI models, foundation models, in the AI Act in 2022, against the complaints of Big Tech companies and their allies. And not too long after his tune changed, so did the tune of some key French officials and ex-colleagues of his in the government. This culminated in an unprecedented, last-minute u-turn on November 10 where France and Germany demanded a total “exemption” of foundation models from the AI Act. This obstruction prevented the Council from reaching any coherent position. As a result, negotiators from the European Parliament literally walked out of the room in disbelief. No one expected this. Following this unexpected backstab, France is now leading an initiative to fully "exempt" foundation models from the AI Act. This move comes after France itself led the inclusion of these influential models in the Act. This would be akin to a Climate Act that "exempts" oil production, refinement and distribution from regulation, with the excuse that only cars emit CO2. It is unfortunately common for former government officials to leverage their network, in order to help some companies avoid regulation. But very rarely you get to witness a clear display of crony capitalism, through such a blatant attack on democratic institutions: France is literally trying to destroy the AI regulation it pushed for in the first place, as soon as an ex-Minister invests in some new startup!

His name is dr. Dániel András Karsai. He is a human rights attorney. He is also terminally ill. He lives in HU and fights for his and all Hungarians' right to end his/their life with dignity. His story is not one of academic debates but the hard and bitter reality of current HU

Honored to speak at the @Budapest_Forum session on “Arbiters of Truth - Defending the Public from Disinformation through Investigative Journalism, Media Literacy, and Fact-Checking,” where I spoke about Russian disinfo and the importance of supporting independent media.

#EMFA is adopted at plenary at @Europarl_EN . Many elements are important for #MediaFreedom. But we have major concerns regarding #Article17. The EP missed the opportunity to get EMFA in line with the #DSA and respect the plurality of voices of different types of media outlets.

#EMFA is adopted in @europarl and through to final phase of negotiations. Question remains though what this new regulation offers for situations where MSs systematically undermine media laws. If it is just another layer of EU rules without credible enforcement, then in no time ..