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Top Finnish media say better training may soften impact of online abuse

On the fourth day of IPI’s visit to Finland as part of its OnTheLine project, which focuses on researching and combating the online harassment of journalists, we had the chance to visit two of the country’s biggest national media outlets: liberal newspaper Helsingin Sanomat and public broadcaster Yle. As part of our visits, we met […]

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Finland’s journalists warn against normalization of online violence

On the second day of IPI’s mission to Finland, the team talked with female journalists who have been heavily targeted with online harassment. One of them was MustRead.fi journalist Linda Pelkonen, who was threatened on social media for her work in 2015. In February, a court convicted two of the three men involved. The pioneering […]

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Journalists covering Russian interference and immigration in Finland face abuse online

IPI is conducting a fact-finding mission to Finland this week, as part of its OnTheLine project, which explores the measures media organizations are implementing in their newsrooms to cope with online attacks against journalists. Today, IPI visited the daily Maaseudun Tulevaisuus, which has a rural and agricultural focus, and the evening newspaper Iltalehti, a tabloid […]

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La concienciación del acoso digital como medida de prevención

Este es el segundo de una serie de artículos que publicaremos esta semana con las notas de campo de la misión que el International Press Institute (IPI) y la Plataforma en Defensa de Libertad de Información (PDLI) llevamos a cabo esta semana (23-27 de abril) en España para explorar la incidencia de los ataques online contra periodistas y las estrategias […]

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