In Turkey, words such as “traitor” and “terrorist” appear frequently in violent threats directed against journalists on social media as part of campaigns led by supporters of the country’s ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) . IPI’s interactive database of online abuse against journalists, part of its Ontheline programme, collected 176 instances of violent threats […]

Read this article in Hungarian. The online harassment of journalists in Hungary adds a new dimension to the country’s overall state of freedom of expression, according to a new report released today by the International Press Institute (IPI). The report presents the findings of a three-month study focused on mapping and analysing online attacks against […]

Read this article in English. Az újságírók online zaklatása a magyarországi szólásszabadság helyzetének egy újabb dimenzióját mutatja be az International Press Institute (IPI) ma publikált jelentése szerint. A jelentés bemutatja a magyar online újságírók internetes zaklatását vizsgáló, három hónapos kutatás eredményeit. Kilenc, eltérő ideológiai háttérrel rendelkező médium újságírói vettek részt a kutatásban, a fő adatgyűjtési […]

Over the last year more than 200 serious violations of media freedom were recorded in Europe as the COVID-19 pandemic continued to have a serious impact on independent journalism, according to the annual report of the Council of Europe Platform to promote the protection of journalism and the safety of journalists published yesterday. The number […]