Media Literacy in the New Audiovisual Media Services Directive
The journey for the new Audiovisual Media Services Directive began in May 2016 when the European Commission first proposed its amendments. What followed was two years of intense negotiations between legislators. It wasn’t until June 2018 that a final draft was presented by the European Commission, and finally on the 3rd of October it was officially accepted, following their amendments, by the European Parliament. The acceptance of this new directive marks an important achievement for media literacy and for EAVI. Why? Because the first proposal from the European Commission did not mention media literacy in [...]
Addressing Disinformation? Less talk more action!
On 25th of September EAVI attended the conference ‘Addressing Disinformation: Anticipating threat, building Resilience and Fostering open dialogue’ at the European Parliament, organised by the International Republican Institute, the ECR Group and the EPP group. Scheduled in two panels, the discussion brought together several experts with various backgrounds to critically evaluate the phenomenon of disinformation, and to propose initiatives and measures to tackle it. Overall, what emerged from the discussion, was the shared recognition that the media landscape has extensively changed since the rise of the Internet and while this this poses great potential in [...]
The New Copyright Legislation Proposals – A Help or a Hindrance?
At the beginning of June 2018, European lawmakers rejected a proposal by the European Parliaments Committee on Legal Affairs (known as JURI) to begin negotiations to update copyright laws for the digital age. The Parliament will now review once again in September. While the debate surrounding copyright continues to unfold, let’s take a moment to look at the main arguments in this controversial debate. The right of communication to the public under Article 3(1) of the Information Society Directive has been subject to many reviews and over time it has become increasingly complex but hugely [...]
Happy GDPR Day!
The GDPR has come into force across Europe today, and with it come sweeping changes to the way the personal data of individuals is processed, retained and used. The most obvious indication of its impact is a bulk of messages from every mailing list, store card, chat room and internet service you signed up for ever. Like many others, I’m considering it a mass unsubscribe from a heap of services I no longer use. The emails are consigned to the trash folder with only second thought being, “when did I sign up for that…?” As [...]
MyStory: Media, Migrants & Refugees
The #MyStory: Media, Migrants & Refugees project was an initiative to raise awareness, promote discussion and assist journalists, migrants and refugees and the organisations working with them, to contribute to improve the media narratives of displaced peoples in a fair way. The project (577396-CITIZ-1-2016-1-BE-CITIZ-CIV) was funded with the support of the European Union under the Programme "Europe for Citizens" Within the project we organised ten events in seven different countries. Our debates have been very well received including at the highest level at the European Parliament. Many quality videos have been produced and they are [...]
EAVI Lecture on Innovative Communication Strategies, Rome
In October La Sapienza University in Rome organised a school on innovative communication strategies. In a two-hour lecture, EAVI Secretary General Paolo Celot illustrated the European policies for communication and digital skills.
Conference: European Citizenship in Challenging Times
From May 31st to June 2nd, EAVI participated to the conference European Citizneship in Challenging Times at the University of Barcelona. Organised by the European Observatory on Memories (EUROM) and supported by the European Commission.
