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Media Literacy in the New Audiovisual Media Services Directive

EAVI — Wed, 10 Oct 2018 10:53:08 +0000

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 [...]

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Addressing Disinformation? Less talk more action!

EAVI — Mon, 01 Oct 2018 13:42:27 +0000

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, [...]

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The New Copyright Legislation Proposals – A Help or a Hindrance?

EAVI — Tue, 31 Jul 2018 14:42:24 +0000

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 [...]

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Happy GDPR Day!

EAVI — Fri, 25 May 2018 13:20:37 +0000

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 [...]

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MyStory: Media, Migrants & Refugees

EAVI — Tue, 30 Jan 2018 09:38:37 +0000

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 [...]

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EAVI Lecture on Innovative Communication Strategies, Rome

EAVI — Mon, 24 Oct 2016 14:12:07 +0000

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.

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Conference: European Citizenship in Challenging Times

EAVI — Tue, 14 Jun 2016 12:30:45 +0000

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.

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