A new set of rules to protect independence and pluralism, which will be implemented gradually until May 2027, aims to safeguard freedom, pluralism and editorial independence.
Toward First rules of the European Union (EU) for protect journalists and press freedom will come into force this Tuesday and aims to ban surveillance systems and require that the owners of social media groups be known.
What is at stake is the new EU regulation on media freedom, an unprecedented new set of rules for protect independence and pluralismwhich comes into force this Tuesday and will be applied in phases until May 2027, with “safeguards against political interference in editorial decisions and against surveillance of journalists,” indicates the European Commission in a statement.
“The law guarantees that the media Social media can operate more easily nationally and online.. Furthermore, the regulations also aim to guarantee the independence and stable financing of public service media, as well as the transparency of media ownership and the attribution of state advertising,” the community executive underlines.
The entry into force of these, which are first harmonized EU standards for media independence and pluralism comes after final endorsement by MEPs and adoption by Member States in mid-March.
The idea is, then, safeguard the freedom, pluralism and editorial independence of the media Europeans, to protect journalists from political interference and combat all forms of pressure on the media in the EU.
With the new legislation it is stipulated that Social media publicly disseminates information about who owns it and who benefits from it.directly or indirectly, as well as state advertising and financial support from the State, including public funds from third countries.
In October 2022, the European Commission (which has the legislative initiative in the EU) proposed this European law on Media Freedom, with a new set of common rules and mechanisms.
The new regulations also aim to guarantee the right to citizens access free and pluralistic informationdefining the responsibility of Member States to provide adequate conditions for the exercise of said profession.
The proposed regulation aims to respond to growing concerns in the EU about the politicization of the media, lack of transparency and the allocation of public funds used for advertising purposes to providers.
Quoted in the note, the vice president of the European Commission for Values and Transparency, Vera Jourová, underlines that, “for the first time, the EU has a law to protect media freedom.”
The European Commissioner for the Internal Market, Thierry Breton, recalls the “vital role” of the media for democracy, despite “facing a decline in income, threats to media freedom and pluralism already a mosaic of different national standards. a context that the new law wants to change.
The pluralism safeguards will be applicable within six months, followed by further phased implementations until May 2027.
Source: Observadora
