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Ireland: Bill Sparks Outcry Over Seizing Journalists’ Phones

TEC News January 7, 2026

Opposition TDs warn the proposed powers could deter whistleblowers and undermine investigative reporting—despite government assurances of judicial safeguards.

Germany Considers Newsroom Inspections Without a Court Order

Javier Villamor January 5, 2026

The government is advancing legislation on political advertising that would significantly expand the inspection powers of the digital regulator.

Portuguese Establishment Media Are Collapsing Like Dominoes

Miguel Nunes Silva December 17, 2025

The legacy media crisis is not entirely the fault of the loss of credibility of the journalistic class but it certainly helped.

EU Accused of Silencing Critics of Its Ukraine Narrative

Michael Curzon December 16, 2025

One former MEP described the bloc as starting to look like North Korea.

Colombian Ambassador to the U.S. Francisco Santos Calderón at a handover ceremony at the Colombian Embassy in Washington, D.C., on October 10, 2018.

“President Gustavo Petro bears political responsibility for Miguel Uribe’s murder”—Former vice president of Colombia Francisco Santos Calderón

Álvaro Peñas | Marzena Kożyczkowska October 28, 2025

“We will have elections where the government acts as a mafia entity.”

Those Palestinian Prisoners Were No “Heroes”

Lauren Smith October 16, 2025

The mainstream media is reluctant to admit that many of the “detainees” released by Israel are convicted terrorists and murderers.

Chaining the Media in the European Union—the Reality of the Media Freedom Act

Gaetano Masciullo August 27, 2025

In the name of an Orwellian notion of freedom, we risk creating a fragile and dependent market where global platforms remain the uncontested masters.

Protecting the Press? EU Law Says Spyware Is Fine If “Justified”

Christina Holmgren-Larson August 10, 2025

Despite pledging media freedom, the Media Freedom Act carves out sweeping exceptions that let states target journalists under vague legal justifications.

Swedish State Funds Fuel Soros-Backed Journalism

Zolta Győri May 5, 2025

The OCCRP has previously received significant funding from the U.S., the EU, and the Open Society Foundations.

Graphic man sitting behind laptop computer with world map behind him

Journalism Is Dead. Hello, Content Creators

Itxu Díaz March 13, 2025

Freedom has more to gain than lose from the emergence of influencers—people who don’t depend on anyone—and the rise of social media as the preferred source of information.

Tag: journalism

Ireland: Bill Sparks Outcry Over Seizing Journalists’ Phones

Germany Considers Newsroom Inspections Without a Court Order

Portuguese Establishment Media Are Collapsing Like Dominoes

EU Accused of Silencing Critics of Its Ukraine Narrative

“President Gustavo Petro bears political responsibility for Miguel Uribe’s murder”—Former vice president of Colombia Francisco Santos Calderón

Those Palestinian Prisoners Were No “Heroes”

Chaining the Media in the European Union—the Reality of the Media Freedom Act

Protecting the Press? EU Law Says Spyware Is Fine If “Justified”

Swedish State Funds Fuel Soros-Backed Journalism

Journalism Is Dead. Hello, Content Creators

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