Volker Boehme-Neßler wrote that Angela Merkel may not know that the constitution protects broadcasting freedom, but not public broadcasting. #Rundfunkfreiheit #Verfassung #Medienfreiheit (translated)
Volker Boehme-Neßler wrote that Angela Merkel may not know that the constitution protects broadcasting freedom, but not public broadcasting. #Rundfunkfreiheit #Verfassung #Medienfreiheit (translated)
The author asked if critical journalists were being pressured. As examples, he mentioned the house searches and the ban process against Compact, as well as attacks against Nius and Apollo News in Kreuzberg. He asked where the FAZ had been in these cases. #Medienfreiheit #Journalismus #Pressefreiheit #DE (translated)
AfD politician Ulrich Siegmund threatened ZDF reporter Fabian Köster in the Sachsen-Anhalt state parliament with the question of whether he had already looked for a new job, which was condemned by the German Journalists' Association as pure intimidation. #ZDF #HeuteShow #Medienfreiheit (translated)

The German Journalists' Association sharply criticizes AfD politician Ulrich Siegmund for his intimidation tactics against ZDF reporter Fabian Köster, after Siegmund asked questions about the journalist's professional future in the event of a termination of the media treaty during an interview. #AfD #Journalismus #Medienfreiheit (translated)

After a temporary reporting pause by several US broadcasters regarding President Trump, interpreted as a protest against his exclusion of media from the White House, the US Department of Justice is investigating possible violations of antitrust law. #Trump #Medienfreiheit #Justizministerium (translated)

The US Department of Justice is investigating several major television networks, including CNN and MSNBC, on suspicion of illegal collusion related to a boycott of joint coverage of Donald Trump. #Trump #Medienfreiheit #Kartellrecht (translated)

Recent developments affecting media freedom, the rights of LGBTQ individuals, and local democracy are widening the gap to Turkey's goal of joining the EU," said EU Enlargement Commissioner Marta Kos today during a visit to the city of Edirne in the northwest of the country. Kos stated that the annual EU enlargement report at the end of October will highlight "our serious concerns in these areas." #Türkei #Menschenrechte #EUBeziehungen (translated)
The EU has expressed serious concerns regarding the democratic standards in Turkey, particularly with regard to media freedom and the rights of LGBTQ individuals, which endanger Turkey's aspirations for EU membership. #Türkei #Menschenrechte #EUBeziehungen (translated)

Christoph Lemmer wrote that Lower Saxony's Minister of Justice, Daniela Behrens, criticized Nius for quoting from confidential documents. He compared Behrens to Hilde Benjamin and stated that he too would quote such documents if he received them; every journalist does that. Lemmer described Behrens' remarks in harsh terms as authoritarian and anti-democratic. He demanded that Behrens and the SPD be reminded that such an attitude has no place in a democracy. #Journalismus #Demokratie #Medienfreiheit (translated)
Politkovskaya was murdered because she had spoken the truth against the state power in Vladimir Putin's Russia, said EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen in Brussels. #Pressefreiheit #AnnaPolitkowskaja #Medienfreiheit (translated)
Twenty years ago, the Kremlin-critical journalist Anna Politkovskaya was murdered in Moscow, which led to renewed calls for press freedom in Russia on the occasion of the anniversary. #Pressefreiheit #AnnaPolitkowskaja #Medienfreiheit (translated)

The author wrote that he had been removed from his position in public service, his YouTube channel had been deleted, and his X account had been suspended. Additionally, Campact had initiated an advertising boycott against his channel. Nevertheless, he continues to broadcast, and hundreds of thousands watch his videos daily. (translated)
The author wrote that leftist judges and prosecutors were leading Germany into a situation where singing youths would be prosecuted while rapists would not. At the same time, he advocated for new media and thanked Glut Magazine for its research. #Justiz #Rechtsstaat #Medienfreiheit #DE (translated)
++ This is not oversight. This is #censorship at the push of a button! ++ Burial of #freedomofspeech planned: The broadcasting commission wants to have media scanned by AI WITHOUT CAUSE through the Digital Media State Treaty! Do you want that? https://t.co/0DPJXGCR8M https://t.co/yfNVxEOnOm #Zensur #Meinungsfreiheit #Medienfreiheit (translated)
Gefahr für die Meinungsfreiheit: Den Medien im Internet droht mit dem geplanten Digitalen Medien-Staatsvertrag die anlasslose Überwachung durch Behörden. Damit wird einer Zensur der Weg bereitet. Die AfD verteidigt die Meinungsfreiheit! https://t.co/O8GMUpftcI #Meinungsfreiheit #Zensur #Medienfreiheit
++ Anlasslose Massenüberwachung von neuen Medien droht! ++ "Die Rundfunkkommission will damit die gesetzliche Grundlage schaffen, um Podcasts, YouTube-Videos, Plattformen und Websites präventiv, allumfassend und automatisiert zu scannen und vermeintliche Verstöße zu ahnden." #Überwachung #Medienfreiheit #Digitalisierung
„Ich will sie (die Reporter, d. Red.) nicht im Weißen Haus haben. Sie sollen nicht hier sein.“Den Bann von Politico (gehört wie BILD zu Axel Springer), CNN und MS NOW aus dem Weißen Haus begründete Trump auf Truth Social mit deren Berichterstattung über angebliche „Fake News“. #Trump #CNN #Medienfreiheit
Donald Trump verweigert CNN-Reportern den Zutritt zur Air Force One, was einen weiteren Schritt in seinem Konflikt mit den Medien darstellt, nachdem ein Bundesrichter ein Zutrittsverbot für mehrere Nachrichtensender aufgehoben hatte. #Trump #CNN #Medienfreiheit
Trump hatte am Freitag erklärt, er werde den Sendern MS NOW und CNN sowie dem Newsportal Politico keinen Einlass mehr ins Weiße Haus gewähren, da sie Falschnachrichten verbreiteten - ein Vorwurf, den er immer wieder gegen Medien erhebt, die kritisch über ihn oder die Regierungspolitik berichten. #WeißesHaus #Medienfreiheit #Trump
Das Weiße Haus hat nach einem Richterspruch den Reportern von CNN, MS NOW und Politico wieder Zugang gewährt, nachdem sie zunächst wegen des Vorwurfs der Verbreitung von Falschnachrichten ausgesperrt waren. #WeißesHaus #Medienfreiheit #Trump
