{"id":9151,"date":"2023-12-04T13:37:17","date_gmt":"2023-12-04T11:37:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/media-azi.md\/ambasadorul-ue-in-moldova-la-forumul-mass-media-restrictionarea-disproportionata-a-libertatii-de-exprimare-in-conditiile-starii-de-urgenta-trebuie-evitata\/"},"modified":"2023-12-29T11:48:53","modified_gmt":"2023-12-29T09:48:53","slug":"ambasadorul-ue-in-moldova-la-forumul-mass-media-restrictionarea-disproportionata-a-libertatii-de-exprimare-in-conditiile-starii-de-urgenta-trebuie-evitata","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/media-azi.md\/en\/ambasadorul-ue-in-moldova-la-forumul-mass-media-restrictionarea-disproportionata-a-libertatii-de-exprimare-in-conditiile-starii-de-urgenta-trebuie-evitata\/","title":{"rendered":"EU Ambassador to Moldova at the Mass Media Forum: Disproportionate Restriction of Freedom of Expression during the State of Emergency Should Be Avoided"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Suspending the licenses of several TV channels during the state of emergency remains a concern \u201cwhich could threaten the freedom of the press and citizens\u2019 trust,\u201d Ambassador J\u0101nis Ma\u017eeiks, Head of the EU Delegation to the Republic of Moldova, said at the inauguration of the Mass Media Forum\u00a02023. The event is organized in Chisinau on December\u00a04 and\u00a05.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

At the inauguration of the Forum, J\u0101nis Ma\u017eeiks<\/strong> referred to the recently suspended broadcasting licenses of several TV channels, emphasizing the need to establish \u201ca robust regulatory framework which ensures accountability while complying with the principles of freedom of expression. Faced with Russian disinformation campaigns and manipulations from other actors, we should stay vigilant.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIn the spirit of open-heartedness and freedom of expression, we should also consider the concerns which could threaten press freedom and citizens\u2019 trust, such as suspending certain media outlets which were used for spreading fake information. While protecting the public from harmful effects of disinformation and protecting democratic institutions and processes is essential, it is equally important to protect freedom of expression, and supreme standards of the rule of law and due procedure should be maintained during the state of emergency, while disproportionate restriction of freedom of expression should be avoided,\u201d the diplomat explained. He also mentioned the \u201clack of credibility\u201d referring to TV channel audience assessment, as well as the part which the new Center for Strategic Communication and Combating Disinformation is supposed to play.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In her speech, the President of the Republic of Moldova referred to the statistical increase in the 2023\u00a0Press Freedom Index<\/a> published by the Reporters Without Borders earlier this year. Besides, \u201clast month, Moldova joined two important initiatives \u2013 the Partnership for Information and Democracy and the International Fund for Public Interest Media \u2013 which will assist us in promoting freedom of opinion and expression more efficiently and providing access to free and credible information,\u201d Maia Sandu<\/strong> commented.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She also discussed the impact of the war in Ukraine, hybrid attacks, political destabilization attempts, and the economic crisis which also causes \u201ccontinuous threat\u201d for the freedom of the press. \u201cA well-developed and self-sustaining media market is what both citizens and the state need \u2013 editorially and economically independent media outlets which inform the public correctly and leave no space for disinformation or manipulations. On the other hand, it is important for the public to know how to sort out the wheat from the chaff. (\u2026) This year, we also suggested applying a national security strategy, where we assume implementing certain steps at the state level to protect the free press, including the investigative one,\u201d the Head of State also remarked.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Maia Sandu listed a series of legislative amendments introduced last year, such initiatives as the Ministry of Culture assuming the task of coordinating policies in the media sphere<\/a>, the new Law on Access to Information, or approving the National Media Development Program for 2023-2026, emphasizing, among other things, that \u201cwe still have some work to be done in the advertising market where unfair competition persists, which has its impact on the independent media.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kent D. Logsdon<\/strong>, US Ambassador in Chisinau, referred to the importance of managing the challenges currently existing in the media sphere in Moldova. \u201cA healthy information environment can only be achieved when the media, the government, the private sector stakeholders, and civil society cooperate. (\u2026) Free press educates, elucidates, discovers, and unmasks. It is the guardian of truth. This activity ensures that every citizen has access to fact-based information about the events in Moldova and around the globe. It is not an easy task \u2013 you have to figure out how to obtain suitable information and to cope with economic challenges and an unprecedented amount of disinformation. The Russian Federation\u2019s brutal war of aggression in Ukraine has merely amplified this challenge for the media in Moldova,\u201d the diplomat considers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

More than 160 journalists, editors, media managers, media organization and association, representatives, as well as professors and students from faculties of journalism are taking part in the Mass Media Forum 2023 which started in Chisinau on Monday. The agenda of the event held for the eighth time includes the debates about the state of the media in the country, the public\u2019s trust in the press, and disinformation\u2019s harmful impact on democracy, and it is joined by journalists and experts from the country and abroad, and public institutions\u2019 and regulatory authorities\u2019 representatives.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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