In a report published on Thursday 12 January, the European Audiovisual Observatory (EAO) examines the reactions to the European Media Freedom Act (EMFA). On the whole, while the objectives were welcomed, both the media and the academic community consider that the proposal still needs to be improved.
Academics and journalists’ associations believe that the scope of the measures is “sometimes ill-conceived”. This is particularly the case for the one million population threshold, which...