The April edition of the Media Policy Briefing brings you a new WAN-IFRA report that examines how lowered VAT rates applied to news media represent the most common form of press subsidy across the EU. Also included are summaries of developments worldwide on the “right to be forgotten”, and the latest news on how Facebook is addressing misinformation. We encourage you to read CIMA's new study that looks into how the media development community – and the news media industry more generally – could engage more strongly in Internet governance issues through participation in the various relevant bodies. To read more about WAN-IFRA's policy activities and focus areas, go here. | |
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| Our report presents a general overview of the landscape in the EU concerning lowered value-added tax (VAT) rates, the most common form of indirect state subsidy available to the newspaper industry in the EU. Read more about the report here, or click on the link below to download the full report from our Media Policy Resource Centre. | |
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National and regional courts around the world keep shaping their version of the "right to be forgotten" – see the details in our latest R2BF roundup. | |
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The digital convergence means that how the Internet develops going forward — both in terms of policy and technology — will shape the very environment in which all other media operate. The new report from CIMA/Article 19 argues that the media development community can, and must, engage in the decision-making bodies that are shaping Internet governance (IG) to ensure that the Internet — and the growing media sphere it sustains — remains open, pluralistic, and democratic. READ MORE | |
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