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The Journalists’ Code was violated almost three thousand times during the state of emergency
The six most visited online media outlets in Serbia violated the Journalists’ Code as many as 2,829 times in just three months, according to the results of the monitoring, which was conducted from the beginning of April to the end of June this year. This period coincides with the most severe corona virus attack and the ban on movement, when many citizens received information almost exclusively through online media.
The results of online media monitoring for individual media can be downloaded from the Press Council website: http://stari.savetzastampu.rs/latinica/monitoring-postovanja-kodeksa-novinara-srbije/131/2020/09/30/2353/rezultati-monitoringa-postovanja-kodeksa-novinara-od-aprila-do-juna-2020_godine-.html
Belgrade Center for Human Rights: The Press Council protects citizens from hate speech on the Internet
The Belgrade Center for Human Rights published a study called “Anonymous hate, hate speech protection mechanisms on the Internet”, which concluded, among other things, that a complaint to the Press Council “can be an effective mechanism since the forbidden speech is removed from the public space”. Read more
Towards Greater Trust of Citizens in Minority Media
Download Press Council flyers translated to languages of national minorities living in Serbia – Albanian, Bosnian, Bulgarian, Croatian, Hungarian, Romany, Romanian, Rusyn, Slovak… Read more
New android application makes it easier for citizens to file complaints
The Press Council in Serbia launched a new android application making it easier for citizens to file complaints. It is intended for anyone who believes that they were harmed by unprofessional reporting by print or on-line media… Read more