AEJ Belgium

AEJ Belgium and other advocacy groups signed a joint statement, emphasising the need for further strengthening of EMFA during ongoing interinstitutional negotiations launched on 19 October

AEJ Belgium and other 12 advocacy groups have signed a joint statement marking the sixth anniversary of the assassination on October 16 2017 of the journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia:

AEJ Belgium attended a hybrid event organised by the Left (GUE/NGL) to explain how AI will change our lives in the future, highlighting the main benefits and disadvantages of this very powerful technological tool.  

Ahead of the inter-institutional negotiations due to be launched on 19 October, concerns have been raised over some of the provisions of the European Media Freedom Act (EMFA), mainly regarding surveillance and media autonomy.

The third edition of AEJ Belgium’s most novelty project: this newsletter. 

Hong Kong activist and politician Nathan Law, who led the famous Umbrella protest in 2014, delivers a speech at the International Democracy Day (IDD).

An article about English and cricket and the simple sounding but actually quite complex concept of ‘fair play’.

The second edition of AEJ Belgium’s most novelty project: this newsletter. 

After pioneering a report in March 2022 that provided a broad and comprehensive overview of the growing threat of SLAPPs in Europe, CASE and The Daphne Caruana Galizia Foundation have published the report’s second edition based on more than 500 SLAPP cases collected since 2010.

AEJ Belgium has joined other advocacy groups in an open letter urging MEPs in the LIBE committee to introduce a complete ban on the use of spyware against journalists under the European Media Freedom Act.

The debate surrounding whether digital platforms and algorithms should be considered as “media services” revolves around the definition on Article 2 of the Regulation establishing a common framework for media services in the internal market (European Media Freedom Act) and amending Directive 2010/13/EU.