Media

A panel of journalists from alternative left-wing media outlets across Europe discuss trails and successes in today’s challenging media landscape.

In Central and Eastern Europe, vested interests are increasingly monopolising media and information to cement control and influence over opinions.

In Viktor Orbán’s self-styled illiberal democracy, power is maintained through patronage and cronyism built around public jobs and EU money.

A story of internet freedom and activism in a world where the EU’s copyright proposals are law, and are enforced to terrifying effect.

An interview with the Pirate MEP on what Article 11 and 13 of the EU’s proposed copyright directive could mean for internet freedom.

With the autonomy of the media facing new threats, censorship is a thing of the past.

An interview with the co-chair of the European Green Party on the Italian election and the way forward for political ecology.

A round-up of the fake news debate across European countries.

Voters in the Visegrad countries rely on increasingly blurred lines between truth and falsehoods while making their choice at polling stations.

Fake news is thriving in the new media environment – presenting a threat to our democratic societies which we underestimate at our peril.