The head of the Voice of America has advised other countries that they must be on guard for Web censorship and “influence operations” disguised as journalism, and that they must protect journalists’ rights to gather information without fear of overzealous courts.In a speech to a media conference in Bonn, VOA director Danforth Austin called for “a legal environment that provides a degree of protection for journalists,” saying that there should be a body of media law that includes “open-meeting laws, freedom-of-information statutes and transparency in the workings of government.”
(Source: R Netherlands Media Network Weblog)
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