Justice short-circuited on imprisonment for journalists

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Justice short-circuited because the memorandum submitted to the Constitutional Court appears inconsistent with the guidelines of Parliament and the European Court of Human Rights.

The government likes to jail journalists

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The memorandum of the State Attorney filed with the Constitutional Court suggests that it must permit two exceptions to the Italian Constitution in the application of the penalty of imprisonment to those guilty of libel.

What is wiser to do when facing reality

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The lesson to be learned from the way authorities reacted to the first outbreaks of coronavirus infection and to alarms coming from data

An unfair justice system that works in reverse

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There are inattentions, legislative gaps and broken promises behind the story told by Vecellio and the cases of journalists who pay damages instead of publishers

The coronavirus and disintermediation of democracy

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Accused on the web of making a catastrophic narrative of the infection, journalism must deal with the need to rethink its identity. This could be the beginning of a change in the profession gripped by the logic of sensationalism

Is the dignity of a journalist worth so little?

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On the compensation awarded by the Court of Paola to the journalist Paolo Orofino for a wallop.

A bad year has ended but 2020 has also begun badly

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The seriousness of the phenomenon of intimidation is now well known and documented, but countermeasures are slow in coming

If journalists reported better the news on threats

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The lack of media attention given to threats on reporters is wearying.

Ossigeno’s data twelve times that of Interior Ministry

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The Ministry of the Interior takes into account only official crime reports, leaving out both those who do not formally report the abuses and the vexatious lawsuits.

Police and video footage: rules and fair play

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Police officers cannot delete or seize photos and videos without a magistrate's warrant. The case of Cosimo Caridi in Rome is emblematic.