The European Media Freedom Act has been negotiated. It was intended to be the EU’s response to the deaths of journalists such as Jan Kuciak in Slovakia and the Maltese blogger Daphne Caureanea Galizia. The EMFA was also supposed to counteract the influence of governments on the media, excessive media concentration and double regulation of self-regulated media providers on social media platforms – and also guarantee the protection of journalists from state spying.