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Media freedom law adopted in European Parliament

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Published: March 13th, 2024,
Last updated: May 28th, 2025

Pressekonferenz zum European Media Freedom Act, Berichterstatterin für den Ausschuss für Kultur und Bildung Sabine Verheyen (EVP, Deutschland)
„The importance of media diversity for a functioning democracy cannot be emphasized enough“, said CDU MEP Sabine Verheyen, rapporteur for the Committee on Culture and Education.

The plenary of the European Parliament has adopted the European Media Freedom Act (EMFA) by a large majority. Among other things, this means that new transparency obligations for media ownership, media-specific rules for moderating content on social media platforms and additional minimum standards for the rule of law when monitoring journalists will come into force in six months.

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