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Safeguarding Media Freedom in the Age of Big Tech Platforms and AI: Policy Manual
Vienna: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media (2025), 147 pp.
"With this Policy Manual, we provide guidance for building an information space free from oligopolistic control, resilient to manipulation, and supportive of independent, pluralistic media. This Policy Manual proposes both structural reforms and targeted mitigation measures – focusing on media vis
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Can There be Security Without Media Freedom? 25th Anniversary of the Mandate of the OSCE Representative on Freedom on the Media
Vienna: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media (2022), 49 pp.
"This exercise - bringing together eminent experts to look ahead - has enabled the Representative on Freedom of the Media to update and strengthen her toolbox so as to be better prepared to address media freedom challenges to our common security. The recommendations provided in this report are not a
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Artificial Intelligence and Disinformation: State-Aligned Information Operations and the Distortion of the Public Sphere
Vienna: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media (2022), 28 pp.
"In light of the role played by state-aligned actors, the private sector and lawmakers in countries with strong democratic institutions should adopt policies that mitigate the ability of state actors to manipulate AI and weaponize communication platforms. Efforts to combat disinformation must recogn
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Safety of Female Journalists Online: A #SOFJO Resource Guide
Key Guides
Vienna: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media (2020), 231 pp.
"Online harassment and abuse against women journalists has become a major hazard to the profession. One that threatens women journalists’ ability to do their jobs. It violates their right to freedom of expression as much as it hampers free and open access to information for all members of society.
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Spotlight on Artificial Intelligence and Freedom of Expression
Vienna: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media (2020), 72 pp.
"Artificial intelligence (AI) has become an increasingly important tool for shaping and arbitrating online information. It is increasingly, and often invisibly, used by both public authorities and private companies, and greatly impacts the way people seek, receive, impart and access information. Cou
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"This report specifically examines legal remedies for online attacks against journalists. It looks at three case studies, in Finland, France and Ireland, of female journalists who were viciously attacked online for their work and the ensuing attempts to hold the perpetrators accountable. From an ana
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Words That Matter: A Glossary for Journalism in Cyprus
Nikosia: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media (2018), xxvii, 56 pp.
"This publication is a glossary of alternatives to negative words and phrases, and draws upon the experiences and expertise of both Greek Cypriot and Turkish Cypriot journalists. It aims to encourage sensitive communications, to promote the sharing of stories and experiences, and, eventually, to hel
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Open Journalism: The Road Travelled and the Road Ahead
Vienna: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media; International Press Institute (IPI) (2018), iii, 69 pp.
"The present publication has a Janus-like function. It looks back on and reflects on a highly successful series of expert meetings and related work carried out by the Office of the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media between 2014 and 2015. At the same time, it also looks forward, wondering h
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Commitments: Freedom of the Media, Freedom of Expression, Free Flow of Information 1975-2017
Vienna: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, 4th ed. (2017), 75, 75 pp.
Defamation and Insult Laws in the OSCE Region: A Comparative Study
Vienna: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media (2017), 267 pp.
"This study examines the existence of criminal defamation and insult laws in the territory of the 57 participating States of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE). In doing so, it offers a broad, comparative overview of the compliance of OSCE participating States’ legislat
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Media Freedom on the Internet: An OSCE Guidebook
Vienna: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media (2016), 110 pp.
Propaganda and Freedom of the Media
Vienna: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media (2015), 78 pp.
"This non-paper aims to facilitate the OSCE participating states in formulating national and international law and policy toward the current spread of propaganda intertwined with the conflict in and around Ukraine. It distinguishes two sorts of propaganda in the contemporary world. The first is call
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OSCE Safety of Journalists Guidebook
Vienna: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, 2nd ed. (2014), 98 pp.
"This book sets forth the issues to be considered by the OSCE participating States when evaluating what they can do to improve the climate for journalists in their countries. It also provides a practical guide which presents the steps they can take to ensure a media-friendly environment." (https://w
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2013 Social Media Guidebook
Vienna: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media (2013), 153 pp.
"Chapter 1 describes the current, critical situation public media finds itself in, especially in Central and Eastern Europe. Twenty years after the regime changes, the current trend in media politics can be best described as a “counter-reformation” rather than a progressive transition. Many publ
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