BIRN Investigative Resource Desk - an interactive platform for journalists. Brought to you by @BIRN_Network.
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🧵 Surveillance and censorship in the Western Balkans are not abstract threats - they affect journalists, activists, and citizens every day.
Haven’t visited SPEAK yet?
monitoring.bird.tools/speak
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🔎 Have you seen our new Digital Freedoms Monitoring Tool yet?
🤩 If not, here it is!
We provide crucial insights into how #DigitalRights abuses evolve over time. Learn more about how they may influence future policies and regulations in the region 👉 monitoring.bird.tools/
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❗️ If you've worked on journalistic pieces and collaborative cross-border stories on #RenewableEnergy and #EnergyEfficiency, and you are from 🇦🇱🇧🇦🇽🇰🇲🇪🇲🇰🇷🇸, apply for the #WesternBalkans Sustainable Energy #Journalism Award! 🏆💶
More info on @BIRN_Network's website!
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Are you a #journalist or a team of journalists from the Western Balkans, and you’ve actively encouraged excellence and innovation in #SustainableEnergy?
Then apply for the #WesternBalkans Sustainable Energy #Journalism Award 2023! 🏆
MORE INFO 👉 on @BIRN_Network's website!
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📺 #Serbian President @avucic gets almost 40% of the airtime in national television news shows, including programming aired by opposition-leaning N1 TV, new research by @BIRODIrs shows.
Read more 👉balkaninsight.com/2023/10/24…
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As #TikTok has gained billions of users 🌎, it has increasingly been used for slut-shaming 📲
We encourage women and girls in the #WesternBalkans to share their stories via our questionnaire, available in multiple languages 🔗👇
balkaninsight.com/2023/10/17…
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❗️To all the women and girls in the #WesternBalkans: We seek personal stories on slut-shaming on social media networks, particularly via #TikTok.
Please share this questionnaire, available in multiple languages, and help our new investigation ➡️ balkaninsight.com/2023/10/17…
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🔴 After homophobic comments about the openly gay leader of the left-wing #SYRIZA party were aired on radio and TV programmes, the National Council for Radio and Television called on all #Greek media to show tolerance.
❗️ Read more in our latest news: balkaninsight.com/2023/10/17…
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In September, digital controversies involving religious figures, threats to journalist and child safety concerns ignited debates in the #Balkans, exposing the challenges of the digital landscape.
Latest review by @matmastracci 👇
balkaninsight.com/2023/10/12…
BIRD retweeted
Trening o izvještavanju o ljudskim pravima u digitalnom prostoru je počeo!
Sjajna ekipa novinara/ki, aktivista i profesora su sa nama.
Tri dana intenzivnog treninga, nakon čega će svi učesnici prisustvovati diskusiji na Forumu za upravljanje internetom.
#detektor @BIRN_BiH
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💎Opportunity for 🇭🇷 and 🇭🇺 #researchers 💎
⚡️ #BIRN seeks #AI researchers from #Croatia and #Hungary to gather and assess evidence on responsible AI commitments and progress in their designated countries!
📆 Apply no later than October 5 on @BIRN_Network's website!
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📢Our call for the One-Month Regional Exchange Programme is extended until October 16.
Media from #WesternBalkans are welcome to apply to this exchange programme and be host media to produce cross-border stories.
⚡️Grasp the opportunity!
👉 Apply on @BIRN_Network's website!
BIRD retweeted
🔴 How do certain stakeholders, AI firms, and advocacy groups – which enjoy significant financial
backing – influence the crafting of EU's policy on scanning for child sex content, #CSAM ❓
Find out in this investigation 👇
balkaninsight.com/2023/09/25…
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2/2 | Read the latest investigation ✍️by:
@giacomo_zando
@LudekStavinoha
@Balkanizator
balkaninsight.com/2023/09/25…
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❗️ NEW #investigation uncovers a web of influence in the powerful coalition aligned behind the @EU_Commission’s proposal to scan for child sexual abuse material online 🌐
👉 Experts say it will introduce new vulnerabilities by undermining encryption.
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ALT Illustration: BIRN/Igor Vujcic
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2/ The exhibition will be showcased until Wednesday, September 27.
But if you still can’t join us, explore our page with the complete list of stories 👇
balkaninsight.com/surveillan…
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1/ 🔴 #SurveillanceStates is opening tonight, and the behind-the-scenes 📸 have arrived 🙌
After months of hard work, join us to hear testimonies of journalists in 15 countries who experienced being under #surveillance 📡
🕘 7 PM /📌 Historijski muzej BiH-Sarajevo
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A new book looks at the trajectory of Albanian media freedom, from the ‘glorious’ 1930s to non-existence under communism and new tools of control today.
balkaninsight.com/2023/09/18…
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Using new spyware technology, bugs, and wiretaps, authorities in various Central and Southeast European countries continue monitoring #journalists and their sources. Via @BalkanInsight #PressFreedom #Journalismisnotacrime
balkaninsight.com/2023/09/14…
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#Journalist Suzana Kos has encountered an unpleasant experience while working on an investigation about a very important person in #Slovenia.
Her story is now part of our latest #SurveillanceStates series with more than 40 testimonials from #journalists
youtube.com/watch?v=mRvMHHM5…
