IAPA urges caution in regulating on social media in Honduras Special laws are not needed to regulate on offenses that could be committed on the Internet when these are already contemplated in the general regulations.
The state of media in Miami is strong. It just doesn't look like it used to After suffering through a nearly decade-long transition as traditional revenue sources evaporated, Miami media players appear to be finding their paces.
IAPA condemns fact that Peru's Congress is considering legalizing discrimination against privately-owned media Condemnation of a bill being discussed by the Peruvian Congress which if adopted would prohibit public entities from placing official advertising in privately-owned news media.
Joint Declaration on Media Independence and Diversity in the Digital Age Experts of the UN, OSCE, IACHR and the African Commission on Human Rights issued the Declaration that addresses a current threats to media freedom on safety, legal, political, technological and economic issues; and the measures that ought to be taken by the states to overcome them.
IAPA condemns stigmatization of the press, saying it puts journalists' lives at risk "The stigmatization and insults of the press, made by public officials and disseminated in social media, create a hostile climate for the press and incite violence against journalists and the media," said the IAPA president.
IAPA criticizes Bolivian government's new imposition on media Concern at a new law that imposes on privately-owned media an obligation to publish electoral ads free of charge, in detriment to their financial situation.
IAPA submits Salta Declaration to Colombian judiciary Welcomed the decision of the Colombian Constitutional Court to call private and public players to a hearing on freedom of expression in social media.
Venezuelan officials denounced to the IAPA for censoring and blocking digital media Report by a National Assembly Committee makes CANTV president and CONATEL director responsible for the attacks on and censorship of portals El Pitazo, La Patilla, Tal Cual and El Nacional's website.
