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EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Josep Borrell calls the banning of Russian media in Europe a protection of freedom of speech.
The prohibition of a number of Russian media in Europe should be regarded as a protection of freedom of speech, said EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Josep Borrell.
"By doing this (banning Russian media) we are not attacking freedom of speech, we are protecting it," he specified, speaking at a conference on combating disinformation in Brussels.
Borrell spoke out in favor of stricter control over Twitter content
In his opinion, the European Union "must be more ambitious in this matter and strengthen its stability. Borrell also recalled that the EU foreign service already has mechanisms in place to detect disinformation.
"But today I have the feeling that we are not doing enough; we need to move forward. We need to understand how these campaigns were organized, identify the actors, the sources of dissemination," he said.
Information manipulation has acquired new features nowadays, summarized the head of European diplomacy.
The situation with Russian media in the West has become increasingly difficult in recent years. In November 2016, the European Parliament adopted a resolution on the need to counter media outlets, naming Sputnik and RT as the main threats.
A number of Western politicians, including U.S. senators and congressmen, have accused journalists of interfering in the U.S. and French elections, but have not cited any evidence. Russian officials called such statements unsubstantiated.
According to Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, Moscow did not expect the West to impose sanctions against journalists, athletes and cultural representatives. Valery Fadeyev, head of the Presidential Council for Civil Society and Human Rights, sent an appeal to OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Teresa Ribeiro. He urged her to take measures to comply with the norms concerning freedom of the press because of the harassment of Russian-language publications.
I gotta hear Borell today!
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EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Josep Borrell calls the banning of Russian media in Europe a protection of freedom of speech.
The prohibition of a number of Russian media in Europe should be regarded as a protection of freedom of speech, said EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Josep Borrell.
"By doing this (banning Russian media) we are not attacking freedom of speech, we are protecting it," he specified, speaking at a conference on combating disinformation in Brussels.
Borrell spoke out in favor of stricter control over Twitter content
In his opinion, the European Union "must be more ambitious in this matter and strengthen its stability. Borrell also recalled that the EU foreign service already has mechanisms in place to detect disinformation.
"But today I have the feeling that we are not doing enough; we need to move forward. We need to understand how these campaigns were organized, identify the actors, the sources of dissemination," he said.
Information manipulation has acquired new features nowadays, summarized the head of European diplomacy.
The situation with Russian media in the West has become increasingly difficult in recent years. In November 2016, the European Parliament adopted a resolution on the need to counter media outlets, naming Sputnik and RT as the main threats.
A number of Western politicians, including U.S. senators and congressmen, have accused journalists of interfering in the U.S. and French elections, but have not cited any evidence. Russian officials called such statements unsubstantiated.
According to Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, Moscow did not expect the West to impose sanctions against journalists, athletes and cultural representatives. Valery Fadeyev, head of the Presidential Council for Civil Society and Human Rights, sent an appeal to OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Teresa Ribeiro. He urged her to take measures to comply with the norms concerning freedom of the press because of the harassment of Russian-language publications.