Webinar: Rights In the Digital Space 2024

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Join us for an insightful webinar on February 20, 2025, organised jointly by the European Centre for Press and Media Freedom and the Balkan Investigative Reporting Network.

Photo: BIRN

The event will explore the intersection of digital rights, media freedom and the role of big tech companies in shaping the online environment. By bringing together digital rights experts, researchers and representatives from tech companies, the discussion will focus on the latest findings from key reports published by civil society organisations, the challenges faced by independent media and the influence of big tech on internet freedoms.

Sign up here to attend the webinar.

Date: February 20, 2025

Time: 2 pm (CET)

Don’t miss the opportunity to engage with digital rights experts and learn about key trends shaping digital and media landscapes in Europe.

More about digital rights violations in the Balkans can be found in BIRN’s Digital Rights Violations Report 2023-2024 and the latest ECPMF’s Media Freedom Monitoring Report.

Agenda

  1. Welcome and Opening Remarks
    Time: 5 minutes
  • Host: Amina Mahović, Digital Rights Programme Manager, BIRN
  1. Keynote Address: Brief overview of BIRN’s Digital Rights Annual Report 2023-2024 and Freedom House’s Freedom on the Net
    Time: 15 minutes
  • Ivana Jeremić, Digital Rights Content Lead, BIRN
  • Cara Räker, Monitoring Officer, ECPMF
  1. Focus Session: State of Digital Rights in Targeted Countries
    Time: 25 minutes

Moderator: Hamdi Firat Buyuk, Turkey Correspondent for Balkan Insight, BIRN

Speakers: Gürkan Özturan, Turkey; Mila Bajić, Serbia; Đurđa Radulović, Montenegro; Bojan Stojkovski, North Macedonia

  1. Big Tech’s Influence on Internet Freedom
    Time: 20 minutes

Moderator: Aida Mahmutović, Project Manager, BIRN Kosovo

Speakers: Bojana Kostić, Human Rights and Tech Researcher; Feđa Kulenovic, Information and Communication expert

  1. Media Freedom
    Time: 20 minutes

Moderator: Gürkan Özturan, Media Freedom Monitoring Officer, ECPMF

Speakers: Camille Magnissalis, Press Freedom Monitoring and Communications Officer, EFJ; Teona Sekhniashvili, Network & Advocacy Officer, IPI; Azem Kurtić, Correspondent from Bosnia and Herzegovina, BIRN

  1. Closing Remarks
    Time: 5 minutes
  • Host: Amina Mahovic, Digital Rights Programme Manager, BIRN