Royce de Vries is to file a preliminary injunction against the AD. The newspaper reported this on its website on Friday. By going to court, lawyer De Vries would like to prevent the newspaper from publishing a new article based on sound recordings that may have been made by his father, Peter R. de Vries. That would put Royce in danger, the paper writes. The AD reports that the case will be heard next Thursday in the court in Amsterdam.
NOS is also considering stopping using the “unpleasant” social media platform X, NOS Nieuws editor-in-chief Giselle van Cann said in the NPO Radio 1 program Spraakmakers. The broadcaster KRO-NCRV announced on Monday that it was quitting X. The broadcaster made this decision after Omroep Zwart CEO Akwasi, who participated in De slimste mens, was the target of hateful and racist expression on the platform for several evenings. “It is being talked about,” said Van Cann, calling the topic “an issue.”
Several Dutch media outlets are unhappy about the "charity fee" journalists must pay if they want to cover the Lowlands Festival. NOS, AD, and ANP will not report at all if a "charity fee" has to be paid, they claimed. Concert organizer MOJO charges accredited media 10 euros per person in return for access to the festival site. According to MOJO, the money goes to charities the festival works with. Those who do not pay will not be allowed to enter the grounds.