"If passed, the legislation would expand the powers of the state broadcasting regulator, allowing it to regulate online and print outlets, invalidate the registration and license of any media outlet, block online media without a court order, and request that social media platforms and web browsers remove content forbidden under the law".
Ukraine: Legislators should revise draft media law that threatens press freedom ifex.org - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from ifex.org Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Some Ukrainian journalists are leaving the media for the military in the name of patriotism cpj.org - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from cpj.org Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Media watchdog groups are expressing concern over the fate of journalists who have disappeared in Ukraine after a Ukrainian photojournalist was found dead Saturday. Maks Levin, a Ukrainian photographer who had been missing for more than two weeks, was found dead near the capital, Kyiv. “He went missing in the conflict area on March 13…