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(Latvian Public Broadcasting) The Baltic Center for Investigative Journalism, Re:Baltica, has a new report out analyzing the contrasting attitudes of the three Baltic states when it comes to the problem of fake news and disinformation. Latvia is the first of the Baltic States that has convicted a person who spreads fake news – he has been found guilty of hooliganism and incitement to hatred on social media. Meanwhile, Estonia and Lithuania are relying on educating society rather than handing out criminal penalties, the report begins, before embarking upon a more detailed examination of who spreads lies online and why. Latvia has been more active than its neighbors in taking legal action against online attention-seekers, overcoming any qualms about freedom of speech issues when it comes to false reports about supermarket collapses or medical staff harming patients. ....
Medics in Lithuania. Photo: J. Stacevičius/LRT The digital governance excellence, combined with low rates of COVID-19 infections in the “Baltic Bubble” during the first wave of the pandemic, created an international story that if only governments were digital, then they too could handle and manage the pandemic better. While Estonia was the most active in marketing this idea abroad, both Latvia and Lithuania have also proudly advertised their digital response to the pandemic. Unfortunately, as the pandemic progressed in all the three countries, infection rates went up and it was clear that digital governance was not enough. In ....
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PARIS France’s top health advisory body is recommending the AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine only be used on people under 65, citing lack of sufficient data about its effectiveness in older people. The European Medicines Agency authorized AstraZeneca’s vaccine for use in adults throughout the European Union on Friday, amid criticism the bloc is not moving fast enough to vaccinate its population. But health authorities in Germany, France and some other countries have raised concerns that not enough data exist to prove it works in older people. France’s High Authority for Health issued its guidance Tuesday. It says it will review this guidance when AstraZeneca has more data on the vaccine’s effectiveness in older people. ....