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Anti-Disinformation Network for the Balkans expresses support for Croatian fact-checkers Faktograf.hr, after receiving death threats and cyber-аttacks
The Anti-Disinformation Network for the Balkans (ADN-Balkans) issued a statement of support for the Croatian fact-checking outlet Faktograf.hr whose staff had been subject to death threats, while their website has suffered massive cyber-attack hampering its basic functionality.
This latest wave of attacks against the fact-checkers, that started on December 10, expands the continuous smear campaign aimed at defaming both the...
CMEM decides upon Metamorphosis’s appeals: Lider, Kurir and Netpres have breached articles of the Journalist Code of Ethics
The Appeals Commission - CMEM - of the Council of Media Ethics of North Macedonia, on the 24th of December 2020, reached a decission on the appeals from the Foundation for Internet and Society "Metamorphosis" for an article published on the news sites Lider.mk, Kurir.mk and Netpress.com.mk, which by doing so, have breached several articles of the Journalist Code...
Journalist associations condemn the hate speech in social networks to Metamorphosis Foundation’s personnel
The Council of Media Ethics of Macedonia (CMEM), the Association of Journalists of Macedonia (AJM), the Macedonian Independent Syndicate of Journalists and Media Workers (ISJMW), and the Macedonian Institute for Media (MIM) condemn the hate speech against the personnel of the civil society organization Metamorphosis, which was spread in the social networks with the publication of an article "(PHOTO)...
The claim that Metamorphosis employees delete content from Facebook is defamation
On 12 November 2020, a text entitled “(PHOTO) These are the people who delete content from Facebook in Macedonia!” was published on the website www.lider.com.mk, which lists several false claims that can be characterized as defamation.
Among other things, the controversial article contains a collage of photos of some of Metamorphosis Foundation employees, and the title reads that these are...
Metamorphosis Foundation and CriThink condemn the discriminatory attacks on journalist Miroslava Burns
Metamorphosis Foundation and the CriThink's team give full support to our colleague Miroslava Burns who is a target of vulgar, sexist, and discriminatory attacks. The attacks consist of insults and threats, inconvenient and threatening speech, but there are also elements that can be described as hate speech, which is a felony according to the Criminal Code.
"We condemn all forms...
The Macedonian Independent Syndicate of Journalists and Media Workers condemns the attacks, insults and defamations upon journalist Miroslava Burns
The Macedonian Independent Syndicate of Journalists and Media Workers (SSNM) stated that it is disgusted by the insults, attacks and the defamations published by DokazM.mk on the account of journalist Miroslava Burns.
"We are disgusted by the vocabulary used in the articles published by this website that in any form cannot be considered as appropriate for use in a public...
Macedonia did not bomb Serbia, but “Alo” detonated all ethics and common sense
Serbian tabloid "Alo", otherwise known for its "turbo-yellow" content and much of its defamatory content which is beneath all journalistic standards, while "defending Serbia" and often cheering on Russia, published an article yesterday denouncing Macedonian Foreign Minister Nikola Dimitrov, but also Macedonians in general.
Namely, after the headline "MACEDONIAN MINISTER SHOCK STATEMENT; We helped bomb Serbia", the text by "Alo"...
