(The Balkan Insight)
Media representatives and legal experts from the region told an online BIRN debate on Wednesday that effective online media regulation requires stronger self-regulation rather than government bodies controlling their work.
State regulation of the media should be limited, with self-regulation strengthened and prioritized, journalists and media experts from the region told the third and final online public debate on online media regulation held by BIRN on Wednesday.
Panelists representing different prominent media in the region as well as legal experts focused on potential solutions for self-regulation and regulation of online media, considering the growing pressures that media in the region face, such as speed, clicks and disinformation.
