The Fojo Media Institute c/o The Swedish Institute
Online hate against women journalists – comparing experiences from Finland, Sweden and the Philippines.
In 2016 Sweden celebrates the 250th anniversary of the world’s first Freedom of the Press Act, adopted by the Swedish parliament on 2 December 1766. To mark the occasion, the Swedish Institute (SI) is inviting a number of actors and organisations in this field to a series of breakfast-time discussions focusing on current topics relating to press freedom and freedom of expression.
As the final act in this series, the Swedish Institute welcomes you to a breakfast seminar about hate speech and threats orchestrated by big organisations and states: How is hate speech and threats used as a weapon of propaganda/desinformation by both states and radical organisations? And what are the consequences for civil rights activists that fight for a just cause? And how can we maintain an acceptable level of freedom of speech and quality journalism in this context? The seminar is hosted and introduced by Fojo Media Institute, presenting two of the most distinguished journalists in the world, Jamela Alindogan (PH) of Al Jazeera English, and former YLE investigative journalist Jessikka Aro (FIN). The talk is moderated by the Swedish journalist Erika Bjerström.
