European Parliament appears to censor report on press censorship in EU
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The European Parliament removed a reference to Greece’s low ranking on the Press Freedom Index.
By Yiannis Baboulias
The European Parliament has told Byline Times that it removed an article from its website about a report raising concerns around press freedom and censorship in the EU as a whole and Greece in particular as ‘it was not in line with editorial guidelines’.
The latest Press Freedom Index by Reporters Without Borders ranked Greece last in the EU on the issue – below Malta, Hungary and Bulgaria.
Given that Reporters Without Borders is an official partner of the European Parliament, an article expressing concern over the ranking was posted on the Parliament’s website and tweets about it were shared on Twitter.
But then, less than 48 hours later, the article and tweets had disappeared – with no explanation given as to why. It seemed that a discussion concerning censorship and threats to freedom of speech in the EU was itself censored.
A new article was then posted on the Eur...
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