The #UKMediaFreedomForum 2026 may have ended - but the conversation on #MediaFreedom continues.
In a new piece, Prof Martin Scott outlines five priorities for the UK as it retakes the co-chair of the Media Freedom Coalition.
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Closing out #UKMediaFreedomForum, our CEO, Carlos Gaio, joins fellow experts on the final panel reflecting on key takeaways and charting the path ahead for media freedom resilience
PEN International is at the Media Freedom Forum today, connecting with partners and allies across the media freedom movement.
Thanks to International Bar Association, The Foreign Policy Centre and Justice for Journalists Foundation.
#UKMediaFreedomForum #UKMFF2026.
Day 2 at #UKMediaFreedomForum 2026 - how can we fight misinformation in the age of AI and amid global instability?
Join our CEO Carlos Gaio for a workshop on SLAPP risks for student journalists at 12:00 and hear him on a panel on resilience mechanisms at 15:50.
Come find us!
🚨 Presentation of the Europe Press Freedom Report 👉 go.coe.int/LjTes today at the #UKMediaFreedomForum Session No.6
Register and join us live 👉 city-ac-uk.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
#UKMFF2026 #EuropeForFreeMedia @globalfreemedia.bsky.social @indexoncensorship.org @cartooningforpeace.bsky.social
🚨 Presentation of the Europe Press Freedom Report 👉 go.coe.int/LjTes tomorrow at the #UKMediaFreedomForum Session No.6
Register and join us live 👉 city-ac-uk.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
#UKMFF2026 #EuropeForFreeMedia @globalfreemedia.bsky.social @indexoncensorship.org @cartooningforpeace.bsky.social
Repressive actors are broadening the tools they use to silence dissent across borders.
The opening panel at the #UKMediaFreedomForum brought together journalists, lawyers, and press freedom advocates to discuss the implications for free expression worldwide.
Attending #UKMediaFreedomForum at the City St George’s, University of London along with our partners and the form co-organisers @fpcthinktank.bsky.social
#UKMFF2026
🚨 Presentation of the Europe Press Freedom Report tomorrow at the #UKMediaFreedomForum Session No.6
Register and join us live 👉 city-ac-uk.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
#UKMFF2026 #EuropeForFreeMedia @globalfreemedia.bsky.social @indexoncensorship.org
@cartooningforpeace.bsky.social
If you’re joining us, don’t forget to use #UKMediaFreedomForum 2026 & #UKMFF2026 and tag us in your posts.
🔎 Full programme: mediafreedomforum.co.uk
On 6 March 2026, 1030-1140, join Mark Stephens CBE, IBAHRI Co-Chair, at #UKMediaFreedomForum for a session on Defending #Democracy: Countering Disinformation & Navigating #AI. Attend in-person at @citystgeorges.bsky.social or online.
Register: mediafreedomforum.co.uk/registration/
@carolecadwalla.bsky.social stressed at the #UKMediaFreedomForum that we need to ‘inject a sense of urgency’ when looking at this matter in the UK
➡️ youtu.be/I5U9q7gaLfo?...
#WorldPressFreedomDay
In March, the FPC with @ibahri.bsky.social, Justice for Journalists & @citystgeorges.bsky.social hosted the #UKMediaFreedomForum, which also hosted the UK launch of the @coe.int's Protection of Journalism and Safety of Journalists’s Report
➡️ fom.coe.int/en/rapports/...
The final panel at the #UKMediaFreedomForum look at how we can fight together against weaponised disinformation & malign interference.
@ivorgaber.bsky.social is joined by Alina Tatarenko @coe.int, @julieposetti.bsky.social & Jonathan Bock to discuss this and reflect on the last two days
Where are we with developments on Anti-SLAPP Legislation and Regulation?
FPC's @skcoughtrie.bsky.social delves into this, w/ Charlie Holt, Renaud Gaudin De Villaine, Dario Milo & Samantha Thompson
Watch the #UKMediaFreedomForum here:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=9G1G...
Globally, legal or quasi-legal tools are being used to harass journalists, as well as those defending them, including lawyers.
Nadia Mandl, @unesco.org, explores this in her presentation, followed by a panel discussion w/ @cegaio.bsky.social, Veysel Ok & Charlene Miwa Nagae
#UKMediaFreedomForum
How can public interest journalism be better protected?
Jonathan Heawood, @publicinterestnews.org.uk, chairs this panel w/ Nishant Lalwani, @martinscott2010.bsky.social, Jenna Corderoy & @meeraselva.bsky.social
Watch the #UKMediaFreedomForum here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=9G1G...
Attacks on journalists increased last year driven by Russian aggression in Ukraine. Feels a good time to share this @coe research at the #ukMediaFreedomForum @cityjournalism
Day two of the #UKMediaFreedomForum sees the UK launch of the @coe.int Europe Press Freedom Report, with a presentation by Jessica Ní Mhainín, @indexoncensorship.org, along with partners and friends of the platform.
Watch the whole day here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=9G1G...
Our director @courtneyr.bsky.social spoke on a panel today at the #UKMediaFreedomForum on limiting the power of big corporations and Big Tech over our media and information ecosystems. Systemic reforms are especially critical given the rise of AI.
We now move onto our final panel to close the first day of the #UKMediaFreedomForum - 'Media Freedom: Integral to Democracy and Security' - chaired by Deniz Wagner, w/
@damiantam.bsky.social, Mira Milosevic, Staffan Lindberg & Olga Rudenko
Watch live: www.youtube.com/watch?v=2bis...
Today marks the start of the inaugural #UKMediaFreedomForum hosted by ourselves, Justice for Journalists Fund, IBAHRI & City St Georges
Watch the whole day live here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=2bis...
Today #mediafreedom faces an ever complex range of challenges, interwoven between domestic & global environments.
FPC Justice for Journalists Fund, IBAHRI & City St Georges have united to host the #UKMediaFreedomForum to explore possible solutions. Join us there!
💻 mediafreedomforum.co.uk
