Journalism

A haven for press freedom on Iceland?

Kristine Lowe

17 Jun 2010 — 1 min read

It's great to learn that the Icelandic Modern Media Initiavtive has passed parliament, but I have my doubts that this actually will create a haven for freedom of speech and investigative reporting.

The reason? I've covered both libel tourism and Icelandic media closely for several years, and remain unconvinced that the new Icelandic legislation will remove the challenges in these two areas over night - but, as I said the last time wrote about this, I'd love nothing better than to be proved wrong.

See also:

Icelandic media "like alcoholics on detox"

My blog posts on libel and libel tourism

Update 20/6-10: see also my media column this week (in Norwegian)

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