The Lithuanian parliament recently decided to vote down amendments proposed by the president aimed at cracking down on hostile propaganda. It is disappointing, says the president’s chief legal adviser Rasa Svetikaitė, since the Constitution does not provide for freedom standards for disinformation and “brainwashing”. […]
Political scientist Kęstutis Girnius waves away the phantom of the information war and tries to convince us that “Russian misinformation does not have a major impact”. He argues that Lithuanian participation in an information war would be futile, calling instead for cleaner objectivity in Lithuanian media coverage of Russia’s aggressions against Georgia and Ukraine. […]
The heralds of information wars are disconcerted, identify ever more battlefields, call on proper mobilisation. The latest example is the response of Aleksandras Matonis to a report aired on the Russian TV, in which members of the expedition Mission Russia have been referred to as tourists following the traces of the WW II victims and reportedly hoping that in the future joint Russian-Lithuanian groups would be travelling Europe to pay homage to the fallen Soviet soldiers. The leader of the expedition said such hope was actually expressed by the Russian journalist. […]
Lithuania has dropped in Freedom House‘s democracy index due to the country’s law enforcement’s actions against BNS news agency. But in terms of media independence and the general assessment, the Baltic country remains one of the most democratic countries among those that have gone through changes in their political systems. […]
President Dalia Grybauskaitė signed amendments to the Law on Provision of Information to the Public and amendments to the Code of Criminal Procedure. […]
On Thursday, the Lithuanian Parliament adopted amendments to the Law on Provision of Information to the Public and the Code of Criminal Procedure initiated by President Dalia Grybauskaitė. It is hoped this will enhance freedom of the press, democracy and respect of human rights. […]
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