New Media Act or why is Croatian government trying to weaken media?

The Croatian government is preparing a second reading of the new bill on electronic media. The public debate has so far been focused on the issue of readers’ comments on web portals. Under the new law, publishers would be forced to choose between censoring comments online and taking responsibility for them, thus risking being fined. But this bill also raises the issue of survival of media in the country. Pročitaj više