Digital Rights Review: ‘Foreign Agent’ Laws Target Online Media

BIRN’s monitoring of digital rights violations in October highlighted new threats to freedom of expression online in south-east and eastern Europe as countries embraced legislation against foreign-funded NGOs and media.

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