In a world where the citizen’s right to information is enshrined in European Law and Constitutions, the reality is far from ideal. Inequality in access to quality information poses a threat to democracy, impacting both citizens and the media industry. The Paperview system emerges as an innovative solution, allowing digital media to break down barriers and offer affordable access to diverse, high-quality content. By promoting information diversity and widening access, we can strengthen democracy and enrich our collective knowledge.
Continue readingAuthor: Maria João Vasconcelos
Google pays for content and we don’t?
We were surprised by a reports that Google was going to buy premium content from the big newspapers to make them available in their feed…
Continue readingDemocracy? Freedom? Truth? Information?
If these words have meaning to you then you must value the role of newspapers in our lives as citizens.
And if they have value, why is it so hard to pay for them?
Online media dumping
The absurdly low prices for subscriptions that are being practiced by most of the online press, whether in Portugal or abroad, are true dumping strategies
Continue readingThe fog of fake news
For many years I haven’t picked up those closed fogs that forced us to make the journey slowly because we couldn’t see the road.
Continue readingThe censorship that no one wants to see
Every day news about the efforts of major aggregators such as Google and Facebook to capture newspapers and journalistic content for their spheres of interest
Continue readingWe’re all Pirates
The poet Sidónio Muralha has a poem that translates a little this spirit that makes all of us pirates.
Continue readingHow to trick the algorithms that surround us
The Netflix documentary on social networks ( The Social Dilemma / The Dilemma of Social Networks), its algorithms almost out of control…
Continue readingSave the Press
Bernardo Pires de Lima in his book “Portugal in the Age of Strong Men”, argues that “… without independent and credible media, there is not even a discourteous line between truth and lies in public space.”
Continue readingIs the freedom of expression in danger in Portugal?
The Nobel Peace Prize to two journalists, Maria Ressa and Dimitry Muratov, “for their efforts to safeguard freedom of expression” is a warning to all of us.
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