EU laws to protect press freedom in jeopardy, campaigners claim

Fears proposals on hacking journalists’ phones and press independence in European Media Freedom Act have been diluted

Proposed EU laws aimed at stopping governments from hacking journalists’ phones and at protecting the independence and plurality of the press are in serious jeopardy, media campaigners have claimed.

“We are very depressed about the way this is going,” said Renate Schroeder, director of the European Federation of Journalists.