The journalism world is constantly evolving, and having the right tools can make all the difference. To help you navigate this ever-changing landscape, the Knight Center for Journalism in the Americas is thrilled to present a new, affordable workshop designed to equip you with essential tools to enhance your reporting and investigative skills. Join award-winning […]
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En teoría, el propósito de la publicidad oficial es dar a conocer información de relevancia pública para la sociedad. Los fondos de publicidad oficial son utilizados por los gobiernos para “comunicarse con la población e informar a través de los medios de comunicación social sobre los servicios que prestan y las políticas públicas que impulsan”, tal como lo afirma la Relatoría Especial para la Libertad de Expresión de la Comisión Interamericana de Derechos Humanos (CIDH).
En la práctica, sin embargo, los fondos de publicidad oficial son un pilar importante de la sostenibilidad financiera de muchos medios de comunicación en la mayoría de los países latinoamericanos. Sin marcos regulatorios que determinen cómo deben ser distribuidos y sin mecanismos de transparencia que muestren el destino de los fondos, terminan siendo vulnerables a los intereses políticos, sirviendo como herramienta de censura indirecta y castigando al periodismo independiente.
Estas son algunas de las conclusiones de un estudio publicado la semana pasada por el Observatorio Latinoamericano de Regulación y Convergencia de Medios (Observacom) con el apoyo del Programa de la UNESCO para el Desarrollo de la Comunicación. El estudio, titulado “Publicidad oficial, medios de comunicación y libertad de expresión”, hace un diagnóstico de la normativa vigente sobre publicidad oficial en 11 países de América Latina y el Caribe, así como de su aplicación.
Periodistas, académicos e investigadores de organizaciones sociales de Argentina, Bolivia, Brasil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, El Salvador, México, Panamá, Perú y Uruguay analizaron la situación de la publicidad oficial en cada país, bajo la coordinación de la investigadora uruguaya Jimena Torres y la orientación del investigador argentino Santiago Marino. Juntos buscaron responder a preguntas como: ¿existe en los países una legislación específica que regule la publicidad estatal? ¿Existen mecanismos proactivos para dar a conocer estos fondos? ¿Quién puede recibirlos?
Por André Duchiade
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En teoría, el propósito de la publicidad oficial es dar a conocer información de relevancia pública para la sociedad. Los fondos de publicidad oficial son utilizados por los gobiernos para “comunicarse con la población e informar a través de los medios de comunicación social sobre los servicios que prestan y las políticas públicas que impulsan”, tal como lo afirma la Relatoría Especial para la Libertad de Expresión de la Comisión Interamericana de Derechos Humanos (CIDH).
En la práctica, sin embargo, los fondos de publicidad oficial son un pilar importante de la sostenibilidad financiera de muchos medios de comunicación en la mayoría de los países latinoamericanos. Sin marcos regulatorios que determinen cómo deben ser distribuidos y sin mecanismos de transparencia que muestren el destino de los fondos, terminan siendo vulnerables a los intereses políticos, sirviendo como herramienta de censura indirecta y castigando al periodismo independiente.
Estas son algunas de las conclusiones de un estudio publicado la semana pasada por el Observatorio Latinoamericano de Regulación y Convergencia de Medios (Observacom) con el apoyo del Programa de la UNESCO para el Desarrollo de la Comunicación. El estudio, titulado “Publicidad oficial, medios de comunicación y libertad de expresión”, hace un diagnóstico de la normativa vigente sobre publicidad oficial en 11 países de América Latina y el Caribe, así como de su aplicación.
Periodistas, académicos e investigadores de organizaciones sociales de Argentina, Bolivia, Brasil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, El Salvador, México, Panamá, Perú y Uruguay analizaron la situación de la publicidad oficial en cada país, bajo la coordinación de la investigadora uruguaya Jimena Torres y la orientación del investigador argentino Santiago Marino. Juntos buscaron responder a preguntas como: ¿existe en los países una legislación específica que regule la publicidad estatal? ¿Existen mecanismos proactivos para dar a conocer estos fondos? ¿Quién puede recibirlos?
Por André Duchiade
Imagen 1: Imágenes tomadas de la publicidad oficial de los gobiernos de países
latinoamericanos
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Health journalism coverage in Latin America has evolved in recent decades, with the COVID-19 pandemic a key catalyst for change.
The experiences of five prominent journalists in the region—Marga Parés Arroyo from Puerto Rico, Ronny Suárez Celemín @ronnysuarezperiodista from Colombia, Rudy Jordán Espejo and Fabiola Torres from Peru and Liz Gascón from Venezuela— illustrate how health has gone from being a technical and sporadic topic in media to occupying a central place in the news.
Everyone agrees that the pandemic marked a before and after in the way the media and audiences approach health. But, although interest from the public and media has grown, the lack of resources and the emotional burden for those who cover these stories remain.
In addition, the journalists interviewed reflect on the evolution of public interest in health, the use of data and human-focused narratives, the growing attention to mental health, the importance of empathy in storytelling and the advancement of multimedia and collaborative formats.
When talking about health journalism in Puerto Rico, one cannot fail to mention Marga Parés Arroyo. With almost 30 years of experience in media, Parés Arroyo has covered everything from Puerto Rico`s Health Reform in the 90s, to the influenza epidemic in 2009, the various dengue outbreaks on the island and the COVID 19 pandemic that peaked between 2020 and 2021.
Parés Arroyo worked for almost three decades at media outlet El Nuevo Día and is now practicing independently.
“At that time, during my first years in journalism, health as a topic was not covered with that oversight element [of journalists investigating the government] that now exists,” Parés Arroyo told LatAm Journalism Review (LJR). “It was covered more from the point of view of medicine and diseases. It was more coverage of medicine and science, of interviews with people related to health.”
By Katherine Pennacchio
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Health journalism coverage in Latin America has evolved in recent decades, with the COVID-19 pandemic a key catalyst for change.
The experiences of five prominent journalists in the region—Marga Parés Arroyo from Puerto Rico, Ronny Suárez Celemín @ronnysuarezperiodista from Colombia, Rudy Jordán Espejo and Fabiola Torres from Peru and Liz Gascón from Venezuela— illustrate how health has gone from being a technical and sporadic topic in media to occupying a central place in the news.
Everyone agrees that the pandemic marked a before and after in the way the media and audiences approach health. But, although interest from the public and media has grown, the lack of resources and the emotional burden for those who cover these stories remain.
In addition, the journalists interviewed reflect on the evolution of public interest in health, the use of data and human-focused narratives, the growing attention to mental health, the importance of empathy in storytelling and the advancement of multimedia and collaborative formats.
When talking about health journalism in Puerto Rico, one cannot fail to mention Marga Parés Arroyo. With almost 30 years of experience in media, Parés Arroyo has covered everything from Puerto Rico`s Health Reform in the 90s, to the influenza epidemic in 2009, the various dengue outbreaks on the island and the COVID 19 pandemic that peaked between 2020 and 2021.
Parés Arroyo worked for almost three decades at media outlet El Nuevo Día and is now practicing independently.
“At that time, during my first years in journalism, health as a topic was not covered with that oversight element [of journalists investigating the government] that now exists,” Parés Arroyo told LatAm Journalism Review (LJR). “It was covered more from the point of view of medicine and diseases. It was more coverage of medicine and science, of interviews with people related to health.”
By Katherine Pennacchio
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The Knight Center for Journalism in the Americas, in partnership with UNESCO, has been at the forefront of a year-long exploration into what the rise of influencers, or digital content creators, means for the news media industry.
This multi-faceted project culminated this week with the Nov. 18 launch of a free online course about how digital content creators and journalists can become trusted voices online. More than 8,000 people from 149 countries have already registered for this free multilingual course, “Digital Content Creators and Journalists: How to be a Trusted Voice Online.”
There’s still time to register for the course, which continues through Dec. 15 and is available in English, French, Portuguese and Spanish.
“Almost everywhere I turn, I see a new study or story or social media post about how influencers are changing journalism, which to me just shows how timely and relevant and valuable our project is,” said Summer Harlow, associate director of the Knight Center and project coordinator. “This is more than just a trending topic, though. News influencers–what we’ve been calling newsfluencers–are doing exciting, innovative things with news and audience relationships, and journalists can learn a lot from them. And vice versa!”
The day the online course started, a new survey from Pew Research Center found that about one-in-five people in the United States say they regularly get news from news influencers on social media.
The initiative from the Knight Center and UNESCO expands on this by asking what journalists and content creators can learn from each other.
By Teresa Mioli
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The Knight Center for Journalism in the Americas, in partnership with UNESCO, has been at the forefront of a year-long exploration into what the rise of influencers, or digital content creators, means for the news media industry.
This multi-faceted project culminated this week with the Nov. 18 launch of a free online course about how digital content creators and journalists can become trusted voices online. More than 8,000 people from 149 countries have already registered for this free multilingual course, “Digital Content Creators and Journalists: How to be a Trusted Voice Online.”
There’s still time to register for the course, which continues through Dec. 15 and is available in English, French, Portuguese and Spanish.
“Almost everywhere I turn, I see a new study or story or social media post about how influencers are changing journalism, which to me just shows how timely and relevant and valuable our project is,” said Summer Harlow, associate director of the Knight Center and project coordinator. “This is more than just a trending topic, though. News influencers–what we’ve been calling newsfluencers–are doing exciting, innovative things with news and audience relationships, and journalists can learn a lot from them. And vice versa!”
The day the online course started, a new survey from Pew Research Center found that about one-in-five people in the United States say they regularly get news from news influencers on social media.
The initiative from the Knight Center and UNESCO expands on this by asking what journalists and content creators can learn from each other.
By Teresa Mioli
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Andrea Salais, estudiante de Comunicación y Cultura en la Universidad Autónoma de la Ciudad de México (UACM), tenía que pasar hasta seis horas al día en los traslados desde su casa, en el suroriente de la ciudad, a su lugar de trabajo, un call center en el centro, y de regreso. Para llegar a su hora de entrada de 9 a.m. de la mañana tenía que salir de su casa a las 6 a.m. y hacer un recorrido que incluía viajes en autobús, metro y metrobús.
Durante esos largos traslados, Salais se dio cuenta que, como ella, cientos de habitantes de las periferias de la Ciudad de México pasaban gran parte de sus vidas en medios de transporte, con una calidad de vida mermada, además, por largas jornadas laborales.
Cuando tuvo la encomienda de realizar un reportaje como parte del taller de periodismo en la UACM, Salais eligió abordar el tema de cómo los largos traslados afectan la calidad de vida de los habitantes de su alcaldía Tláhuac, hacia el sureste de la ciudad. El resultado fue el reportaje “‘Se me va casi media vida en el transporte’: Costo vital de la jornada laboral indefinida en la CDMX”, elaborado en conjunto con su compañera de clase Elizabeth López.
“Me basé en mi experiencia y salí a buscar personas que hicieran esos tiempos de traslado, y a retratar cómo las personas se trasladan cansadas, apretadas, cómo van durmiendo en el transporte, tanto de ida como de regreso a sus casas”, dijo Salais a LatAm Journalism Review (LJR).
Por César López Linares
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Andrea Salais, estudiante de Comunicación y Cultura en la Universidad Autónoma de la Ciudad de México (UACM), tenía que pasar hasta seis horas al día en los traslados desde su casa, en el suroriente de la ciudad, a su lugar de trabajo, un call center en el centro, y de regreso. Para llegar a su hora de entrada de 9 a.m. de la mañana tenía que salir de su casa a las 6 a.m. y hacer un recorrido que incluía viajes en autobús, metro y metrobús.
Durante esos largos traslados, Salais se dio cuenta que, como ella, cientos de habitantes de las periferias de la Ciudad de México pasaban gran parte de sus vidas en medios de transporte, con una calidad de vida mermada, además, por largas jornadas laborales.
Cuando tuvo la encomienda de realizar un reportaje como parte del taller de periodismo en la UACM, Salais eligió abordar el tema de cómo los largos traslados afectan la calidad de vida de los habitantes de su alcaldía Tláhuac, hacia el sureste de la ciudad. El resultado fue el reportaje “‘Se me va casi media vida en el transporte’: Costo vital de la jornada laboral indefinida en la CDMX”, elaborado en conjunto con su compañera de clase Elizabeth López.
“Me basé en mi experiencia y salí a buscar personas que hicieran esos tiempos de traslado, y a retratar cómo las personas se trasladan cansadas, apretadas, cómo van durmiendo en el transporte, tanto de ida como de regreso a sus casas”, dijo Salais a LatAm Journalism Review (LJR).
Por César López Linares
Imagen 1: Cortesía Taller de Periodismo UACM SLTZ
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One in four people in Latin America identifies as Afro-descendant. In Brazil, where they account for more than half the population (56%, according to the census), they are largely underrepresented in news media. In other countries where they represent smaller proportions of the population, they are practically rendered invisible.
“You turn on the television in Argentina and it seems like you are in Denmark,” Brazilian journalist Denise Mota, columnist at Folha de S.Paulo and editor at Agence France-Press, told LatAm Journalism Review (LJR). She is one of the coordinators and founders of the Network of Afro-Latin Journalists, launched in August to connect and strengthen Black journalists in Latin America.
The regional network is driven by the Network of Black Journalists for Diversity in Communication, founded in 2018 by Brazilian journalist Marcelle Chagas to increase the representation of Black journalists in Brazilian media.
After holding two International Meetings of Journalists of the African Diaspora, in 2021 and 2022, Chagas said she understood the need to connect journalists from the region, marked by European colonization and the enslavement of African people, to exchange experiences.
“Certain events around the world cross and cut us in the same way,” Chagas, who is also coordinator of the Network of Afro-Latin Journalists, told LJR. “By exchanging experiences, we were able to identify what could be interesting for Brazil, and our experiences could be interesting [for journalists in other countries] as well.”
By Carolina de Assis
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One in four people in Latin America identifies as Afro-descendant. In Brazil, where they account for more than half the population (56%, according to the census), they are largely underrepresented in news media. In other countries where they represent smaller proportions of the population, they are practically rendered invisible.
“You turn on the television in Argentina and it seems like you are in Denmark,” Brazilian journalist Denise Mota, columnist at Folha de S.Paulo and editor at Agence France-Press, told LatAm Journalism Review (LJR). She is one of the coordinators and founders of the Network of Afro-Latin Journalists, launched in August to connect and strengthen Black journalists in Latin America.
The regional network is driven by the Network of Black Journalists for Diversity in Communication, founded in 2018 by Brazilian journalist Marcelle Chagas to increase the representation of Black journalists in Brazilian media.
After holding two International Meetings of Journalists of the African Diaspora, in 2021 and 2022, Chagas said she understood the need to connect journalists from the region, marked by European colonization and the enslavement of African people, to exchange experiences.
“Certain events around the world cross and cut us in the same way,” Chagas, who is also coordinator of the Network of Afro-Latin Journalists, told LJR. “By exchanging experiences, we were able to identify what could be interesting for Brazil, and our experiences could be interesting [for journalists in other countries] as well.”
By Carolina de Assis
Image 1: Jurandir Santana
Image 2: Courtesy of the Network of Afro-Latin Journalists
Image 3: Courtesy of Sofía Carrillo
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Em um assentamento agroextrativista no cruzamento dos rios Amazonas e Arapiuns, uma rádio tocada por jovens locais transmite notícias para moradores da região por meio de alto-falantes e de transmissores de baixa potência. Em Boa Vista, perto da fronteira com a Venezuela e a Guiana, uma rádio católica dedica grande parte da sua programação a defender os direitos dos povos indígenas e o meio ambiente. Em Sena Madureira, município, um jornalista independente se esforça para transmitir informações que contrariam interesses poderosos locais.
Essas são algumas das iniciativas incluídas no Mapa Vivo de Mídias da Amazônia, iniciativa que identifica meios de comunicação locais e regionais da Amazônia brasileira que fazem coberturas de temas socioambientais. Após seu lançamento em 2022 pelo veículo brasileiro InfoAmazonia, o mapeamento foi atualizado no último mês de outubro incluindo rádios que cobrem assuntos socioambientais na região e que não têm websites. Há 307 veículos no mapa, e 49, distribuídos em 38 municípios, são rádios.
Muitas vezes, essas rádios têm alcance limitado a comunidades de centenas de pessoas. No entanto, em uma região onde as distâncias são enormes, onde os obstáculos para o transporte são significativos e onde histórias contadas por terceiros são mais comuns do que narrativas dos próprios moradores, sua importância não pode ser subestimada, afirmou à LatAm Journalism Review (LJR) o jornalista Guilherme Guerreiro Neto, que atuou como pesquisador no mapeamento.
"O rádio na Amazônia sempre foi muito relevante devido à capacidade de diminuir as grandes distâncias”, disse Guerreiro Neto. “Hoje as rádios comunitárias não apenas fazem a mensagem chegar a lugares distantes, mas também produzem e dão voz à comunidade local, permitindo que ela se faça ouvir. Essas rádios têm um papel essencial para a circulação de informação local".
Por André Duchiade
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Em um assentamento agroextrativista no cruzamento dos rios Amazonas e Arapiuns, uma rádio tocada por jovens locais transmite notícias para moradores da região por meio de alto-falantes e de transmissores de baixa potência. Em Boa Vista, perto da fronteira com a Venezuela e a Guiana, uma rádio católica dedica grande parte da sua programação a defender os direitos dos povos indígenas e o meio ambiente. Em Sena Madureira, município, um jornalista independente se esforça para transmitir informações que contrariam interesses poderosos locais.
Essas são algumas das iniciativas incluídas no Mapa Vivo de Mídias da Amazônia, iniciativa que identifica meios de comunicação locais e regionais da Amazônia brasileira que fazem coberturas de temas socioambientais. Após seu lançamento em 2022 pelo veículo brasileiro InfoAmazonia, o mapeamento foi atualizado no último mês de outubro incluindo rádios que cobrem assuntos socioambientais na região e que não têm websites. Há 307 veículos no mapa, e 49, distribuídos em 38 municípios, são rádios.
Muitas vezes, essas rádios têm alcance limitado a comunidades de centenas de pessoas. No entanto, em uma região onde as distâncias são enormes, onde os obstáculos para o transporte são significativos e onde histórias contadas por terceiros são mais comuns do que narrativas dos próprios moradores, sua importância não pode ser subestimada, afirmou à LatAm Journalism Review (LJR) o jornalista Guilherme Guerreiro Neto, que atuou como pesquisador no mapeamento.
"O rádio na Amazônia sempre foi muito relevante devido à capacidade de diminuir as grandes distâncias”, disse Guerreiro Neto. “Hoje as rádios comunitárias não apenas fazem a mensagem chegar a lugares distantes, mas também produzem e dão voz à comunidade local, permitindo que ela se faça ouvir. Essas rádios têm um papel essencial para a circulação de informação local".
Por André Duchiade
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Imagem 3: Júnior Albuquerque/Cortesia Projeto Saúde e Alegria
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As a journalist, you’re probably aware that Telegram is emerging as a key tool for real-time content when covering breaking news, conflict zones, or social movements. With over 900 million active users, this cloud-based messaging platform serves as a primary source for firsthand footage, eyewitness reports, and live commentary—content that often doesn’t reach mainstream social media. For reporters, Telegram offers access to unique perspectives and unfiltered content, providing a new way to enhance stories.
As the role of this app in global reporting grows, it’s essential for journalists to learn how to navigate and take advantage of this platform. To support this goal, the Knight Center for Journalism in the Americas is offering a new workshop, “Digging into Telegram: Investigative Techniques for Journalists,” on Wednesday, Nov. 20, at 12 pm CT/1:00 pm ET. Register for this 90-minute workshop for just $40.
This low-cost, online workshop, led by award-winning freelance reporter Jane Lytvynenko—an expert in visual and digital investigations currently focused on Russia’s war against Ukraine—is designed to help reporters navigate Telegram’s structure, locate critical information, and leverage third-party tools to enhance research and reporting.
During this interactive workshop, attendees will explore the following key topics:
Understanding Telegram’s structure: Learn about the unique features of Telegram’s mobile and desktop versions and how to use them effectively for reporting.
Locating critical information: Discover advanced search techniques to find credible Telegram channels, metadata extraction from media, and how to download and analyze channel histories.
Taking advantage of third-party tools: Get introduced to powerful tools like Telemetr, TGStat, and Telepathy that can help you analyze channel analytics, map relationships between channels, and identify popular content.
By Camila Llorente
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As a journalist, you’re probably aware that Telegram is emerging as a key tool for real-time content when covering breaking news, conflict zones, or social movements. With over 900 million active users, this cloud-based messaging platform serves as a primary source for firsthand footage, eyewitness reports, and live commentary—content that often doesn’t reach mainstream social media. For reporters, Telegram offers access to unique perspectives and unfiltered content, providing a new way to enhance stories.
As the role of this app in global reporting grows, it’s essential for journalists to learn how to navigate and take advantage of this platform. To support this goal, the Knight Center for Journalism in the Americas is offering a new workshop, “Digging into Telegram: Investigative Techniques for Journalists,” on Wednesday, Nov. 20, at 12 pm CT/1:00 pm ET. Register for this 90-minute workshop for just $40.
This low-cost, online workshop, led by award-winning freelance reporter Jane Lytvynenko—an expert in visual and digital investigations currently focused on Russia’s war against Ukraine—is designed to help reporters navigate Telegram’s structure, locate critical information, and leverage third-party tools to enhance research and reporting.
During this interactive workshop, attendees will explore the following key topics:
Understanding Telegram’s structure: Learn about the unique features of Telegram’s mobile and desktop versions and how to use them effectively for reporting.
Locating critical information: Discover advanced search techniques to find credible Telegram channels, metadata extraction from media, and how to download and analyze channel histories.
Taking advantage of third-party tools: Get introduced to powerful tools like Telemetr, TGStat, and Telepathy that can help you analyze channel analytics, map relationships between channels, and identify popular content.
By Camila Llorente
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Nicaragua vive bajo un estado constante de censura y criminalización del periodismo: medios confiscados por el régimen, periodistas amenazados, agredidos, procesados judicialmente, deportados o forzados al exilio.
El pasado 31 de octubre, el régimen del presidente Daniel Ortega, aprobó una ley que podría convertirse en un mecanismo de censura adicional contra el periodismo. La nueva Ley General de Telecomunicaciones Convergentes marca un antes y un después en la distribución de contenidos en el país y, según anticipan periodistas independientes, puede tener implicaciones profundas para la libertad de expresión y los derechos digitales de los nicaragüenses.
“El régimen ha perdido la batalla de la comunicación, ha perdido la batalla de la verdad y ahora pretende ampararse en una supuesta legalidad para empezar esta nueva campaña de regulación y control de contenido”, dijo Carlos Fernando Chamorro, fundador y director de Confidencial, durante un directo en el YouTube del medio.
Esta nueva norma viene a sustituir la Ley General de Telecomunicaciones y Correos Postales, vigente desde 1995 en Nicaragua, y entre sus lineamientos facilita el acceso de las autoridades a datos de navegación y personales de los usuarios de Internet. Además, establece también que el Instituto Nicaragüense de Telecomunicaciones y Correos (Telcor) puede obligar a los operadores de telecomunicaciones, incluyendo medios de comunicación o cualquiera que produzcan contenido en Internet, a solicitar licencias y pagar un porcentaje de sus ingresos para poder operar en Nicaragua. Los que no cumplan pueden ser multados.
El artículo 110 expresa que los operadores de telecomunicaciones están obligados a suministrar toda la información que le sea requerida, “incluyendo información estadística y georreferenciada generada de su participación en el mercado”.
Por Katherine Pennacchio
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Nicaragua vive bajo un estado constante de censura y criminalización del periodismo: medios confiscados por el régimen, periodistas amenazados, agredidos, procesados judicialmente, deportados o forzados al exilio.
El pasado 31 de octubre, el régimen del presidente Daniel Ortega, aprobó una ley que podría convertirse en un mecanismo de censura adicional contra el periodismo. La nueva Ley General de Telecomunicaciones Convergentes marca un antes y un después en la distribución de contenidos en el país y, según anticipan periodistas independientes, puede tener implicaciones profundas para la libertad de expresión y los derechos digitales de los nicaragüenses.
“El régimen ha perdido la batalla de la comunicación, ha perdido la batalla de la verdad y ahora pretende ampararse en una supuesta legalidad para empezar esta nueva campaña de regulación y control de contenido”, dijo Carlos Fernando Chamorro, fundador y director de Confidencial, durante un directo en el YouTube del medio.
Esta nueva norma viene a sustituir la Ley General de Telecomunicaciones y Correos Postales, vigente desde 1995 en Nicaragua, y entre sus lineamientos facilita el acceso de las autoridades a datos de navegación y personales de los usuarios de Internet. Además, establece también que el Instituto Nicaragüense de Telecomunicaciones y Correos (Telcor) puede obligar a los operadores de telecomunicaciones, incluyendo medios de comunicación o cualquiera que produzcan contenido en Internet, a solicitar licencias y pagar un porcentaje de sus ingresos para poder operar en Nicaragua. Los que no cumplan pueden ser multados.
El artículo 110 expresa que los operadores de telecomunicaciones están obligados a suministrar toda la información que le sea requerida, “incluyendo información estadística y georreferenciada generada de su participación en el mercado”.
Por Katherine Pennacchio
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