September 9, 2010
Birgitta Jónsdóttir on the Icelandic Modern Media Initiative
Jerry Brito
Former Senior Research FellowBirgitta Jónsdóttir
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To speak with a scholar or learn more on this topic, visit our contact page.Birgitta Jónsdóttir, Member of the Icelandic Parliament for the Movement party, and one of the chief sponsors of the Icelandic Modern Media Initiative, discusses the initiative. She explains how it was crafted, who it would protect and how, and Wikileaks’ influence on it. Jónsdóttir specifically discusses the proposal’s impact on journalists, sources, whistleblowers, libel tourism, superinjunctions, freedom of information, prior restraint, and government transparency. She also talks about the inspiration behind the initiative, which stems partly from her background as a writer and activist, and her path to the Icelandic Parliament.
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