Economic viability: Funding independent media - public interest journalism

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MFRR 2025

WHEN: 13 October, 2025
WHERE: Brussels, Belgium
REGISTER: https://www.mfrr.eu/mfrr-summit-2025/

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Economic viability: Funding independent media - public interest journalism

From platform ad monopolies and collapsing business models to biased state funding and increased far-right influence, today’s public interest media sector is economically destabilised.

This panel will address urgent issues and spotlight policy solutions: market reform, including reformed copyright, tax incentives, direct support with safeguards, and breaking VLOP dependency.

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Publications

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EUDisinfoLab Webinar: From Content To Payment

Global Fact: How Social Media Ad Revenue Sharing Is Subsidizing Disinformation Globally

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POINT: How To Pull The Plug On Monetizing Disinformation

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DRAPAC: How Is Social Media Monetization Fueling Disinformation In Asia? And What Should We Do About It?

#EUDisinfo2024: Can Advertising Cash Stop Funding Misinformation Trash?

#EUDisinfo2024: Mission NOT Accomplished: Unintended Fallbacks From Investigations

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Far-Right Influencers And The Platforms That Enable Them

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WHAT TO FIX at RightsCon25

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Consultation: Monetization Principles

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EUDisinfoLab Webinar: Monetizing Sanctioned Entities

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EU Democracy Shield: WHAT TO FIX’s recommendations to the European Parliament

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Raising Concerns Over Social Media Companies’ Failure to Disclose Risks Related to Their Monetization Services Under the DSA

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Monetizing Sanctioned Pages: Why Platform Profit Models Demand Deeper Scrutiny

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Big Tech and the Misinformation Crisis in South Asia

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The business models of personality-led journalism

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Fueling the machine causing issues we are fighting against: Ethical dilemma of using social media for civil society causes

Economic viability: Funding independent media - public interest journalism

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WHAT TO FIX Urges Transparency into Social Media Monetization in Exchange of Views with European Parliament

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Social Media Monetization: What Does it Means for LATAM?

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Bread&Net: How is Social Media Monetization Impacting WANA?

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Testing the DSA: Challenging the Social Media Decisions that Matter for Democracy

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Workshop: Follow the Social Media Money