Tag: Spyware

22 October 2026

Advocacy missions
Hungary: International coalition to hold fact-finding mission amid media reforms
From 4 to 6 November 2026, a coalition of international media freedom and journalist organisations will travel to Hungary to learn about the ongoing media reform under the Tisza government…
13 July 2026

Country reports
Italy: MFRR report highlights continuing media freedom backsliding
On 9-10 March 2026, the Media Freedom Rapid Response (MFRR) consortium conducted its third visit to Rome in five years. The MFRR mission found that Italy has continued on a…
11 March 2026

Advocacy missions

Statements
Italy: MFRR flags ongoing media freedom erosion
Media freedom in Italy has continued its overall downward trajectory in the past two years, amidst the car bomb attack on one of the country’s most famous journalists, new spyware…
02 March 2026

Statements
Greece: Executives of spyware firm used to surveil journalist Thanasis Koukakis sentenced to prison
The International Press Institute (IPI) welcomes the recent criminal convictions handed down by a Greek court to four individuals from surveillance firm Intellexa whose Predator spyware was used to illegally…
29 October 2025

Statements
Meloni’s Italy puts media freedom under pressure, regardless of EU rules
This article is part of a series published by IPI and written by expert guest contributors from across Europe on different threats facing media freedom and independent journalism. The views…
26 June 2025

Statements
Civil Society Open Letter in Response to Recent Spyware Abuse Cases in the EU
On behalf of the Spyware Coordination Group, a coalition of civil society and journalist organisations advocating for transparency, accountability, and the protection of fundamental rights in relation to spyware technologies,…
22 April 2025

Statements
Greece: Investigative media win latest victory in spyware SLAPP ruling
IPI stands behind Reporters United and Efimerida ton Syntakton. The International Press Institute (IPI) today joins partners of the Media Freedom Rapid Response (MFFR) in welcoming the recent ruling by…
28 March 2025

Statements
Serbia: Spyware attacks on BIRN journalists further deepen press freedom crisis
The partner organisations of the Media Freedom Rapid Response (MFRR) today raise further alarm about the deepening press freedom crisis in Serbia in the wake of revelations showing evidence of…
26 March 2025

Monitoring
Spyware and Surveillance Fact Sheet: 2020–2025
Spywares are extremely powerful and intrusive digital weapons that are increasingly jeopardising the work of journalists and basic human rights, within and outside Europe. Narratives that portray them as being…
18 February 2025

Statements
Italy: Call for full transparency after Fanpage editor-in-chief surveilled with Graphite spyware
The Media Freedom Rapid Response (MFRR) is urging Italian authorities to shed full light on the recent surveillance of an editor-in-chief in Italy and others using Graphite spyware technology developed…

Tag: Spyware

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Hungary: International coalition to hold fact-finding mission amid media reforms

Italy: MFRR report highlights continuing media freedom backsliding

Italy: MFRR flags ongoing media freedom erosion

Greece: Executives of spyware firm used to surveil journalist Thanasis Koukakis sentenced to prison

Meloni’s Italy puts media freedom under pressure, regardless of EU rules

Civil Society Open Letter in Response to Recent Spyware Abuse Cases in the EU

Greece: Investigative media win latest victory in spyware SLAPP ruling

Serbia: Spyware attacks on BIRN journalists further deepen press freedom crisis

Spyware and Surveillance Fact Sheet: 2020–2025

Italy: Call for full transparency after Fanpage editor-in-chief surveilled with Graphite spyware

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