EU Media Freedom In Deepening Crisis Amid Rising Authoritarianism Media freedom, the first line of defence against authoritarianism, is crumbling across the EU, according to Liberties’ Media Freedom Report 2025 (Report). Governments influence the media by allocating state funding to government-friendly outlets and using public service media for their communication tools; journalists face widespread threats and violence, with female journalists targeted the most, and are denied requests fo...
