1.
Ensuring media pluralism and media
freedom through data protection:
the new digital challenges
Mario Viola de Azevedo Cunha, PhD, CIPP-E
CMPF/EUI
7 December 2018

2.
“Algorithmic-Driven
Society”

3.
Which are there limits?

4.
GDPR & Journalism
Member States shall by law reconcile the
right to the protection of personal data
pursuant to this Regulation with the right to
freedom of expression and information,
including processing for journalistic
purposes and the purposes of academic,
artistic or literary expression.

5.
Draft e-PRIVACY REGULATION
“This Regulation should also apply to natural and legal persons who
(…) collect information processed by or emitted by or stored in end-
users’ terminal equipment (…) regardless of whether the processing
of electronic communications or personal data of end-users who are
in the Union takes place in the Union or not, or of whether the
service provider or person processing such data is established or
located in the Union or not.” (Recital 8)

6.
How do we assess the risks that the massive
processing of personal data and their impact on
media pluralism and media freedom in the
digital environment?

7.
Thank you!
Email: mario.cunha@eui.eu