EU lawmakers adopt media freedom law

The new law will ban governments from going after journalists to reveal their sources by deploying spyware on their phones.

EU media law enters home stretch but spyware, disinformation concerns persist

The European Parliament adopted its position on the European Media Freedom Act (EMFA) on Tuesday (3 October), though advocacy groups have renewed criticisms of certain provisions they say are falling short in protection against spyware and disinformation.