Other threats to journalists, Maja Sever, online, 26.11.2024.

CJA •︎ 28/11/2024

Other threats to journalists, Maja Sever, online, 26.11.2024.

Translations: Zagreb 

  • Case info

  • Personal info

  • Regional center
    Zagreb
  • Who was attacked?
    Journalist
  • Gender
    Female
  • Victim(s) name
    Maja Sever

  • Media outlet

  • Name of the media outlet
    EFJ and TUCJ
  • Type of media platform
    Other
  • Source of information about the incident
    Journalist and EFJ

  • Incident Data

  • Date of incident
    26.11.2024
  • Perpetrator(s)
    Not known
  • Attacked by
    (ordinary) citizens
  • Means of incidents and attacks
    Posts or comments on social networks
  • Type of incident
    Other threats to journalists
  • Type of threat
    Aggressive, harassing or discriminatory statements

  • Action by the authorities

  • Type of violation
    Security threat

  • Action taken by the journalists' association

  • Was journalist's association informed by the journalists directly?
    No

Maja Sever, a journalist and the President of the European Federation of Journalists (EFJ) as well as the leader of the Trade Union of Croatian Journalists (TUCJ), received numerous threats and insults on the social media platform X. The threats and insults followed Sever’s tweet announcing the EFJ’s decision to stop posting content on the X platform as of 20 January 2025: “The @efjeurope account will be frozen as of 20 January 2025. We can no longer participate in feeding the social network of a man who proclaims the death of the media and therefore of journalists.”