How to See, And Block, All The Apps Tracking You on Facebook

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SKOPJE, 16.04.2018 – Facebook is currently facing a scandal over the use of its data by British political research company Cambridge Analytica. The company reportedly obtained the personal information of 50 million Facebook users. It didn’t get the data through a hack, but reportedly through a Facebook app which gave a researcher user data – and also the data of their friends.

Most people forget that when they download an app or sign into a website with Facebook, they are giving those companies a look into their Facebook profile. Your profile can often include your email address and phone number as well as your work history and current location.

And most people don’t realise that if you’re sharing that data with friends, then apps used by those friends can see that data as well!

Advertisers, Facebook-app developers, and Facebook ad-tech partners can’t see your name, your phone number, or your employer – Facebook encrypts and anonymizes all the data to protect your privacy. But it does sell that data in bulk to companies who want to target and track both you and people like you.

1. To start off, go to the arrow symbol on the far right of your Facebook page.

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2. We’re going to be taking a deep dive into the settings.

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3. Once you’re in the settings, go to Apps.

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4. This is the shocking bit, the list of company apps that are tracking you on Facebook. Apparently I have allowed 54 apps access to my Facebook account. Be sure to click on the “show all” button to get the full list.

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5. Voila! The list of apps tracking me is so long I have to make this zoomed-out view to see them all.

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6. Hover your mouse over one of the apps. You have options. You can edit the app’s permissions or delete it completely so it can no longer access your Facebook account.

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7. TripAdvisor knows my email, my age and — oddly — my work history! I love TripAdvisor. But this feels like a reach.

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Review each app to edit its permissions or delete its access to you on Facebook entirely. It’s a bit time-consuming – but otherwise you’re just giving these people free data.

8. Now scroll down a bit further in the Settings > Apps section. You have more options — we’ve highlighted the two most important. You can use Facebook to log in and play games anonymously. But we suggest you also click on the “Apps Others Use” section.

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9. Inside “Apps Others Use” you can see all the data you’re letting your friends see, and that data is being seen by the apps your friends use!

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Daphne Project: 18 media continue investigations of murdered Maltese journalist

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VALLETA, 16.04.2018. – Monday marks six months since the brutal assassination of our colleague Daphne Caruana Galizia, Malta’s foremost investigative journalist. For the past five months, in the greatest secrecy, 45 journalists from 15 countries, representing 18 media and organizations, have been investigating Malta and Europe in the footsteps of Daphne Caruana Galizia. Three French media, the investigation cell of Radio France, Le Monde and France 2 have worked in collaboration with The Guardian, Reuters, The Süddeutsche Zeitung, The New York Times including within this international consortium of journalists.

Six months after the murder of Maltese journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia, 18 international media including Radio France, gathered by Forbidden stories, are preparing to release a series of revelations on corruption and money laundering in Malta.

Journalists from 18 international media are pursuing the investigative work of Daphne Caruana Galizia, who was murdered in the explosion of her car in Malta. © Forbidden Stories His death had caused a shock wave across Europe. On 16 October 2017, Daphne Caruana Galizia died in the explosion of her car. This Maltese journalist had been investigating for years corruption cases involving many representatives of the political class of the archipelago.

A few weeks after his assassination, “The Daphne project” (the Daphne project) was launched by Forbidden stories. This organization, created by the French investigative journalist Laurent Richard, has set itself the goal of continuing the investigations of imprisoned or murdered journalists.

For the past five months, in the greatest secrecy, 45 journalists from 15 countries, representing 18 media and organizations, have been investigating Malta and Europe in the footsteps of Daphne Caruana Galizia. Three French media, the investigation cell of Radio France, Le Monde and France 2 have worked in collaboration with The Guardian, Reuters, The Süddeutsche Zeitung, The New York Times including within this international consortium of journalists.
Malta, plagued by corruption.

Daphne Caruana Galizia’s investigations have uncovered numerous scandals among Maltese politicians. His revelations about ministers – still in office – in the Labor government of Joseph Muscat, portrayed a country plagued by corruption where the laxity of the authorities may have favored the installation of money laundering circuits. . Malta, which chaired the European Union in early 2017, is now under investigation by the European Parliament.
Three men are currently indicted and imprisoned for the journalist’s murder. Despite many elements pointing to them, they deny placing and firing the bomb under his car. If their profile of experienced offenders is not in doubt, the personal reasons they could have had to eliminate Daphne Caruana Galizia seem unclear. In Malta, everyone is convinced that they have acted on behalf of sponsors. But who? On October 16, half an hour before her death, the journalist ended her last article with these words: “There are crooks everywhere … The situation is desperate.” (There are scammers everywhere we look, the situation is desperate).

The Daphne Project’s investigations are to be found on franceinter.fr, the antennas of Radio France and in the media partners from Tuesday, April 17 and in Correspondent Thursday, April 19th on France 2.

Gojković admits threatening to journalist

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15/04/2018

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PODGORICA, April 15, 2018. – Zdravko Gojković from Podgorica, decided after all to admit threatening to Jelena Jovanović, “Vijesti” journalist. His lawyer, Srđa Radović, will propose to the prosecution a plea bargain regarding charges of compromising journalist safety. He confirmed this to “Vijesti”.

It is not known yet what Gojković will propose to the prosecution, but according to information obtained by “Vijesti”, the prosecution will not accept the fine. It will request a prison sentence.

According to the Criminal Law he faces a fine or imprisonment of up to one year.

Prosecutor Biljana Medenica had filed an indictment against Gojković and judge Larisa Mijušković-Stamatović scheduled the trial for May.

Gojković has the right to request a settlement with the prosecution until the beginning of the trial.

Investigative judge of Podgorica Basic Court Miladin Pejović had previously released him pending trial.

He then told the judge that he did not intend to threaten to Jovanović, that he would not come near her, and that he wanted to sue “Vijesti” because of the published article and not threaten anyone.

He was arrested at the end of March, after threatening the journalist in Daily “Vijesti” newsroom.

Gojković, after journalist told him that she could not remove the article from the portal, but that he had the right to react or deny the claims in the article, pushed the newspapers off the table and said “I will act differently with you, I know what to do”, saying her to watch out.

Gojković was already known to the police and he was convicted several times before.

The president of the Commission for Investigating Attacks on Journalists, Nikola Marković, pointed out that the Commission will deal with these threats at its first next session.

“I am terrified with the fact that criminals can freely walk into a newsroom and threaten to a journalist for the work he/she performs”, said Marković earlier.

Minister of Justice Zoran Pažin asked the police to urgently make a security assessment for the journalist.

Presuda protiv urednika i vlasnika Informera

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BEOGRAD, 14.04.2018. – Apelacioni sud u Beogradu potvrdio da je dnevni list Informer objavio netačne informacije i tako povredio čast i ugled urednika BIRN-a Slobodana Georgieva.

Zbog objavljivanja neistina na naslovnoj strani Informera i stranama dva i tri tog lista, u tekstu pod naslovom „Hteli da otmu 23.200.000 evra“, u kojem se tvrdi da EU daje milione za rad BIRN-a, koji potom ucenjuje da budžetske pare dobije firma iz EU, Dragan J. Vučićević, odgovorni urednik Informera i izdavač tog tabloida Insajder tim, moraju da plate Georgievu 100.000 dinara.

Osuđeni su dužni da to učine u roku od osam dana od prijema presude, a na ime naknade nematerijalne štete za pretrpljene duševne bolove zbog povrede ugleda, časti i prava ličnosti objavljivanjem netačnih informacija, navodi se u obrazloženju presude.

Vučićević je, takođe, kao odgovorni urednik Informera, dužan da ovu presudu objavi bez komentara i bez odlaganja, i to najkasnije u drugom narednom broju dnevnog lista Informer nakon prijema presude.

Georgiev je pokrenuo postupak pred Višim sudom u Beogradu još u martu 2015. godine.

Podsetimo, istraživanje BIRN-a objavljeno u tekstu pod nazivom „Ispumpavanje kopa i budžeta“, izazvalo je burne reakcije uključujući i izjave najviših državnih zvaničnika u kojima se BIRN optužuje za iznošenje neistina.

Za iznošenje neistina i uvreda koje je Informer objavio 15. januara 2015. godine, a koje su ugrozile bezbednost Georgieva, odgovara urednik ovog tabloida, utvrdio je sud.

Urednik BIRN-a, Slobodan Georgiev, smatra da iako je doneta pravosnažna presuda, slučaj će biti okončan tek kada odgovorni urednik Informera i Insajder Tim ispune svoje obaveze iz presude, odnosno kada isplate novac i presudu objave.

„Do tada, slučaj nije zatvoren“, navodi on.

BIRN se povodom ovoga obratio za komentar i uredniku Informera, Draganu Vučićeviću, ali zbog uvredljivog i neprimerenog sadržaja nećemo preneti njegov odgovor.

O kampanji koja je bila pokrenuta u to vreme protiv BIRN-a i Georgieva možete čitate više na ovoj stranici.

BIRN Editor Wins Case Against Serbian Pro-Govt Tabloid

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BELGRADE,14.04.2018. – A Belgrade court has fined the pro-government tabloid newspaper Informer for publishing untruths about BIRN in Serbia and its editor, Slobodan Georgiev.

Belgrade Appeals Court on Friday confirmed that Informer published false information and damaged the reputation of BIRN Serbia editor Slobodan Georgiev in an article published by the tabloid entitled “They Wanted to Snatch 23.2 Million Euros”.

According to the final verdict, Informer’s editor Dragan Vucicevic and its publishing company, Insajder Tim, have to pay a 100,000-dinar fine (around 830 euros).

Vucicevic was also ordered to publish the verdict in the next issue of the tabloid.

Georgiev launched the case before the Belgrade Higher Court in March 2015.

Pro-government tabloid attacks on BIRN started after the publication of an investigation into the public tender for draining the Tamnava mine, which was flooded in 2014.

The tabloid alleged that BIRN had “attacked the Serbian government for corruption and crime” on behalf of the EU because the government rejected Brussels’ request to award the Tamnava mine contract to a foreign company.

The court found Informer’s editor-in-chief responsible for publishing untruths and insults that endangered the safety of BIRN’s editor.

Georgiev said that despite the verdict, the case remains open until the editor and publisher of Informer pays the fine and published the verdict.

“The case is not closed until then,” Georgiev said.

When BIRN asked Informer’s editor-in-chief Vucicevic for a comment on the verdict, he responded by directing more insults against Georgiev.

Американски експерт: Судовите мора да бидат отворени за новинарите

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13/04/2018

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СКОПЈЕ, 13.04.2018 – Судските рочишта треба да бидат отворени за јавноста и новинарите, бидејќи само на тој начин ќе се зголеми довербата на граѓаните во судството. Ова беше главниот совет кој го искажа американската новинарка Рејчел Коен, на регионалната работилница во Скопје на тема: „Судска транспарентност и евалуација на судиите во светло на реформата на судството“, организирана од страна на Здружението на судиите на Република Македонија во соработка со Амбасадата на САД во Македонија.

Коен го претстави американското искуство во однос на соработката меѓу судовите и медиумите, која се одвива преку Комитетот на судови и медиуми во рамки на Вишиот суд во Бостон. Таа рече дека судските рочишта треба да бидат отворени за јавноста, додека на новинарите треба да им биде овозможено да ги користат сите видови на електронски уреди за време на судењата. „Новинарите и судиите имаат многу да научат едни од други, а отворените судови се прекрасен пат за зголемување на довербата кај јавноста за тоа што се случува во судските сали. Тоа е реалната мисија на Судско-медиумскиот комитет во Масачусетс. Кога велам отворени судови, мислам на отворени за камери и за сите видови електронски уреди, така што нашите новинари имаат можност да испратат „твит„ или да пишуваат директно од судската сала“, рече Коен.

Претседателот на Здружението на судиите на Македонија, Џемаил Саити најави дека по американскиот пример и во Македонија ќе биде формирано тело – каде ќе се дискутира за заеднички прашања на судовите и медиумите. „Ќе се отвори прашање за поконкретна соработка со медиумите, во насока на формирање на судско-медиумско тело, односно совет, каде ќе може да се дебатира за доста заеднични прашања, за нашата помош судовите да се отворат за медиумите, како и за тоа медиумите да бидат поблиску до нашата работа“, додаде Саити.

Независноста на судиите во Македонија, според портпаролката на американската Амбасада во Скопје, е клучна за спроведување реформи во правосудството во земјава. „Здружението на судии прави добра работа во промовирање на независноста на судиите во Македонија, за што, ние како амбасада веруваме дека е клуч за реформите кои ѝ се потребни на Македонија за да се приклучи во НАТО и ЕУ“, порача Лора Браун, портпаролка на Амбасадата на САД во Скопје.

На дискусијата се обрати и претставникот на ЗНМ Дениз Сулејман, кој нагласи дека отвореноста на судовите е од огромна важност особено во овој период кога секојдневно имаме предмети во суд кои се од значаен интерес за јавноста. „Практиката во САД и во другите развиени демократски земји покажува дека новинарите можат да користат електронски уреди за време на рочиштата. За жал, во Македонија минатата година имавме двајца приведени новинари со објаснување дека го снимиле во лице судечкиот судија. Новинарите беа приведени без налог и беа држени повеќе од шест часа во полициска станица, а за да биде иронијата уште поголема, настанот се случи на 2ри ноември кога се одбележува денот на неказнивоста на злосторствата против новинарите“ истакна Сулејман. Тој додаде дека отвореноста на судовите и на другите институции кон новинарите е од голема важност во борбата против појавата на лажните вести.

Fact-checking around the world: Inside Croatia’s Faktograf

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ZAGREB, 12.04.2018. – Veteran journalist Petar Vidov was covering political corruption and organized crime for Index, Croatia’s most visited news portal, when talk of a fledgling fact-checking operation caught his attention. He left his high-profile job to help make the startup a reality.

Today Faktograf is part of the International Fact-Checking Network and a signatory to the fact-checkers’ code of principles that emphasizes commitment to nonpartisanship, fairness and transparency of sources worldwide. Faktograf, launched in October 2015, has made its presence known on the Balkan media scene.

According to Vidov, the website receives between 30,000 and 40,000 unique visitors each month and has a strong Facebook and Twitter presence. Faktograf’s findings are televised as part of a Sunday morning news show on the N1 network, a CNN affiliate for the region, and published by Croatian media outlets.

“Faktograf has been very successful in branding itself as a source of information that can always be trusted. We are very proud of that,” said Vidov. “We are gradually attracting more and more readers who regularly contact us, mostly via Twitter, with suggestions on topics to fact-check or investigate.”

Stjepan Malovic, a noted Croatian media scholar and author, has high praise for Faktograf and its counterparts around the globe. He views “accountability journalism” as the frontline in the war against fake news and disinformation and calls Faktograf “an excellent website” that holds politicians’ feet to the fire.

“People everywhere are tired of fake news and other inventions of corporate media companies and social network gurus,” said Malovic, co-author of a textbook on media ethics. “Projects like Faktograf are trying to stem the tide, but it is a slow, painful process. That’s why they deserve our support.”

From the beginning, Faktograf has been a collaborative effort with other fact-checking initiatives in the region that have provided advice and training.

The initiative is a joint project of the Croatian Journalists’ Association and GONG, a civil society organization focusing on accountability and good governance. Vidov credits Jelena Berković, GONG’s executive director, with jump-starting the operation inspired by similar outlets in neighboring countries.

Colleagues across the border in Bosnia-Herzegovina run a fact-checking operation called Istinomjerthat helped Vidov create a working model for Croatia. Their information technology department assisted with the design and launch of the Faktograf website.

Faktograf is funded by grants from the National Endowment for Democracy and Google’s Digital News Initiative Innovation Fund.

“We feel the impact we have had is significant, but also limited,” said Vidov. “Significant because Faktograf has had a positive influence on the overall media landscape in Croatia and has been very well received by the readers.

“Limited because we are a small newsroom. We can only afford to employ three journalists but the fake news machine works around the clock. It’s often hard to keep up with all the lies and misinformation that find their way into the public discussion.”

He highlights three realities for fact-checkers:

Fake news and propaganda is much easier and cheaper to produce than accurate, honest reporting.
Disinformation spreads much faster and is harder to refute.
Journalists and fact-checkers have mostly been alone at the forefront of this battle.

“The only way to stand up to the ubiquitous digital propaganda is to respond with concrete, indisputable facts,” said Vidov.

As Croatia’s parliament debated ratification of the Council of Europe’s convention on gender-based violence, opponents spread falsehoods about how ratification would undermine family values in the country. Faktograf debunked the disinformation campaign.

There have been instances when politicians corrected themselves after Faktograf fact-checked their statements and proved them incorrect. Recently Faktograf exposed a member of parliament’s false claim about genetically modified food. His political party apologized and changed their position.Vidov is in regular contact with other fact-checkers in his area and looks forward to “even closer collaboration on common projects if and when the opportunity arises.”

Soon after Faktograf’s launch, the Poynter Institute for Media Studies posted a story, “In the Balkans, fact-checking knows no borders.”

The author, Alexios Mantzarlis, head of the International Fact-Checking Network, noted, “Fact-checkers tend to be collaborative types, running joint initiatives and supporting news websites they launch across the globe.” He pointed to Faktograf as a case in point.

In the future, Vidov envisions a larger newsroom with more dedicated, professional journalists working full-time. “Unfortunately, such expansion is not that easy to plan, since we are a non-profit outlet, funded exclusively by grants from international donors,” he said. “Right now, we are making ends meet on a year-to-year basis.”

The attack on a journalist is a threat to the freedom of expression of the entire society

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EAST SARAJEVO, 12.04.2018. – Given the importance of the role of journalists in a democratic society, it is necessary that investigations on criminal offenses against journalists are conducted timely, independently and efficiently, in order to send a message on the importance of protecting the right to freedom of expression, concluded the participants from the workshop “Improving Cooperation and Mutual Understanding between media and law enforcement agencies “, which was held today in East Sarajevo.

“The impunity of perpetrators of crimes committed at the detriment of journalists would constitute a systemic non-existence of the functions of governance and the rule of law, on which the security and rights of all people depend. In addition, it would lead to a loss of public confidence in the independence of law enforcement agencies and court systems and would encourage the commission of such offenses“, emphasized the judge of the Municipal Court in Sarajevo Jasmina Sazdovski. „Impunity for crimes committed to journalists as protectors of freedom of expression would be particularly damaging to a democratic society.”

General Secretary of the BH Journalists Association“, Borka Rudić presented the OSCE guidelines for journalists in dealing with the police.

„Any restriction on the freedom of expression must be lawful and legitimate, or there must be justification of the proceedings at a given moment“, said Rudić and stated that journalists should among other things be ready to legitimize police officers, act in accordance with the code of journalistic ethics and respect the police procedures.

The workshop „Improving Cooperation and Mutual Understanding between media and law enforcement agencies“ was organized by OSCE BiH in the premises of the State Investigation and Protection Agency (SIPA). The workshop gathered 40 policemen of this agency.

We recall that at the 116th session held in September last year, the Council of Ministers of BiH, on the recommendation of the Ombudsman for Human Rights of BiH, tasked the Ministry of Security of Bosnia and Herzegovina and invited the Ministry of the Interior of RS, the Ministry of the Interior of FBiH, the Police of Brcko District nd the cantonal ministries of internal affairs to organize training’s within their programs of professional training of police officers on the importance of prosecution of criminal offenses and violations committed against journalists..

Non-transparent media funding is the basis for manipulating the public

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TUZLA, 10.04.2018. – In Bosnia and Herzegovina, it is necessary to adopt the Law on Media Ownership Transparency in accordance with the recommendations of Council of Europe, and to work on the creating media policies aimed at establishing legitimate public media funding, protecting the freedom of the media, promoting the public interest and professional standards of journalism, what is in the interest of public and democracy, concluded participants of the focus group “Financing the media from public budgets”, which was held yesterday in Tuzla.

Institutions at all levels spend about 30 million KM per year on the media, although the public is not familiar with the tender procedure, nor with the conditions that media outlets must fulfill in order to receive support from the public budget. At the same time, the question arises as to are the media-users of public funds able to consider the public interest and adjust their program content to the needs of all citizens?

The general secretary of the BH Journalists Association, Borka Rudić emphasized that the key question is how to ensure an independent system of decision-making for allocating funds, and who will develop criteria. „One of the problems that we will face is forming of a commission that will decide who is the best candidate for the grant, or who can be in the commission, and then who will choose this commission“, said Rudić and added that media that receive funds in this way hardly retain editorial independence, as this becomes one of the means of political pressure on the media..

Impact on editorial policy can be prevented through regulations in the media outlet statute, by establishing a public and transparent procedure nominating editors and journalists, with clearly defined professional criteria, as well as by introducing a clause of awareness and improving the status and respect for labor rights.

Professor at the Faculty of Philosophy, University of Tuzla dr sc. Enes Osmančević believes that despite a steady decline in revenue, a large number of the media survive on the market because they are maintained by business and political actors at the state and local levels in exchange for obedience. „BiH does not have a publicly available media register where you can see the impressum, property and origin of capital, so you do not know what are the intentions of the media, and in return you get a lot of anomalies in communication, bias, agitation in the media, and eventually blurred image of the audience“, emphasized Osmančević.

Doc. dr Mirza Mehmedović from the Faculty of Philosophy in Tuzla believes that when accessing European Union we will face a new problem because the EU does not know the public media system that exists in BiH. „We have too many so called public media, and they are not publicly responsible, but receive money from public budgets based on private connections with government officials, from the budget that the public fills, and money is given to someone although we do not know how it is being spent“, said Mehmedović.

Apart from unregulated ownership and media financing, BiH did not protect its media market from the impact of media from other countries. Some “foreign” media sell advertising space in their countries of origin, and the press freely enters the domestic market through available channels without paying a commission or tax.

The president of BH Journalists Association Marko Divković pointed out that it is very well known in our country that the state money is financed by private media, non-transparent and unconditional, which opens up possibilities for manipulation by the public. „We live a brutal occupation of the media scene, on one side there are “foreign media” that take part in a market cake, and on the other, constantly non-transparent financing“,said Divković.

The president of the Journalists club Tuzla Bedrana Kaletović explained the method of allocating public funds in smaller environments: „When it comes to a public grant you are usually asked to fill out a paper with few data, regardless of whether you are a media that meets the public interest, you automatically enter the drum where you know that you will receive funds, you are just not sure about the amount of those funds. You do not have to have a plan for spending the grant, nor justify it“, said Kaletović.

In order to solve the problems that currently burden the media market, BiH will have to adopt a Law on Media Ownership Transparency, with whom media will accept responsibility to publicly and transparently publish reports on the funds they use.

The focus group in Tuzla was held within the project “Media and public reputation” implemented by the Consortium of the Press Council in BiH, Mediacentar Sarajevo, NGO JaBiHEU and BH journalists Association, with the financial support of the European Union.

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