Η Index of Censorship believes that the European Union has failed to protect it Edward Snowden, from NSA, or media reports for the biggest scandal of the year.
"No EU member state has defended Edward Snowden. "The EU has not been able to issue a strong collective statement against mass surveillance of the US Secret Service, nor do they have fair defamation laws across the continent," said Mike Harris, head of the Index of Censorship. Guardian.
Of course it was not only Snowden that Europe failed to protect, but also freedom of expression when the British authorities accused the Guardian newspaper of revealing the secret services.
"The freedom of Media, is under pressure – as shown by the recent seizure of the Guardian's computers and the media crackdown by the Hungarian government – while all states have signed up to strong human rights commitments. "While the EU talks about the importance of 'European values', it fails to practice what it preaches," said Harris.
Let's not talk better about the "directed" media and the situation in Greece...
