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The status of bloggers as reporters is unclear (Photo: European Commission)

MEPs kill EU 'blogger registry' that never was

Calls for Europe to initiate a process clarifying the legal status of bloggers - a discourse many across Europe had erroneously believed was in fact EU legislation that would have seen a European 'registry of bloggers' - died on the floor of the European Parliament on Thursday (25 September).

MEPs passed a resolution with 307 votes to 262 calling on the European Commission and member states to safeguard pluralism amongst newspapers, television programmes, radio and on the internet in an...

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The status of bloggers as reporters is unclear (Photo: European Commission)

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