On 7 April 2022, the Bureau of the Steering Committee on Media and Information Society (CDMSI) held its 22nd meeting.
They took note of the adoption by the Committee of Ministers of several texts developed by the CDMSI in the previous years:
- Recommendation CM/Rec(2022)4 of the Committee of Ministers to member States on promoting a favourable environment for quality journalism in the digital age,
- Recommendation CM/Rec(2022)11 of the Committee of Ministers to member States on principles for media and communication governance
- Recommendation CM/Rec(2022)12 of the Committee of Ministers to member States on electoral communication and media coverage of election campaign
- Recommendation CM/Rec(2022)13 of the Committee of Ministers to member States on the impacts of digital technologies on freedom of expression
and discussed the prospects for the future CDMSI work, including follow-up to the decisions of the Conference of Ministers responsible for Media and Information Society (10-11 June 2021).
The Bureau heard also reports on the work of the expert committees subordinate to the CDMSI - Committee of experts on Integrity of Online Information (MSI-INF), Committee of Experts on Increasing Media Resilience (MSI-RES) and Committee of Experts on Strategic Lawsuits against Public Participation (MSI-SLP) – which held their first meetings in March - early April 2022, and was content with the progress made so far and with the roadmaps agreed by the three expert committees.
The Council of Europe Division on Cooperation on freedom of expression and the Secretariat of the Committee for the Convention 108 provided updates about the respective work of the Council of Europe. Their cooperation and regular information exchange were highly appreciated by the Bureau.