Disproportionate legal pressure on Dutch journalism

A new research from Free Press Unlimited shows that increasing legal pressure on media and individual journalists in the Netherlands leads to self-censorship, and psychological and financial pressure on freelance journalists and smaller media outlets. The legal pressure was in some cases severe: penalty payments of tens of thousands of euros and threats to seize a journalist's house.

This impact of legal pressure on Dutch media mostly remains invisible to the public and is underestimated. That is the conclusion of extensive research by international press freedom organisation Free Press Unlimited (FPU).

More information: https://www.freepressunlimited.org/en/current/disproportionate-legal-pressure-dutch-journalism