Milei turns the screw on journalists

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Argentina’s Milei turns the screw on journalists

Late last month, at a rally in a public park in Buenos Aires, Argentina’s libertarian president, Javier Milei, made his views on journalists explicit. “Corrupt journalists, bribed journalists,” he shouted. He pointed at the crowd, who were waving flags and cheering, and continued: “They are the...

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The article is another reminder of the recent Decree 780/2024 to restrict journalists through changes to the Public Information Access Law.

Government limits access to public information - Buenos Aires Herald

The Milei administration changed the terminology of the legislation in order to restrict the release of what it called ‘private information’

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Decree 780/2024 published Monday in the Official Gazette modified Article 1 of Law 27,275 in a portion referencing requests made in what it called “good faith.” “The violation of the principle of good faith committed by all intervening actors is contemplated in Article 10 of the country’s civil and commercial code,” was the highlighted segment.

In order to enact these changes, the government also modified the concept and reach of what it called “public information.”