In a meeting with 🇬🇷 Minister of State George Gerapetritis in Athens, MEPs asked him about placing @androulakisnick under surveillance, the reasons for this and why the data was deleted, and whether the govt attempted to find out where illicit spyware used in 🇬🇷 came from.
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They also discussed:
• transparency in relationships between public authorities and private companies
• freedom of the press and #SLAPP lawsuits
• role of state advertising as funding for media
• plans to reform 🇬🇷 media freedom laws in the coming months.
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• transparency in relationships between public authorities and private companies
• freedom of the press and #SLAPP lawsuits
• role of state advertising as funding for media
• plans to reform 🇬🇷 media freedom laws in the coming months.
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Earlier at the Hellenic Parliament, MEPs met with opposition MPs @KKEGreece, @pasok and @syriza_gr to discuss the 🇬🇷 surveillance inquiry committee, which the MPs felt had not uncovered all facts or heard from all key witnesses.
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MEPs asked them about state contracts for surveillance and police software under this government and previous ones; the rule of law and media freedom; and legislative reform ideas & ways to move forward.
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