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Should media organizations and journalists accept funding from Google and Meta?

12:00 - 13:00   saturday 9/04/2022 - Sala Brugnoli, Palazzo Cesaroni

Charlie Beckett

director Polis London School of Economics

Emily Bell

director Tow Center for Digital Journalism

Lars Boering

director European Journalism Centre

Mathew Ingram

chief digital writer Columbia Journalism Review

Over the past few years, Google and Meta have given hundreds of millions of dollars to journalistic organisations, and have said they plan to give away hundreds of millions more. Some believe this kind of funding creates a conflict of interest. Should media organizations and journalists accept funding from Google and Meta, and if they do, what are the risks that come with this financing?

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