Argyro Karanasiou, a member of CIPPM and Lecturer in Law at BU has been invited by the OSCE (Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe) Representative on Freedom of the Media Dunja Mijatovich to join the experts meeting on open journalism. The high level meeting focused on the human rights and legal implications of Open Journalism. Presentations and discussions explored new ways to protect media plurality and the rights of non-traditional voices online. Argyro, who was awarded a PbD (Privacy by Design) Ambassadorship by the Information and Privacy Commissioner of Canada earlier this July, discussed the concept of online free speech and open journalism by design as well as the editorial rights of search engines.

The event took place in Vienna, Austria on Sept 19th and was webcasted live on www.osce.org. The IPI (International Press Institute) has captured all highlights in their storify here.

The meeting  and all information related to the event, including documents and information about the speakers is available at www.osce.org/event/open-journalism.