Our founder, Augusto Preta, provides a timely analysis of the proposed €10.8 billion takeover bid by Poste Italiane for Telecom Italia (TIM), highlighting its strategic significance for Italian telecommunications and the potential implications for competition and antitrust scrutiny. The deal—aimed at… Read More »New Insight by Augusto Preta on Poste–TIM and Competition Issues
Spain’s government has unveiled a new initiative, HODIO — the so‑called “Hate and Polarization Footprint” — to track and rank the presence of hate speech on social media. Experts in digital law and freedom of expression have raised serious concerns… Read More »Joan Barata on Spain’s Proposed “Hate Footprint” System
Rome — The latest report from ITMedia Consulting, published today, underscores a major structural shift in the European television industry, driven by digital growth, streaming and sports‐led advertising. According to the report, the Western European TV market reached €78.8 billion… Read More »Digital transformation is redefining the television industry, highlights ITMedia Consulting CEO and MEDEA founding member Augusto Preta
As a founding member of MEDEA and a leading voice in AI policy, Andrea Stazi continues to shape the future of education through innovation and inclusion. In an interview with HuffPost Italia, Andrea shared how Multiversity—Italy’s largest digital education group,… Read More »Artificial Intelligence at the Service of Education: Andrea Stazi’s Vision at Multiversity
MEDEA is proud to announce its participation in the EBEN Research Conference 2025 with a dedicated panel on “Ethical Governance of Digital Platforms: Challenges and Opportunities”. The conference, co-hosted by the European Business Ethics Network (EBEN) and its Spanish Chapter,… Read More »MEDEA hosts panel on Ethical Governance of Digital Platforms at EBEN Research Conference 2025
MEDEA founding members continue to shape academic and policy conversations at the intersection of media, technology, and human rights, contributing research expertise to several high-profile international conferences in 2025. In June 2025, Adriana Mutu contributed for the fourth consecutive year… Read More »MEDEA Experts Contribute to Advancing Scholarly Discourse on Digital Regulation, Freedom of Expression, and Platform Accountability at International Conferences
Rome, June 2025 – The Italian media regulator AGCOM (Autorità per le Garanzie nelle Comunicazioni) recently hosted a high-level meeting at its headquarters in Rome, bringing together leadership and members of the International Institute of Communications (IIC) for a strategic… Read More »AGCOM Hosts High-Level Meeting with IIC Leadership to Strengthen International Collaboration on Media and Communications Regulation
International Conference on Media and Information Literacy for Digital Citizenship and Well-being: Youth as Chaalnge Makers 8th December 2023 03:00 PM, Rome, Italy This conference highlights the necessity to empower young people with MIL knowledge, skills, values and attitudes for… Read More »MEDEA at the Global MIL Week 2023 #GlobalMILWeek
The newly released 2023 Yearbook of the German Society for Journalism and Communication Studies includes a conference paper authored by Adriana Mutu, titled The allocation of state advertising to private media corporations in Europe: legal and regulatory frameworks. This paper… Read More »Conference paper authored by Adriana Mutu, titled The allocation of state advertising to private media corporations in Europe: legal and regulatory frameworks
November 26 – November 29 Adriana Mutu representend MEDEA at the 10th International Research Congress in Communicationand Digital Information (CICID2023) organized by Universidad de Zaragoza between 26-29 of November. The congress theme was ¨Digital skills in the era of AI. ICTs for social transformation¨. In her contribution, Adriana Mutu focused on… Read More »MEDEA at the 10th International Research Congress in Communication and Digital Information (CICID2023)