The non-governmental organization Juventas submitted to the Council of the Agency for Electronic Media an initiative to draft a rulebook on program standards in electronic media which, as they stated, would define the suppression of hate speech on the Internet. draw up and adopt a rulebook on program standards in electronic publications, which will, first of all, sanction hate speech on the Internet." Over the past years, Juventas has collected numerous examples of hate speech against LGBT people, as well as other minorities on the Internet, including within those Internet portals that have clearly defined standards and guidelines for combating this phenomenon, but they are often not fully followed," said the Juventas project coordinator, Danijel Kalezić. Based on the results of the Monitoring of media statements regarding LGBT persons, which Juventas carried out in the period from October 2009 to the end of last year, it was concluded that the media in Montenegro during the observed period played a very important and positive role in the direction of reducing homophobia and transphobia. in Montenegro. "This is especially due to certain media, editors and journalists who were among the first to take part in the numerous front of civil society organizations that stood up for equal rights of all people in our country, regardless of sexual orientation and gender identity," Kalezić said. He said that during the observed period, several negative examples were recorded, of which, in most cases, the public was informed. "However, impunity and lack of monitoring of hate speech on internet portals diminishes the positive assessment that can be given to the media," said Kalezić. He reminded that the Law on Electronic Media treats electronic media and electronic publications, which include internet portals and other publications on the internet. . As he stated, the by-law Rulebook on program standards in electronic media regulates the standards for television and radio stations. in particular, hate speech against LGBT people on the Internet should be sanctioned," said Kalezić. As he stated, a more active role of relevant control institutions and increased monitoring of hate speech on Montenegrin internet portals with the imposition of measures to sanction such behavior is needed. "It is necessary to approach promoting relevant legal provisions and internal acts of the media and control institutions in order to reduce the prevalence of hate speech or incitement to discrimination in the media, with a special emphasis on electronic publications, i.e. the Internet," Kalezić said.
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