Online media in Montenegro do not fully apply the provisions of the code of journalists that refer to online comments, is the conclusion of research conducted by the Media Institute of Montenegro.
The research covered 36 portals.
The field of online media is not fully regulated by law, but the provisions of the code, which refer to the internal rules of commenting, their availability to readers and the administration of comments, must be respected.
"When it comes to online commenting, half of online portals do not have published commenting rules, while six of them do not allow online commenting. On the other hand, almost a third of online portals have published commenting rules, while only one tenth publish them in a visible place, and a fifth on in a less visible place for the average reader," said Milica Bogdanović.
At the forum, which was held yesterday, it was said that it is not easy to administer numerous comments that appear on portals, and that it is necessary to weigh between the right to freedom of speech and the protection of another person, and that the media must bear responsibility for what is published.
In most of the analyzed media, there is no special editor or moderator who deals exclusively with readers' comments, but the content is administered by journalists and editors.
Chief and responsible editor of RTCG portal Olja Bulatović said that the biggest problem is that they don't have enough people.
"The number we have meets our current needs, but our current needs are not what our goals are," said Bulatović.
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