Access to information is crucial for journalism.
Yet, Member States and the EU itself handle access to information very diversely (and sometimes rather opaque).

VIKTORIA KRAETZIG (Viktoria Kraetzig) and NEUS VIDAL-MARTI (@neusvidal) with a proposal:

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NEWS
This government is the most secretive ever... FACT
Transparency plummets to new low.

Peter Geoghegan @ democracyforsale.substack has found that just 34% of resolvable FOI requests were granted in full in 2023, the lowest since records began

They've trashed Nolan Principles in every conceivable way

🚨Government transparency plunges to the lowest level ever

🔴Departments and government agencies granted just 34% of “resolvable” Freedom of Information requests in full last year
🔴 Cabinet Office data admits this is “the lowest figure since monitoring began in 2005”
🔴 Public…

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If you are at #SPANC24 and have a nose for investigations, please do join me for my class on how journalists can get the most out of freedom of information requests at 2.30 today!

'From one point of view, the UK has been through an openness revolution...'

ben worthy reflects on several decades of openness and FOI.

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What Do they Know is an invaluable tool to both submit your FOI requests and browse the FOI requests made by others.

openDemocracy FOI Conference.

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Sigh, trainline is back at it with default consent on the iPhone app. Guess they need a reminder of ico.org.uk/for-organisati… ICO - Information Commissioner's Office

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If you've been following the Post Office scandal, see how El Shaikh used WhatDoTheyKnow & #FOI to find the truth and seek justice not just for her own local Sub-Postmaster, but for many others around the country.
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The first nominee is Give Them Time, @givetimescot. This campaign successfully changed the law in Scotland, so that every preschool child, and their families, can benefit from an extra year of funded nursery care before going to primary school, if they need it. #mySocietyAwards

🥁 And the winner of the Driving Institutional Change award is... @crippledcyclist, Richard Bennett, aka the Heavy Metal Handcyclist. 🎉 His award is being collected on his behalf by partner Eryn. #mySocietyAwards #mySocietyis20

Next are The Bureau of Investigative Journalism The Bureau of Investigative Journalism, whose Sold from Under You project involved more than 150 people across the UK, including local journalists, in a collaborative investigation. #mySocietyAwards

And finally in this category, Ari, who are uncovering facts around the disappearance of child migrants when they're turned away by border forces. #mySocietyAwards

Finally in this category we have DATA Uruguay Data Uruguay, who have installed both an Alaveteli #FOI site and a @FixMyStreet instance for Uruguay. #mySocietyAwards

🥁And the winner of the Impactful International Reuse Award is... Доступ до правди 🎉 They sadly can't be with us tonight, so their award is being collected by our Transparency Lead Gareth Rees, and we'll make sure it gets to them safely. #mySocietyAwards #mySocietyis20

Our first nominee in this final category is Doug Paulley @doug_paulley who is a long-time user of #FOI to advocate for disabled people, especially around public transport access. #mySocietyAwards