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**Council of Europe Warns of Risks to Media **

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Journalists covering the war Ukraine face serious risks, according to a new report by the Council of Europe’ (CoE) media protection platform. The report also warns of digital surveillance and threats in some European countries, including .

The CoE Safety of Journalists Platform report identified several serious threats to journalists, including:

* Digital surveillance and its risks to source confidentiality
* Transnational of journalists, particularly from and
* Media capture by governments in some countries

The report says that the risks faced by journalists covering the war in Ukraine remain the most pressing concern for their safety in Europe.

Serbia was listed among the countries with the highest number of alerts, along with Ukraine and Russia. The platform registered around 2,000 alerts since its launch in 2015 until December .

The report highlights several problems facing journalists in Serbia, including online harassment, particularly targeting women journalists. It also mentions a deep fake disinformation campaign launched against Stevan Dojčinović and online hate messages directed at N1 TV reporter Vanja Djuric and Nova S TV reporter Zeljko Veljkovic.

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