Analytical note on comparison of Ukraine’s legislation in the field of freedom of speech protection and ensuring the professional activities of journalists, as well as the respective legislation of the member states of the European Union

Abstract. The analytical note on issues of comparative legislation presents the results of the analysis of the main principles of legislative regulation in the field of freedom of speech and professional activities of journalists in Ukraine and in the member states of the European Union: Lithuania, Poland and Austria, which are characterized by different degrees of democracy. Acts of the leading institutions of the EU, as well as legislative acts, documentary materials in English and other languages related to the protection and standards of freedom of speech and ensuring the professional activities of journalists in the aforementioned states have been analyzed.

Key words: freedom of speech, democracy, journalist, professional activities of journalists, information security, mass media.

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12/2022