On 1 July 2016, MEP Michal Boni (EPP/PL) gave the opening keynote address at the "(R)evolution of Europe's Press" conference in Wroclaw, Poland. The speech, in it's entirety, can be found here.

In this week's news round-up, Karin Fleming reflects on the ethical implications of reporting on tragedy, as well as the role of social media platforms to censor or moderate user-generated content. Also, she explores the Commission's most recent charges against Google, the motivations behind ad block users and the outcome of the conference on the role of press freedom in Europe.

In this week's round-up, the Future Media Lab. looks at the new tweaks Facebook has done to its news feed algorithms, the state of press freedom across Europe, and the move to combat ad blockers by focusing on the user experience.