Today I read carefully about the new developments in social coverage for freelance journalists. In reality, this change only applies to journalists working under coordinated and continuous collaboration contracts (Co.Co.Co.), not to those operating with a VAT number or through copyright assignment.

A blog is a space for sharing personal insights and opinions, and as such, it isn’t considered a news outlet. A news website, on the other hand, is designed to inform and must be recognized as a news publication. Simple, right? In reality, it’s not so clear-cut. Many blogs attempt to act as news sources, claiming to inform and present themselves as news sites, yet they sidestep media regulations to avoid legal obligations that apply to official news publications.

We’re now witnessing, almost without reaction, the daily emergence of countless websites and microsites created by amateurs—not true IT professionals, who are becoming rare. Their only goal is to earn a few dollars through contextual advertising. They quickly learn how to set up a CMS (a system that makes publishing content online fast and easy) and become experts at copy-pasting content from everywhere, a skill taught in the very first lessons of basic computer courses.