Editorial: Media's democracy to protect the core

American targeted cyber attack must be taken seriously also in Finland.Free media must be protected from every threat. Inter alia, the Los Angeles Times had a cyber attack the target in the united states. The archive image. EPA/AOP

Free information is a democratic right of the state to key infrastructure. We received this timely reminder, when several american against cyber attack, which resulted in Saturday's paper remained appeared without. According to reuters, the attack were forced to, inter alia, the Los Angeles Times, the Chicago Tribune and The Baltimore Sun. The magazine publishes the same to the Tribune publishing company.

the cyber attack against newspaper delivery system. The Tribune reported on Friday, when the virus disrupted the newspaper delivery system. Cyber attack also affected the same weight using the New York Times and the Wall Street Journal.

Los Angeles Times believes the attack came from the outside and that its purpose was to harm the delivery system. The homeland security agency DHS to continue cyber attacks of the investigation.

it remains to be Seen what the american authorities receive kyberhyökkäyksestä cleared. Finland has recently been much talk of preparedness for a cyber attack and a variety of hybrid threats. All of our society the important functions of energy production and electricity distribution always of traffic control depend on the digital technology and electric power.

the essence of Democracy, i.e. elections in many countries attempt to disrupt, the best known case of the United states in the last presidential election, in which the settlements are still pending. President of the united states Donald Trump is throughout their terms of office attacked the american well-known quality media. Trump has selected his own favorites channel and have been ringing blithely other types of media "false news". This is not a normal democratic state leadership activities.

a Free press and media is the democratic rule of the spine. It controls so decision-makers than also told the society of threats. Media silencing, one way or another, jeopardise democracy but national security.

autocratic countries is in accordance with the rule limited the media's freedom of action. Monarchy leads to those in power control the media, which help the despot stay in power. Censored news of the world destroys democracy and prevent society from developing. Therefore, freedom of the media is to defend all threats against.