The OSCE organised a conference on the state of online media in Kosovo where panelists identified misleading news and hate speech as being the main challenges, Kosovapress reported.

Xhevahire Izmaku, chair of the assembly commission on media, said there are hundreds of online media in Kosovo whose ownership and funding are unknown. She also said that hate speech and misleading news are some of the challenges facing the online media.

Imer Mushkolaj, board chair of the Print Media Council, said the ownership of online media in Kosovo can be easily distinguished based on the news stories they publish. He said it is very important to discuss the accuracy and the content of the news items on online media.

Agron Bajrami, Koha Ditore’s editor-in-chief, said most of Kosovo’s web portals are not media outlets as they have no editorial or reporting staff at all.