The Association of Journalists and Publicists of Slovenia is hereby informing the international public that the Slovenian government is planning to drastically intervene in the freedom of speech and independence of the media by amending the Slovenian Media Legislation.
 
Just before summer 2019, the Ministry of Culture submitted a Draft on Media Legislation, which among other novelties introduces the establishment of so-called media inspectors who would have the powers to prohibit the publication of a content classified by them as hate speech. The judgment on what hate speech is will be solemnly left to personal judgments of the inspectors. Submitting the power to so-called inspectors who are, according to the Draft, journalists and will be chosen by the Ministry of Culture, could very likely provoke a trend that the journalists who are the supporters of a certain political option will be favored.

Spremembe medijske zakonodaje, ki jih pripravlja ministrstvo za kulturo, so za ZNP zelo problematične, saj lahko vodijo v drastično omejevanje svobode izražanja. To še posebej velja za 6. in z njim povezani 7. člen, ki de facto uvaja cenzuro. Po tem predlogu lahko medijski inšpektor, ob asistenci novinarskih združenj, izloča tiste vsebine, ki širijo t. i. sovražni govor. Glede na to, da je pojem sovražnega govora zelo ohlapen, in da bo presoja, kaj je sovražni govor, prepuščena subjektivni presoji inšpektorja, je možno takšne določbe politično instrumentalizirati. V praksi bo to lahko privedlo do preganjanja tistih medijskih vsebin, ki promovirajo ideje, katere so v nasprotju s pogledi oblasti. Prav tako bi lahko visoke zagrožene kazni (od 1000 do 10.000 evrov) avtomatično pripeljale do samocenzure medijev, ki sicer povsem argumentirano opozarjajo na anomalije določenih pojavov, kot so množične migracije in podobno.