Icelandic Modern Media Initiative

{{Short description|A 2010 Icelandic parliamentary resolution}}

The Icelandic Modern Media Initiative was a parliamentary resolution which was unanimously adopted by the Icelandic Parliament 16 June 2010. It aimed to make Iceland a journalistic safe haven, protecting both freedom of expression as well as freedom of information.{{Cite web|url = https://en.immi.is/about-immi/|title = About IMMI|last =|first =|date =|website = en.immi.is|publisher =|language = en-US|access-date = 2017-01-24|quote = The institute is founded first and foremost on the back of its namesake parliamentary resolution (Icelandic Modern Media Initiative) which was unanimously adopted in the Icelandic Parliament 16th of June 2010, with the aim of making Iceland a journalistic safe haven, protecting both freedom of expression as well as freedom of information.}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/features/2014/12/can-iceland-become-switzerland-data-20141228113345770287.html|title=Can Iceland become the 'Switzerland of data'?|last=Gaedtke|first=Felix|website=www.aljazeera.com|access-date=2017-01-26}}