Posted on 06/25/2021 7:59:43 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
Chinese state media on Friday claimed the destruction of pro-democracy newspaper Apple Daily in Hong Kong was no different than American tech companies colluding to shut down the social media platform Parler.
It also compared the Apple Daily shutdown, preceded by hundreds of police officials raiding its offices, to the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) taking action against media outlets that violate broadcast standards.
China’s state Xinhua news service railed against Western politicians for “smearing” China, demonstrating their “hypocrisy and double standards,” and interfering in China’s “internal affairs” by criticizing the crackdown on Apple Daily, raided by Hong Kong police last week and driven out of business.
Beijing’s puppet government in Hong Kong claimed Apple Daily violated the island’s authoritarian “national security law” and “colluded” with foreign powers by quoting Western media sources and supporting human rights sanctions against the Chinese state.
Xinhua claimed everything done to Apple Daily was “in accordance with the law” and no different than what Western governments do:
There has never been such a thing as absolute press freedom. As a matter of fact, those Western countries that are trying to disparage China have strict regulations on the production of news, as well as red lines on freedom of speech or press. Some are even intensifying their restrictions.
In the United States, the Federal Communications Commission is responsible for managing and licensing media outlets and the content those media produce all across the country.
In Germany, speeches like Holocaust denial and other forms of incitement to hatred against segments of the population are punishable by imprisonment of up to five years. In 2017, Germany passed the Network Enforcement Act, which requires Internet platforms to take action against hate, harassment and terror propaganda.
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Sounds like BiXiden has no defense.
What’s good for the goose....
Putin did the thing, and very effectively, because it’s true - birds of a feather, Dems, RINOs and the world’s totalitarian authoritarian regimes, like China, North Korea, Cuba, Venezuela, Russia, etc, etc.
Well......they’re right. It is.
Yeah, but if so that’s a BAD thing. You’re not supposed to use bad behavior of others to justify your own.
Excuse me, but all those big tech companies have long been in China’s pocket, now existing solely to do China’s bidding.
The only reason these things are the same, is that the same entity is
setting the policy.
In this case, China is correct
Much like Big Media.
Curious Why US News Networks Are Supportive of Chinese Government? Just Look at the Corporate Ownership
https://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3838407/posts
Is this Beijing’s explanation for why it shut down Parler? (/sarc)
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