Posted on 12/30/2022 9:43:00 AM PST by JonPreston
President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine has signed off on legislation that would significantly expand the government’s regulatory power over the news media, a measure that journalists have warned will erode press freedom.
Mr. Zelensky, whose administration has been criticized for undermining press freedoms, ordered the drafting of a law increasing media regulation in 2019.
The measure was passed by Ukraine’s Parliament earlier this month along with a spate of other bills that lawmakers say were intended to help the country meet the European Union’s legislative conditions for membership. The bills included measures to protect the rights of national minorities. Mr. Zelensky signed the media regulation bill into law on Thursday, the Ukrainian media reported.
The media regulation bill expands the authority of Ukraine’s state broadcasting regulator, the National Council of Television and Radio Broadcasting, to cover the online and print news media. It gives the regulator the power to fine media outlets, revoke their licenses, temporarily block certain online media outlets without a court order, and request that social media platforms and search giants like Google remove content that violates the law, the Ukrainian news media has reported.
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Ron Klain as Wesley Mouch comes to mind.
In the News/Activism forum, on a thread titled Zelensky signs a controversial law to regulate the news media., MeganC wrote: Actually I object to any gay imagery being posted on FR.
Moreover, I object to the hypocrisy of the pro-Putin crowd who celebrate Putin’s laws against homosexual imagery and then they post homosexual imagery on this site.
Besides, if I wanted to see faggotry I’d sign up for DU and not FR.
You object to those posting accurate, even photographic, information about the dictator that is receiving over $100 billion of our tax dollars, despite extensive proof that the Ukraine is the money laundering hub for the DNC and Biden family crimes therein.
When I posted that gif of Zelensky squirming in high heels and sequins, one of his fan club sneered that it isn't porn and called it 'exotic dancing'. Hah! Well then, alrighty! So much better?!
You people keep trying to tell us what words to use and insist that we look at any other country or leader than Zelensky. If we focus on the topic of the thread, you insist we must be pro-Putin, just because we don't let you tell us what to post about.
This thread is about him and you keep singing songs about Russia Russia Russia! We can objectively look at Zelensky's despicable actions and identify them as wrong without comparison to any other country. It's not that Zelensky is wrong 'compared with Russia', it's that Zelensky is crushing freedom and operating a proxy war and serving the Ukraine up as a hub of corruption. We can talk about that. You can post threads about Russia if you like; you don't have to commandeer every thread critical of Zelensky for your own agenda.
>> Whoa he’s literally Abraham Lincoln!
Except better looking!
Hitler was a working class hero, too.
😂😂😂
Very well said, ransomnote.
Oh yay. We’re now financing Hitler, Stalin, and Khrushchev. What great use of my tax dollars. I’m so proud.
wonder boy strikes again!!
The Olive Thug strikes again!
The Greasy Green t-shirt Fascist!
Yes, bravo!
That’s because (as everyone with experience with RuSSia knows), much of the “media” is not media at all. It is RuSSian propaganda and designed to undermine Ukraine’s nationhood.
I only wish we had a leader who would do the same here.
File this under PEDO FILE-A.
Is the PEDISENT of Ukraine?
He also signed laws to legalize homosexuality.
At least he signed a law. Our government just outsources it to the FIB, NSA, CIA, DHS, ATF, and doesn’t tell anyone.
You have one in Demented Joe, or don't you believe the Musk Twitter files?
Love it!
They constantly threaten Fox News.
Zelensky closed down the opposition media soon after the war broke out. What is he closing now???
Yep, that’s when we’ll know its time....
“Moreover, I object to the hypocrisy of the pro-Putin crowd who celebrate Putin’s laws against homosexual imagery and then they post homosexual imagery on this site.”
With all due respect, you need to lighten up a bit. The intent of the posted “imagery” is quite obviously facetious and mocking in nature.
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