The Iranian regime is “doubling down” on the manipulation of media in response to recent protests to create armed conflict between different ethnic groups, an expert has warned. Officials are using fake news and misinformation to portray the uprising as a separatist revolt, preying on the already-fragile tensions between Persian and non-Persian communities. The Iranian ...
Nepal’s leading English daily, The Kathmandu Post, recently published an op-ed in which the Chinese government’s secrecy was highlighted as the main reason why the coronavirus outbreak has become so severe. Beijing lashed out at the article, eventually forcing the editor-in-chief Anup Kaphle to step down. Chinese censorship strikes Nepal “The numbers inside China are ...
China owns or controls the majority of Chinese media outlets in the U.S., says a Hoover Institution study. Among the major Chinese-language media outlets, only a handful remain independent media outlets. Most of the other media outlets are either an extension of Beijing’s propaganda machine or very friendly with the mainland Chinese regime. The Hoover ...
Asian countries are swiftly mimicking China’s authoritarian policies, according to a report prepared by rights groups Forum-Asia and Civicus. The People Power Under Attack 2019 report found increasing instances of censorship, and the restriction of political and democratic rights. Asian authoritarianism “In this region, out of 25 countries, four are rated as closed, eight repressed ...
Once, freedom of speech and respect among people with different opinions existed in the Western world: Then, something changed and went terribly wrong. Where did that liberty go? Social media made it simple to express one’s thoughts and easier to widely share opinions, but years down the track, they turned into an ugly trap. When ...
U.S. companies are self-censoring, as well as censoring others, in a bid to gain access to the market in China. Although America is said to be the land of the free, such policies only end up making U.S. companies an instrument of Beijing’s communist propaganda. Censoring for China Bilahari Kausikan is a retired Singaporean diplomat ...
The Chinese government has ordered local media to halt coverage of a kindergarten abuse scandal at a high-end kindergarten in Beijing, according to a leaked order. The November 24 order, which was leaked to and published on China Digital Times, said: “Don’t report or comment on the matter of the Red Yellow Blue New World ...
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