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Re: Israel shuts down local Al Jazeera offices

#21

Any regime that seeks to suppress the media can't be up to any good, IMO.

On the other extreme, Are media that spread misinformation without any due process are just protected indefinitely?

Like in this very recent case: https://honestreporting.com/damage-done-how-al-jazeeras-fake...

Edit: haaretz link: https://www.haaretz.com/middle-east-news/palestinians/2024-0...

Re: Israel shuts down local Al Jazeera offices

#22
post #18

How much precedent is there for this? Are there parallels for other countries? Does the US prohibit any news agencies from operating in our borders? Does Europe? Does Russia? Does China? I presume North Korea does, but I don't actually know. These aren't designed to be leading questions. I don't know the answers, and rather than searching, I figured someone else here might know offhand.

Tic toc was recently banned in US.

Re: Israel shuts down local Al Jazeera offices

#24

Is there anyone else who doesn't support either side of this conflict? They've been fighting each other for over 100 years. They both want the same piece of land. It's on them to figure it out. People around the world don't need to 'pick a side'. We can protest for both sides to sort their shit out, and not drag the rest of us into it.

I'd say quite a lot of people are not particularly invested in any "side" but are repulsed by obvious war crimes.

What makes this situation uniquely toxic is how America and most of its allies vehemently insist on total impunity for the crimes of one side.

Re: Israel shuts down local Al Jazeera offices

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post #18

How much precedent is there for this? Are there parallels for other countries? Does the US prohibit any news agencies from operating in our borders? Does Europe? Does Russia? Does China? I presume North Korea does, but I don't actually know. These aren't designed to be leading questions. I don't know the answers, and rather than searching, I figured someone else here might know offhand.

Tic toc was recently banned in US.

Tik Tok isn't a news agency

Re: Israel shuts down local Al Jazeera offices

#28
post #21

Any regime that seeks to suppress the media can't be up to any good, IMO.

On the other extreme, Are media that spread misinformation without any due process are just protected indefinitely? Like in this very recent case: https://honestreporting.com/damage-done-how-al-jazeeras-fake... Edit: haaretz link: https://www.haaretz.com/middle-east-news/palestinians/2024-0...

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Re: Israel shuts down local Al Jazeera offices

#29
post #18

How much precedent is there for this? Are there parallels for other countries? Does the US prohibit any news agencies from operating in our borders? Does Europe? Does Russia? Does China? I presume North Korea does, but I don't actually know. These aren't designed to be leading questions. I don't know the answers, and rather than searching, I figured someone else here might know offhand.

Not exactly the same, but rt.com is banned in the EU. However, I don't know how effective it is, since I can still visit it.

Re: Israel shuts down local Al Jazeera offices

#30
post #21

Any regime that seeks to suppress the media can't be up to any good, IMO.

On the other extreme, Are media that spread misinformation without any due process are just protected indefinitely? Like in this very recent case: https://honestreporting.com/damage-done-how-al-jazeeras-fake... Edit: haaretz link: https://www.haaretz.com/middle-east-news/palestinians/2024-0...

Honest Reporting is an Israeli media advocacy group.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HonestReporting

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