EU officials pressuring tech platforms to increase monitoring and control of social media speech during migration crisis, exemplifying state-directed censorship infrastructure and corporate compliance with government information control agendas.
EU digital chief Henna Virkkunen has called for closer monitoring of social media platforms moving forward, amid the spread of misinformation during the recent migrant influx at Spain's Ceuta.
Targeted exclusion of a major news outlet from official access represents state-level censorship and suppression of independent media… [more]
Demonstrates state-level censorship and suppression of independent media through exclusionary access policies, replacing critical press… [more]
State exclusion of major news outlet from official events represents government suppression of press access and independent journalism… [more]