The principles of free speech and independent media are enduring substantial attacks both within the United States and abroad.
Since President Obama, without the consent of Congress, surrendered control of the internet to an international body with a membership comprised of many nations that advocate censorship, and with the growing willingness of American media sources to bend their will to the needs of left wing candidates, the ability of the public to receive unfettered news and information has been dwindling. Wikileaks’ (which has been attacked by the Obama Administration) revelation that CNN colluded with the Democrat Party on presidential debate questions illustrates one aspect of this challenge, and China’s tightening controls on free speech, another.
The Daily Mail reports that Beijing has strengthened its “Great Firewall” of restrictions on internet speech by tightening rules and imposing further limits on online speech. Using vague concepts such as “damaging national honor” and “disturbing economic or social order,” as well as the blunter charge of seeking to overthrow the socialist system, China’s powerful censors continue to expand their control of internet content. As a further chill to candid online activities, Beijing prohibits anonymous posting. The Daily Mail noted that “Amnesty’s Poon [Patrick Poon, China researcher at global rights group Amnesty International] said the law ‘goes further than ever before in codifying abusive practices, with a near-total disregard for the rights to freedom of expression and privacy.’ Chinese authorities have long reserved the right to control and censor online content. The country stepped up controls in 2013, launching a wide-ranging internet crackdown. Hundreds of Chinese bloggers and journalists were detained as part of the campaign, which has seen influential critics of Beijing paraded on state television. Under regulations announced at the time, Chinese internet users face three years in prison for writing defamatory messages that are re-posted 500 times or more. They can also be jailed if offending posts are viewed more than 5,000 times. Comments posted on social media have been used in the prosecution of various activists, such as human rights lawyer Pu Zhiqiang.”
China’s official internet controls are mirrored, to a limited extent, by actions by private internet sources within the United States to restrict content. Project Veritas reports that its founder James O’Keefe was temporarily blocked from his Twitter account after posting two items. The first was a video showing that Manhattan Democratic Election Commissioner Alan Schulkin admitted that voter fraud does indeed exist. The second was a video revealing that a Clinton staffer claiming he could rip up Republican voter registration forms and not be reprimanded.
What is done through government action in China is accomplished through left-wing activism within the United States.
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The College Fix reports that Rutgers University student Aviv Khavich was fired for a column in which he argued that being in favor of immigration enforcement was not “anti-immigrant.” Apparently, the “trigger” for the dismissal was Khavich’s use of the phrase “illegal aliens.” The move was not unique to the University. There has been an attempt, spearheaded by sources such the AP style manual, to control the dialogue by eliminating certain terms that clearly describe issues, turning instead to language that favors left wing positions.
Direct collusion between media and political campaigns also hampers the public’s ability to receive objective information. Polizette reports that further Wikileaks releases reveal that “CNN commentator Donna Brazile alerted Hillary Clinton’s campaign team about a possible audience question the candidates would field at the Democratic primary debate in Flint, Michigan. Hillary Clinton apparently did not just get to see forum questions from CNN in advance thanks to Brazile — her campaign was also notified on questions to be asked by regular citizens.” Wikileaks also disclosed that some reporters, including a New York Times staffer, requested quote approval from the Clinton campaign before submitting articles.
The collusion is further evidenced by a Daily Caller report by Peter Hasson that revealed that a Washington Post columnist “appears to have asked the Democratic National Committee (DNC) to do the majority of the research for a negative column” written about Donald Trump in April 2016.
Abuses, both within the U.S. and abroad, are not new. But there is a clear paradigm shift in the growing acceptance of acts against free speech and honest reporting by the media, and acts by the White House that seek to get around First Amendment protections by surrendering control of the vital internet sphere to international bodies that have no commitment to the concept of an open press.