Petr Bystron, medlem af Europa-Parlamentet for ESN-gruppen, udtalte:<\/p>\n
\u201cVi taler om milliarder, som Bruxelles tilsyneladende har til hensigt at h\u00e6lde \u2013 uden nogen reel demokratisk kontrol \u2013 ind i en ny infrastruktur for censur og propaganda. Under d\u00e6kke af at \u2018beskytte demokratiet\u2019 skabes der en omfattende tilskudsmaskine til regeringsvenlige platforme og medier, mens kritiske r\u00f8ster fortsat udelukkes.\u00ab.<\/p>\n
At de europ\u00e6iske skatteydere nu forventes at udfylde det hul, som USAID\u2019s nedsk\u00e6ringer har efterladt, er en forn\u00e6rmelse mod enhver, der tror p\u00e5 \u00e6gte mediemangfoldighed. Bruxelles tillader sig at afg\u00f8re, hvilke oplysninger der er \u2018gode\u2019 eller \u2018d\u00e5rlige\u2019, og hvilke medier der er \u2018frie\u2019, og hvilke der er \u2018propaganda\u2019. Dermed vender EU definitivt ryggen til det frie marked for id\u00e9er.<\/p>\n
Vi vil resolut mods\u00e6tte os disse planer. Hvis Den Europ\u00e6iske Union tog presse- og ytringsfriheden alvorligt, ville den tolerere ubekvemme eller udenlandske tv-stationer i stedet for at pumpe milliarder ind i en ideologisk politistyrke. Desinformation og propaganda skydes altid p\u00e5 andre \u2013 men med dette program institutionaliserer Bruxelles selv en ensidig kontrol med meningsdannelsen.\u201d<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
ESN Group MEP Petr Bystron commented: \u201cWe\u2019re talking about billions that Brussels apparently intends to pour\u2014without any real democratic oversight\u2014into a new censorship and propaganda infrastructure. Under the guise of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":2716,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"esn_date_approx":true,"footnotes":"","_wp_rev_ctl_limit":""},"categories":[39],"tags":[42],"class_list":["post-2715","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-economy-currency","tag-press-release"],"acf":{"activity_type":"","activity_location":"","related_mep":null,"news_location":"","news_byline":"ESN Group Press Office","news_readtime":"1 min read","news_intro":"During a meeting of the EU\u2019s special committee \u201cEuropean Democracy Shield,\u201d extensive investments in media and fact-checking projects were proposed, ostensibly to protect freedom of the press and expression within the European Union. Funding on the order of billions is to be made available for these media outlets\u2014also as a reaction to recent cutbacks at the U.S. development agency USAID.","news_photo":2716,"news_photo_caption":""},"yoast_head":"\n