ESN-fraktsiooni Euroopa Parlamendi liige Petr Bystron kommenteeris:<\/p>\n
\u201cMe r\u00e4\u00e4gime miljarditest, mida Br\u00fcssel ilmselt kavatseb \u2013 ilma igasuguse t\u00f5elise demokraatliku j\u00e4relevalveta \u2013 suunata uude tsensuuri- ja propagandainfrastruktuuri. \u2018Demokraatia kaitsmise\u2019 varjus luuakse tohutu toetusmasin valitsusele s\u00f5bralikele platvormidele ja meediale, samal ajal kui kriitilised h\u00e4\u00e4led j\u00e4\u00e4vad endiselt k\u00f5rvale.\u201c.<\/p>\n
See, et Euroopa maksumaksjatelt oodatakse n\u00fc\u00fcd USAIDi k\u00e4rbete tekitatud l\u00fcnga t\u00e4itmist, on solvang k\u00f5igile, kes usuvad t\u00f5elisse meedia mitmekesisusse. Br\u00fcssel v\u00f5tab endale \u00f5iguse otsustada, milline teave on \u2018hea\u2019 v\u00f5i \u2018halb\u2019, millised meediav\u00e4ljaanded on \u2018vabad\u2019 ja millised \u2018propaganda\u2019. Seda tehes loobub EL l\u00f5plikult ideede vabast turust.<\/p>\n
Me seisame nendele plaanidele otsustavalt vastu. Kui Euroopa Liit suhtuks ajakirjandus- ja s\u00f5navabadusse t\u00f5siselt, salliks ta ebamugavaid v\u00f5i v\u00e4lismaiseid ringh\u00e4\u00e4linguorganisatsioone, selle asemel et suunata miljardeid ideoloogilisse politseij\u00f5usse. Desinformatsiooni ja propaganda eest s\u00fc\u00fcdistatakse alati teisi \u2013 kuid selle programmiga institutsionaliseerib Br\u00fcssel ise \u00fchepoolse arvamuskontrolli.\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