China continues to take internet censorship, surveillance and propaganda to “unprecedented levels”, Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has said, making it one of the world’s worst countries for journalists.
In its annual press freedom index, published on Tuesday, the global watchdog also highlighted an increase in repression and attacks on journalists worldwide during the COVID-19 pandemic.
The index evaluates the press freedom situation in 180 countries and territories, and RSF said its data showed that journalism is “totally blocked or seriously impeded” in nearly three-quarters of the countries evaluated, making it even harder for people to access proper information at a time of a health emergency.
China is world s biggest jailer of journalists , says RSF
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China uses surveillance devices, national security procedures to impose crackdowns on foreign media: Report ANI | Updated: Apr 15, 2021 14:19 IST
Beijing [China], April 15 (ANI): The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) uses the standard operating procedures of national security investigations and surveillance systems to track and impose crackdowns on foreign journalists and they were subject to intimidation and harassment.
According to a report by Jianli Yang in National Review, the CCP has a long and thorough history of monitoring and tracking foreign journalists reporting in China. Even 2020, the year the coronavirus emerged from and peaked in China, was no exception. The CCP has a long and thorough history of monitoring and tracking foreign journalists reporting in China. Even 2020, the year the coronavirus emerged from and peaked in China, was no exception. The state s surveillance system, used to monitor and track the spread of the coronav