Meta’s ban on RT could also be just the start, former ambassador Leonidas Chrysanthopoulos believes
The ban imposed on RT by US tech large Meta is additional proof that Washington and its allies will cease at nothing to silence impartial media voices, Leonidas Chrysanthopoulos, a former Greek ambassador to Armenia and Poland, stated on Tuesday.
The measures taken by Western governments and tech corporations already resemble these made by the “excessive proper” previously, the diplomat warned in an interview with RT.
“We shouldn’t be stunned in Western Europe if we really attain the stage of closing down impartial media… as was occurring in the course of the Greek dictatorship or within the Nazi Germany,” added Chrysanthopoulos, who has additionally represented his nation on the UN Basic Meeting.
In response to the previous diplomat, what has occurred to RT might be just the start, as some Greek media, together with the “148-year-old newspaper Estia,” additionally face strain from the authorities.
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Chrysanthopoulos additional claimed that Meta is utilizing a “technique” of lies to justify its focusing on of RT. The US tech large determined to outright ban the broadcaster this week, with out the necessity to show its place in courtroom or current any proof supporting its accusations towards the outlet, the previous ambassador stated.
“Since they’ve taken the choice to not go to courtroom, they will begin saying any type of lies to place down RT,” Chrysanthopoulos said. “What they’re saying is completely false.”
Such actions solely present that “freedom of speech globally that’s being threatened, notably by the US,” he argued.
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