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|
Taiwan |
Taiwan
free expression
|
in
poor shape |
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US
Country Reports on Human
Rights Practices
,
2021-3-30
state.gov/reports/2020-country-reports-on-human-rights-practices/taiwan/
Censorship or Content Restrictions: Officials in the People’s Republic of China
(PRC) influenced Taiwan media outlets through pressure on the business interests
of their parent companies in the PRC. Taiwan journalists reported difficulty
publishing content critical of the PRC, alleging that PRC authorities had
pressured Taiwan businesses with operations in China to refrain from advertising
with Taiwan media outlets which published such material. To punish Taiwan media
outlets deemed too critical of PRC policies or actions, the PRC would subject
their journalists to heightened scrutiny at Chinese ports of entry or deny them
entry to China. PRC actors also targeted the computers and mobile phones of
Taiwan journalists for cyberattacks.
Opposition politicians and some media outlets criticized these provisions (a new
law criminalized receiving direction or funding from prohibited Chinese sources
to conduct political activities) as overly broad and potentially detrimental to
freedom of expression, including for the press.
Opposition politicians and some academics and commentators claimed NCC’s
decision not to renew the license was politically motivated retaliation for CTi
News’ criticism of the ruling party.
★
RSF,
<Reporters
Sans Frontieres>,
France,
2021-4-20 :
2021 World Press Freedom Index - Taiwan
No. 43
Political interference is rare and less tolerated, but Taiwan’s
journalists are suffering from a very polarised media environment
dominated by sensationalism and the pursuit of profit. Although
President Tsai Ing-wen has said she wants to continue developing
press freedom in Taiwan, few concrete measures have been taken to
improve journalists’ editorial independence and encourage media to
raise the quality of the public debate. Beijing is exploiting this
weakness by putting pressure on Taiwanese media owners, who often
have business interests on the mainland. Beijing is also suspected
of orchestrating online disinformation campaigns – a threat that
could lead to questionable retaliatory measures by Taiwan such as
refusing visas to Chinese journalists regarded as hostile
。rsf.org/en/2021-world-press-freedom-index-journalism-vaccine-against-disinformation-blocked-more-130-countries
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pic. :
The
website-group was ranked No.1 by "freedom
of expression in Taiwan"
on Microsoft Bing,2021-5-9, 2021-4-22,
3-18-2021, 1-1-2021, 12-2-2020
pic. :
The
website was ranked No.1 by "freedom
of speech in Taiwan"
on Microsoft Bing,2021-5-9,
2021-4-22,
3-18-2021, 1-1-2021, 12-2-2020
pic.
:
The
website-group was ranked No.1 by "freedom
of expression in Taiwan"
on Baidu of China,2021-5-9
pic. :
The
website-group was ranked top by "freedom
of expression in Taiwan"
on Yahoo search engine,2021-5-9, 2021-4-22, 3-18-2021, 1-1-2021, 12-2-2020
pic. :
The
website was ranked No.1 by "freedom
of speech in Taiwan"
on Yahoo,2021-5-9,
2021-4-22,
3-18-2021, 12-2-2020, 11-19-2020
pic. :
The
website was ranked No.1 by "free
expressions in Taiwan"
on US Google, 3-18-2021
pic. :
The
website was ranked No.1 by "Taiwan freedom
of
expression"
on Microsoft Bing, 12-2-2020, 11-20-2020, 9-5-2020
pic. :
The
website was ranked No.1 by "Taiwan freedom
of speech"on Microsoft Bing, m12-2-2020, 11-20-2020, 9-5-2020
pic. :
The
website was ranked No.1 by "free
expression in Taiwan"
on
US Google , 3-11-2020
pic. :
The
website was ranked No.1 by "freedom of
expression in Taiwan"
on
US Google , 3-11-2020
pic. :
The sites group was ranked No.1 by
"Taiwan
freedom of expression" on
Yahoo Taiwan, 11-19-2020, 3-29-2019
pic. :
The
website was ranked No.1 by "free
expression in Taiwan"
on
US Google , 7-23-2019
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★
Global
Times, 2021-3-29
: Taiwan DPP's dark "online army" underbelly in misinformation campaign
/ At the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, the infamous "online army"
masterminded an attack against the World Health Organization (WHO),
the DPP's "online army" which
manipulated and meddled in an online public opinion field of more than
20 million people on the island. GT
found out that the departments affiliated
to the DPP administration and relevant foundations are the
financial supporters and "base camp" for these online "army" forces.
"The DPP can collude
with social media such as PTT, Facebook, print media, electronic media,
and TV programs". globaltimes.cn/page/202103/1219763.shtml
★
South China Morning Post (Hong Kong), 1-3-2021:
Taiwan’s ban on books, TV
shows ‘the work of the thought police’, co-founder of ruling
party says / Former DPP legislator – and one of the party’s founders – Lin Cheng-chieh:
“Banning a children’s book, taking CTi news channel off the air and
[planning to] censor Chinese publications are the work of the
thought police, which was something the KMT did in the past, and I
never expected the Democratic Progressive Party government to do the same thing,
“The DPP used to fight for
100 per cent freedom of speech and the news media when it was still
the opposition.
https://www.scmp.com/news/china/politics/article/3116094/taiwans-ban-books-tv-shows-work-thought-police-co-founder
★
Voice of America, 11-26-2020 :
Taiwan Killed a TV News Broadcasting License
Despite Legal Freedom of Speech
because the openly pro-China outlet had aired inaccurate reports (such as
a report that farmers had discarded pomelo fruit in a reservoir ) and ignored
warnings to reform. CTi News broadcasts pro-China material – unpopular
with much of the island’s population – as well as criticism of Taiwan’s ruling
Democratic Progressive Party. Reporters Without Borders (RSF,
<Reporters
Sans Frontieres>,
France)
said in a statement that it “regrets” the license revocation because it affects
the CTi News staff. It asked the commission to disclose all evidence that
renewing CTi's license would have endangered the public. The media should
take a government watchdog role but not just put out content that suits in-house
agendas, At the same time, the commission’s move doesn’t violate press freedom.
CTi
called the
license revocation “illegal” and cited lack of “due process” as well as “flimsy
reasoning.” The National PolicyFoundation, attributed the decision to
politics. "Although the National Communications Commission will never put
'political censorship' as their main reason to shut down CTi, it's an open
secret to everyone".
(brief)
www.voanews.com/press-freedom/why-taiwan-killed-tv-news-broadcasting-license-despite-legal-freedom-speech
★
|
★
Taiwan Shuts Pro-China TV Channel
in Battle over Press Freedom
|
|
media |
Cti TV side |
NCC side |
|
Reuters 11-18-2020 |
...citing evidence of interference from a
Beijing-friendly tycoon amid fears over China's campaign to win support
on the island.
there was no evidence that CTi
had received Chinese government funding.
and key shareholder Tsai has
previously rejected accusations of newroom
interference.
Taiwan's main opposition party, said it
opposed the decision, as it could have a "chilling effect, strongly
impacting press freedom" |
CTi had been fined for several violations
such as failure to check facts and endangering the public interest |
|
Bloomberg 11-18-2020 |
Taiwan Shuts Pro-China TV Channel
in Battle over Press Freedom
TV station says its closure is politically motivated
the latest example of
the often fraught
relationship between press freedom and concerns over Chinese
influence in Taiwan’s fiercely competitive media landscape.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-11-18/f-16-disappears-off-taiwan-s-eastern-coast-fate-still-unclear |
NCC says Chung T’ien News violated broadcast
regulations The key issue is
its largest shareholder Tsai Eng-meng is directly and indirectly
involved in the production of news programs
|
|
Guardian, 11-18-2020 |
“Today is the darkest day for freedom of
the press and freedom of speech in the 30 years since Taiwan’s
liberation,”
CTi has been accused of acting as a mouthpiece for Beijing and lobbying
against the Democratic Progressive party (DPP) government, led by Tsai
Ing-wen, and in favour of the opposition Kuomintang (KMT)
www.theguardian.com/world/2020/nov/18/pro-china-tv-station-in-taiwan-ordered-off-air-over-disinformation |
Pro-China TV station in Taiwan ordered off
air after Taiwan’s media regulator found it had failed to address
serious and frequent findings of bias and disinformation.
CTi had devoted 70% of its airtime to the KMT mayor of Kaohsiung, Han
Kuo-yu, who unsuccessfully challenged Tsai in the presidential election.
In January, CTi was fined for airing false statements by a KMT
politician without factchecking or interrogating the claims before
broadcast |
|
AFP, Yahoo News Australia,
11-18-2020 |
Many of the large media outlets are openly
partisan, backing Beijing-friendly politicians or their opponents
"It is completely and utterly
hypocritical for governments to invoke press freedom only when it
fits their agenda," tweeted KMT chairman Johnny Chiang.
It called for NCC to make public all
the evidence it examined and apply the same standards to all future
license reviews regardless of their political orientation.https://au.news.yahoo.com/taiwan-pulls-plug-china-friendly-100647362.html
|
He has sparked criticism in the past
for being overtly pro-Beijing and imposing his political preferences
on the media outlets he owns.
The NCC accused Tsai of making direct
and indirect interventions in news coverage by CTi.One example
was a false report that local farmers had to dump massive quantities
of pomelo fruit last year because they were unable to sell their
produce to mainland China as relations soured.
|
|
Times of India, 11-18-2020 |
The channel, which vowed to fight the decision in court, says the government is
seeking to silence those who do not support its policies. |
Taiwan's government has repeatedly said China has stepped up
efforts, including a media campaign, to infiltrate and gain influence on
the democratic island |
|
SCMP, 11-18-2020 |
CTI: The Tsai government has closed CTi;
press freedom is dead! |
CTi is seen as pro-China and the decision
marks the first time the regulator has effectively shut
down a television news station It cited evidence
of editorial interference from major shareholder Tsai
Eng-meng |
|
The Straits Times, 11-18-2020 |
The rejection of CTi cable's request is the first time Taiwan has
shut, even though indirectly, a television news station since the
regulator, the National Communications Commission was set up in
2006.
The decision provoked immediate anger from CTi and Taiwan's main
opposition party, which called it an attack on media freedom.channelnewsasia.com/news/asia/taiwan-cti-cable-shut-down-china-tycoon-tsai-eng-meng-13585436
|
CTi had been fined for several violations such as failure to check facts
and endangering the public interest |
|
Focus on Taiwan, 11-18-2020 |
at the time of the
hearing that the Tsai Ing-wen (蔡英文) government was looking to close the
station, effectively threatening Taiwan's media freedom
CTiTV
called the day "the darkest" for the freedom of press and speech
since martial law was lifted over 30 years ago.
In
denying the license renewal based on two reasons -- the number of
complaints that led to fines imposed on the station and the
interference of a major shareholder -- the NCC "ignored the issue of
political manipulation and disregarded communication theory and
practice," CTiTV said.
"Under
the NCC's current standards, every news stations in Taiwan should be
shut down,"
|
Though CTi News submitted eight measures during the review process to
improve the situation, Chen contended that none of them would have
eliminated the interference of major shareholders in its news. |
|
China Times, editorial 11-19-2020 |
Freedom of the press is dead! ! !
The ruling authorities ignored the Constitution's guarantees for
freedom of speech. The National Communications Commission (NCC)
betrayed the establishment purpose of the Constitutional Freedom of
Speech stipulated in Article 1 of its Organic Law and decided to
shut down the CTI News Channel. This was a naked, a blatant
political ruling. NCC finished the assignment Taiwan president
Tsai gave.
In the 2018 elections, CTI TV stood on the opposite side of the
ruling party. As a result, the DPP suffered a fiasco, the
authorities grew enmity and decided to revenge CTI. The reasons NCC claimed for shutting down the CTI are
completely ignorant of media practice and even violate the basic
principles of communication. If the same standards are used,
should all news stations in Taiwan be shut down? The gov, wants to
kill one to scare many, and forces all media to follow the authorities,
otherwise the same would be the case. |
United Daily, China Times, Apple Daily, Liberty Times are four major
news in Taiwan. |
|
UDN, editorial, 11-19-2020 |
NCC
passed the elimination of CTi News with "no objection" . Another
symbolic meaning is: this is a "beheading" of Taiwan's freedom of
speech, because the DPP government no longer allows "objection."
From today on, NCC is no longer an independent institution ! |
|
Apple Daily, editorial, 11-19-2020 |
We
express our regret for NCC's Shutting Cti TV Channel
The
National Communications Commission (NCC) rejected the Zhongtian News
Channel’s renewal case results in a harm to the image of Taiwan’s
press freedom, We express our regret for this.
|
|
LTN (pro-DPP) 11-19-2020 |
no comment |
★
Digital News Report (2020) by
Oxford
university (UK) Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism: Only 24%
Taiwanese trust in news which remains one of the lowest in Oxford survey.
★
RSF,
<Reporters
Sans Frontieres>,
France, (Christophe
Deloire,
Secretary General
) ,
LTN, 5-16-2020, Reporters Without
Borders (RSF, Cedric Alviani ),
Taipei Times, 12-17-2019
It is no secret that the Taiwanese media sector is plagued by
sensationalism, undeclared advertising and an unhealthy “blue-green”
political polarization that hinders journalism in its role as a
balancing power, stirring public distrust. It is not that Taiwan
lacks competent journalists, but most of them have to work under
undue pressure and cannot count on legal protection against requests
from their management that would go against journalistic ethics...
Taiwanese government always took "press freedom" as an excuse to
ignore them.
Five measures to reinforce
Taiwan’s media:
1) establish
regulations that effectively protect the independence of editorial
departments from their employers and boards of directors
2) create in law a “duty of care” that would oblige online platforms
to protect both users’ freedom of speech, and safety in regards to
hate speech and manipulation
3) upscale the amount of financial resources allocated to public
media outlets
4) support the emergence of new media outlets that aim to uphold
journalistic ethics, through economic and fiscal incentives
following a similar model to start-up development
5) emphasize critical thinking and media literacy in academic
curricula and public education actions
(brief)
http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/editorials/archives/2019/12/17/2003727670
★
★
New York Times,
12-3-2019:
Social media platforms are another key battleground
(Chn-TW): Nearly 90
percent of Taiwan’s population is
active
on them, and traditional news outlets have been
known to
republish fake posts without fact-checking.
According to Reuters, Chinese government
agencies have paid Taiwanese news outlets to publish
pro-Beijing content.
★
United Daily (聯合報) editorial,
12-5-2020,
udn.com/news/story/7338/5067782?from=udn-catehotnews_ch2
Taiwan government just banned a Chinese graphic book
for kids "await dad back home" (「等爸爸回家」) for some contents like
slogan "Go Go China ! " (中國加油), "Go Go WuHan !" (武漢加油)、and a PLA
plane illustration , which "discomfort" some officials, therefore
they must mask children's eyes, and return to "official
banned books" days around 50 years ago charged by
autocratic government.
★
United
Daily,
editorial,
12-4-2020,
https://udn.com/news/story/7338/5064783?from=udn-catehotnews_ch2
Taiwanese government intends to ease restriction on
imported pigs
consuming ractopamine
( a feed additive that’s been banned in more than
150 countries),
and suppress opinions by all kinds of means,
including fooling ordinary people, attacking the
opposition, and forcing innocent businessmen to
endorse gov. policy.
★
★
New York Times, 1-10-2020:
Scholars say that Taiwan has been the target of a Russian-style
social media disinformation campaign by China, designed to exploit
social divisions and undermine democracy. A study by the V-Dem
Institute at the University of Gothenburg in Sweden found that
Taiwan was the territory most exposed to foreign disinformation,
based on weighted ratings by experts.
<United daily 聯合報> 1-8-2020
editorial:
The ruling party gradually
normalizes (make it a routine work)
『cyber assassination (網路暗殺)』,
even Taiwanese army, police, national security systems (國安軍警體系) have
to participate in "cyber warrior" to infiltrate in internet
communities to monitor public opinions (brief).
<United Daily 聯合報> 1-6-2020
:
Cyber force
('楊蕙如們')
still
are doing media-framing by fake
messages, getting along with the authorities to do all kinds of
cyber-bully, verbal-bully ... trying to make a white by lots of
blacks, damage judicial systems, democracy, and degrade nice social
morality ... (brief / 聯合筆記陳言喬)
<United Daily> headline
news, 1-8-2020 :
KMT presidential candidate
Han: The chief of cyber troops is Taiwan president.
★
★
China Times,
editorial <中時社論>
, 3-9-2020
The gov. suppressed freedom of
speech by 4 layers：
一、 Political power
forms threats (penalty fine and suspending the license) to certain media。
二、 Secretly bullying
by cyber force (網軍暗器霸凌)，the
victims found no evidences to fight back。
三、 Buying internet
celebrities, polls, and personality to lead the public opinions (風向)。
四、 Operating fake
news to mix wrong and rightness, the government defines the fake news。
(brief)
★
★
USA Country Reports on Human Rights practices,
3-11-2020
Concerns about censorship were limited to efforts by the authorities in the
People’s Republic of China (PRC) to censor Taiwan media outlets based on the
business interests of their parent companies in the PRC.
In May senior PRC officials used the fourth Beijing-Taiwan Media Forum to
call on Taiwan media outlets to shape their coverage to promote PRC
political priorities.
PRC authorities reinforced corporate pressure on media by using access
denial to punish Taiwan media outlets whose coverage they deemed to be
insufficiently consistent with PRC policies.
Journalists said they faced pressure from management to submit news stories
to complement or support the content of paid advertisements. Critics said
product placement under the guise of news reporting undercut objective
journalism, restricted journalists’ freedom, and undermined public trust in
the media.
★
★
Next TV news (壹電視)
3-10-2020, <年代向錢看>:
President of Taiwan Nurse Organization (護理師工會理事長): The freedom of
speech was limited/restricted (言論自由被限制 !!)
Some
nurses complained on the net that only one piece of face mask per
day,
then the cyber-force ( usually regarded as
government-related ) came and attacked them "quit your job if not
happy about that" ("不爽不要做!")，
besides, some MDs did not
hand in free face masks distributed by organization to nurses, those
N95 masks the medical center gave were too large or too small, not
safe
! etc.
★
★
中時社論
6-5-2020 (
https://www.chinatimes.com/opinion/20200604004931-262101?chdtv
)
Taiwan has more TV news channels than
most other countries, but Taiwan's media environment worsens， particularly,
in recent years media were often managed and controlled by political power.
NCC, a weirdo institution rarely seen in democratic countries is the main
trouble-maker.
Basically, NCC has two measures to
deal with those govt.-unfriendly and hostile-forces news stations， one is
giving penalty fine, another is giving them a hard time to review and
approve review Permit Application, or even cancel their license, CTI (中天)
and TVBS are two victims because NCC taking double standards
―
they ignored 年代TV station's misleading headline : Taipei mayor's wife had
affair by word-play (「柯妻紅杏出牆之戰？因酸阿中」、「啥，佩琪嗆離婚？紅杏？」)
.
Furthermore, NCC illegally put aside or put off TV's internal affairs such
as the news position of TVBS Chairman of the Board、CTI director and warden (
越權，連媒體內部事務，也插手
)， most public opinions still have no
idea about NCC speeding up to Infringe the hope of Taiwan's
democracy。(brief)
★
★
United Daily (聯合報), 2-5-2020:
The cyber force ( to protect the government ) went everywhere to
investigate and attack all complaints concerning
no place to buy face masks
(brief)
★
★
<United Daily
>
opinion "外交部長不可網民化",
4-11-2020 : Taiwan
let cyber-force (netizens) attack WHO chief unchecked or without interfere,
eventually probably fail to enter WHO. (放任網民向譚德塞發動攻擊，最後結果可能事與願違。)...
Taiwanese netizens used hate-speech to attack WHO chief, e.g., Nigger、死黑鬼；or
"China pig"(「中國豬」), "Beijing Dog" (「北京狗」) on Wiki ...。https://udn.com/news/story/7338/4483673?from=udn-catehotnews_ch2
★
★
The China Times, 4-9-2020 editorial
中時社論》台灣的網路霸凌揚威國際 ( Cyber Bullying from
Taiwan came out top in international )
https://www.chinatimes.com/opinion/20200409005466-262101?chdtv
The phenomenon of cyber bullying in
Taiwan is very serious, a huge number of cyber worriers (netizens) run wild
against law and reason, ...They have two powerful weapons - (1) violent language (2) fake news.
a netizen related to the ruling party (DPP) used these two
weapons to successfully force an excellent Taiwanese diplomat in Japan to kill
himself not long ago.
After Presidential election, the cyber force even attacked international people,
therefore became vanguard for Taiwanese government, the latest case is personal
attacks WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus,
... Taiwan's officials, cyber force, and
pan-Green media worked together to do personal attacks and cyber bullying,
showing their true color and ugly face to the entire world. (台灣官方、網軍、親綠媒體聯手攻擊，完全超越理性討論問題的範疇，淪為人身攻擊與網絡霸凌，真的是「讓世界看到台灣」)
Taiwan cyber-bullying
★
RSF,
<Reporters
Sans Frontieres>
(France ) ,
12-16-2019, <無
疆界記者致總統候選人的公開信>:
| |
pic.: part of the article
"an open letter to Taiwan's presidential election
candidates" |
Apple Daily (蘋果日報) 12-16-2019,
brief
Taiwan media have been polluted by sensual and
embedded advertising ( fake news on the surface, ads. to the bone) for
long run, furthermore, political power pan-blue and pan-green polarize
the media field and impede the check-and-balance system, some media
workers can not expect legal protection while
facing their boss's orders violating press ethics
For full text pls. read Apple Daily
|
| |
by Cedrie Alviani , RSF president of Taiwan branch
(台灣分會理事長)
|
★
★
★
Washington Post ,
opinions, 3-28-2019
"The United States must help
Taiwan resist Chinese dominance"
◆ Pro-Beijing
interests have bought up a huge portion of Taiwanese media and
coordinate with Beijing to spread propaganda and fake news and
manipulate social media. ...
◆
here in Taiwan, it’s China that
dominates every discussion. Beijing’s malign influence is apparent
everywhere, while the United States is seen as largely absent.
Washington must wake up to the danger of China’s massive effort to
infiltrate, undermine and eventually abolish Taiwan’s democracy ...
The Chinese government uses economic coercion to both recruit and
punish Taiwanese leaders. Meanwhile, China is working overtime to
strip Taiwan of its diplomatic allies and keep it out of
multilateral institutions. Beijing is literally trying to erase the
country from the map.
★
Taiwan
News, Jun. 9, 2020
| |
|
| |
pic.: Taiwanese freedom of speech ?
It's committed crime !! splashing paints on Hong Kong singer, some
other cases are splashing paint on Hong Kongers or Hong Kong escapers,
splashing dirt to some Taiwanese house ( police failed to get criminals )
and restaurants, etc. Very low down ! |
|
|
pic. :
The
website was ranked No.1 by "freedom of
expression in Taiwan"
on Yandex of Russia , 1-25-2020
pic. :
No.1 "Taiwan freedom of
expression" on MetaGER , 10-25-2019
pic. :
No.1 "Taiwan freedom of
expression" on Yandex of Russia ,
10-25-2019
pic. :
No.1 "Taiwan freedom of
expression" on Yippy (IBM) ,
10-25-2019
 |
|
|
pic. :
No.1 "Taiwan free expression"
on Yippy (IBM) , 10-25-2019
|
★
★
New York Times, 11-28-2018,
Will Taiwan Be the First Domino to Fall to China?
The research institute of NHK
( Japan’s national broadcaster): influential media
conglomerates in Taiwan have become pro-Beijing; their major shareholders
have been given greater business opportunities in China’s vast market.
Major Taiwanese newspapers and TV stations regularly feature content that
hardly differs from that in China or routinely heap praise on Chinese
leaders...
★
★
US Country Reports on Human
Rights Practices released at 3-13-2019
:
the impact of the concentration of media ownership on freedom of the press,
particularly among companies with People’s Republic of China (PRC) investment,
self-censorship continued. Journalists said they faced pressure from
management to submit news stories to complement or support the content of paid
advertisements. Critics said product placement under the guise of news reporting
undercut objective journalism, restricted journalists’ freedom, and undermined
public trust in the media. Taipei officials pressured a magazine reporter
to drop an investigative report about the city’s breach of personal information
for more than 3,000 AIDS patients.
★
★<Reporters
Sans Frontieres>
(RSF, France) , 4-18-2019:
Taiwan’s journalists are suffering
from a very polarized media environment dominated by sensationalism and the
pursuit of profit. Although President Tsai Ing-wen has said she wants to
continue developing press freedom in Taiwan, few concrete measures have been
taken to improve journalists’ editorial independence and encourage media to
raise the quality of the public debate. Beijing is exploiting this weakness
by putting pressure on Taiwanese media owners, who often have business
interests on the mainland. Beijing is also suspected of orchestrating online
disinformation campaigns – a threat that could lead to questionable
retaliatory measures by Taiwan such as refusing visas to Chinese journalists
regarded as hostile.
Taiwan ranks No. 42 in the 2019
World Press Freedom Index. https://rsf.org/en/taiwan
★
★
<Apple
Daily (蘋果日報)> 3-29-2019, editorial opinion: (https://tw.appledaily.com/headline/daily/20190329/38294369/)
|
 |
 |
| pic. left: China Times 3-29-2019 headline news: Defend
100% freedom of speech! Democracy on the surface, anti-democracy
to the bone is not allowed. pic. right: Apple
Daily 3-29-2019 editorial opinion:
Democracy &
Freedom of speech is the bottom line
which should never be lost, the government should not create chilling
effect by fishing in trouble water.
|
◆
★
<China
Times
(中國時報)>
3-29-2019
head page:
(www.chinatimes.com/opinion/?chdtv)
The media have freedom to choose sides, but no any side should limit the
freedom, Taiwan government should not choose the old route, Orwellian administration.
◆
★
<Apple
Daily>, 11-25-2018, KMT's "Secret Police" sayings seriously
damaged the image of ruling party eventually being handed a major
defeat in local elections. (New York Times, 11-23-2018:
Taiwan's ruling party was handed a major defeat in local elections)
◆
★
<United Daily
(聯合報)>
11-2-2018, headline news
National Security Bureau confirmed their investigations of Facebook's
and other's communities on the net, for monitoring, controlling and
collecting "controversial information" including those "influence
national security",
"blacken
("詆譭", a term of Martial Law
period / UDN, 11-3-2018)
president", "disrupt social stability",
"distort policy" and
"disturb national mechanism",
"fight governmental prestige", "influence public mind and morale";
UDN 11-3-2018:
all internet platform service providers in Taiwan were requested to hand in
all users' personal information.
UDN critiques pointed out "Big Brother is watching you" almost for sure lead
to "Chilling Effect". ps: Intel. sys. suspectedly
controls free expression of some websites not related to China.
★
★
<Apple
Daily (蘋果日報)> 11-7-2018 editorial opinion: by
whatever name ( "secret police" or "national security bureau")
it is called, what
"it" did secretly
were always more than what it admitted to the public
( 安全部門無論當時名稱是東廠、警總、或國安部門,「"他們"暗中做的
永遠超過公開承認的」)
★
◆
★
<United Daily
(聯合報)>
11-3-2018, editorial and Focus edition
|
 |
pic. left: KMT
legislator : all internet platform service providers in Taiwan were invited by
the government and requested to hand in all users' personal information/data.
Taiwan's intelligence
"National Security Bureau"
has been doing overall monitors on all Taiwanese.
The head of NSB
expressed that investigations
and monitoring will be used to those criticizing and blackening Taiwan
president. KMT press conference criticized NSB was
infringing
Taiwanese rights and interests.
Where is freedom of
expression ?
UDN
11-3-2018 headline news :
Top target media communities that
Taiwan's FBI has been monitoring are
(1) Facebook , (2) Youtube (3) LINE |
|
|
pic. left: Taiwan
president Tsai I. W.
clarified that democratic Taiwan
would no way go back to
Martial Law Period , my Facebook
is a best example, where is filled with encouragements, critiques, and
free
discussions concerning public issues..... |
|
|
pic. left: The sites-group was ranked
No.1 on Google Taiwan
by "Facebook
free expression",
11-24-2018
|
◆◆
|
|
|
pic. :
The sites group
was ranked No.1 by
"Taiwan freedom of expression" on US Bing, 3-29-2019
|
★
breaking news
|
damaged web-pages of the
sites |
dirty attacks
!
free speech is worse ever in the past 20 years ! prime
suspects are ... ?
11-22-'18 |
|
Taiwan justice
(e.g.,
page1,
page2,
etc). |
New form attacks happened at 11-20-2018 ... each char. being typing in
took a long time (seconds, even 10+ minutes, or forever) to be shown on
the screen while updating my web-pages concerning Taiwan judicial
systems and prosecutors... attacks last ...
|
|
political oppression, persecutions (
Eng,
Chn. )
|
attacks
happened again
at 8-10-2018,
8-11-2018 (about
4:20pm), who
can't afford
freedom of
speech?? a
mean and evil
group !!
hackers attacked
more often since
this page was
created, twice
in recent 2
weeks or so
(9-28-2018)
|
◆◆
★ The US Country Reports on Human Rights Practices
, released at 4-20-2018
●
concern about the impact of the
concentration of media ownership on freedom of the press,
particularly among companies with PRC investment.
● business leaders in
Taiwan raised concerns that journalists whose reports were perceived
as hurting the interests of businesses could face retaliation in the
form of lawsuits and other threats.
● Censorship or Content
Restrictions: Local academics and media activists alleged that
self-censorship continued since some media presented news stories
slanted in favor of the PRC due to political considerations and the
influence of local businesses with close ties to the PRC. PRC
authorities reinforced such pressure by using access denial to
punish Taiwan media outlets whose coverage they deem to be
insufficiently consistent with PRC policies...
◆◆
★
Apple Daily, opinion,
7-12-2018
"The most
intolerable page of
the relationship of Taiwanese media and politics"
Egg on media face !
The relationship of Taiwanese media
and politics has been tangled and complicated for a long time ...
the case (ctn boss) had proved the
mutualism between KMT and some media ......
some media boss
became DPP factional politics media, such
a disorder phenomenon ...
◆◆
★
The China Times, opinion, 6-19-2018
Taiwanese media should not be "hit-men" for bad political
struggles between KMT (pan-blue) and DDP (pan-green) ...
媒體不應該當藍綠惡鬥的打手
(http://www.chinatimes.com/newspapers/20180619000632-260109)
◆
★
The China Times, scholar opinion, 6-13-2018
Many Taiwanese government dept. leaders often provided
incorrect/wrong news, many legislators often spoke carelessly, they
don't need to take any responsibility for that because today's
political climate is not good, media lost its power of control and
oversight ... / professor Lai (賴祥蔚)
◆
★ The US Country Reports on Human Rights Practices
, released at 3-3-2017
The
report also laid out concerns over Taiwanese media self-censorship
with regard to China...
◆
|
★ Paris-based <Reporters Sans Frontieres> (RSF,
Reporters without Borders),
4-27-2017
●Taiwan's
press freedom at 45th place ;
Taiwan’s situation
as “media freedom on hold,” stating that “the main threat to media freedom comes
from China, which has been exerting growing economic and political pressure on
the Taiwanese media.”
●
Local government officials are also directly interfering in the editorial
policies of state-owned media
●
RSF opened their first Asia bureau headquarters in Taipei in 2017.
●
Top rankings :
19 Australia 18 portugal 17 Slovakia
16 Germany 15 Luxemburg 14 Ireland 13 New Zealand 12
Estonia 11 Austria 10 Iceland 9 Belgium 8 Jamaica 7
Swiss 6 Costa Rica 5 Nederland 4 Denmark 3
Finland 2 Sweden 1 Norway
◆
|
|
|
◆ |
|
 |
breaking news |
| |
 At
2-22-2018, the dark power (who is
prime suspect ?? Taiwan ?) blocked
my uploading brief file (in
Chinese version)
about UK's IISS study
―
China's
advanced military systems
are challenging the global
predominance of the United States
and its allies ...
to
http://courageworld.ch/TaiwanROC.htm
and
http://ProtectHumanRights.net/TaiwanROC.htm
;
however, uploading those info. in
English version is fine.
There're many similar and evil
things happened, but no evidence to
prove who the darkness is.
Nov. 18, 2017
The China Times :
Taiwan president gave tacit (secretly) permission to Facebook (Taiwan) to restrict
or block
certain contents ... brief http://opinion.chinatimes.com/20171118000516-262114;
Taiwan
government did not deny or respond this.
Pls. note
that
uploading files got similar problems as above.
◆
|
★
Apple Daily, The China Times, United Daily News, The Liberty
Times, Hong Kong ifeng (香港鳳凰網
) , Hong Kong CRNTT (中評社),
Sina China, 7-27-2017, 7-28-2017
brief, details
Facebook in Taiwan
Politicians
and online personalities said they had been denied access to their Facebook accounts after writing criticisms of Pan-Green coalition,
the ruling political party DPP. The leader of Chinese Nationalist
Party think tank stated that the freedom of speech on Facebook Taiwan has
retreated 50 years, and urged
FB's
Taiwanese
users getting together to accuse Facebook, to tell the whole world
about this deformed
and illegal
phenomenon
-
free-expression
terror on Facebook. This issue has already been
included in Wikipedia references. Taiwanese government denied having
sent political requests to Facebook. Facebook Hong Kong &
Taiwan office officially denied that they took sides or favored one of
2 major political parties or suppressed Taiwanese freedom of expression.
◆
◆
★The US Country Reports on Human Rights Practices
, released at 4-13-2016
◆
The
Association of Taiwan Journalists condemned
the journalists’ arrests, saying they
infringed on freedom of the press, violated
the journalists’ human rights, and were
meant to deter media coverage of protests. /
three journalists were arrested while
covering a student protest against proposed
changes to curriculum guidelines for high
school textbooks (see section 2.b.). The
journalists were arrested for allegedly
trespassing when they entered the Ministry
of Education without a permit and joined a
group of protesters who climbed over a fence
and broke into Minister Wu Se-hwa’s office.
The journalists, who denied the accusation,
were released without charge the next day.
afterward, the Ministry of Education
dropped its complaint against the
journalists.
◆
Censorship or Content Restrictions:
Local academics and media activists alleged
that self-censorship continued as some media
chose to present news stories in favor of
the People’s Republic of China (PRC) due to
political considerations and the influence
of local businesses with close ties to the
PRC.
◆
concern
about the impact of the increasing
concentration of media ownership on freedom
of the press.
◆◎
★ Paris-based <Reporters Sans Frontieres> (RSF,
Reporters without Borders),
4-21-2016
Taiwan
was ranked No. 51 (score 24.37 - worse
than 24.83 on 2015's report) according to World Press Freedom Index 2016 released by
Reporters Without Borders (RSF).
The main threat to media
freedom comes from China, which has been exerting growing economic
and political pressure on the Taiwanese media. The editorial line of
some privately-owned media has changed radically and it is no longer
rare to find media outlets taking a line similar to the Chinese
Communist Party’s propaganda. Journalistic independence is also
threatened by Taiwanese officials who interfere directly in the
editorial policies of the state-owned media.
Top 5 :
1. Finland 8.59 2.
Holland 8.76 3. Norway 8.79 4. Denmark
5. NZ
,
USA is No.41 (Freedom ends
where national security begins) out of 180
countries,
Chn No.176 (Great
Firewall and systematic imprisonment
) score 80.96 which is -7.41
worse than 2015.
●
★<Freedom House>,
USA
( a
Washington-based think tank
),
4-27-2016
/ASIA-PACIFIC
Regional Rankings & Scores，
Taiwan's
Global Rank
is
No.
46 (No 44-46 same score), No.7 in Asia Pacific， press
freedom score
is 26,
legal
environment(0-30)scores 9, political environment9(0-40),
economic environment 8(0-30)。Top-score
countries are
Norway(No.1), Belgium, Finland, Netherlands, Sweden, Denmark,
Andorra, Luxembourg, Switzerland , Liechtenstein, Iceland;
besides, Canada no. 22, US 30, Germany 25,
UK 41, NZ 26, Australia 33, Japan 45.
Taiwan's
freedom (Feb. 7, 2017) aggregate score 91(100: Most Free), same
score as No.37~41countries Bahamas, Costa Rica,
Liechtenstein, Lithuania, St Vincent &
Grenadines, Taiwan is at position 42 in
the table.
●◎
★
The
China Times,
chief editorial , 2-4-2017
Taiwan media's
major issues today are no longer media independency, but narrowly
partisan politics and conflicts each other,
too over populism without guidelines and directions,
Ideology being stirred up to oppose to each other.(黨同伐異、民粹氾濫與煽動意識型態對立的課題)
★
★
The
United Daily ,
Chief-editorial , 2-6-2017
Those Taiwan's media
lacking of self-discipline and Political/media/TV
pundits , Panelist lacking of expertise-knowledge
actually became the major source of chaos. In this
"post-truth" age, fake news are everywhere ......Taiwan's
democracy and nomocracy (rule by law) are degraded day by day.
★
★The US Country Reports on Human Rights Practices
for 2014, released at June 26, 2015
Speech freedom / protesters occupied
the Executive Yuan. Police forcibly evicted them the next day using
batons and water cannon. According to media reports, at least 174
persons, including 119 police officers, were injured in the
incident. Local media have reported incidents of police
obstruction and violence directed at journalists who were covering
protests against administration policies. Local academics and
media activists alleged that self-censorship continued as some media
chose to present news stories in favor of the PRC due to political
considerations and the influence of local businesses with close ties
to the PRC.
◎◎
★<Freedom House>,
USA
( a
Washington-based think tank
),
4-29-2015
|
|
Taiwan's press-freedom score
from 24 (2014 report) down to 27, ranked no.48 ,
fell 1 place from last year's
/ Liberty
Times , 4-30-2015
the vigorous and diverse press reports aggressively on government
policies and alleged official wrongdoings. But, political
polarization, self-censorship, and indirect communist Chinese
influence somewhat limit the diversity of opinions in mainstream
media. Journalists occasionally face pressure to self-censor
on topics important to Red Chinese government. Many Taiwanese
media owners have business connection in China, or like to earn ads.
revenue from mainland Chinese companies, making them wary of
upsetting Beijing. Besides, hackers attacked those media
criticizing Chinese government, although the authority took
investigation on that, Taiwan's press freedom score and ranking
position fell. (ps: Norway, Sweden, Belgium, Finland, Holland
on top) |
◆Websites
commenting Taiwan judiciary and prosecutors (http://intlhumanrights.com/TaiwanJudiciary.htm
http://intlhumanrights.com/ProsecutorsTaiwan.htm ) can't be open in
governmental institutions - National Central Library ( test at
2-19-2016) and Taipei City Daan District Office (test at 3-14-2016)...
but non-gov. places may see them.
ps: test again at
5-22-2017 in SinEi District Office, it is not 'banned' now.
Most likely it became normal since DPP took charge of the government . |
★
London-based
Amnesty International
, 2-25-2015
Amnesty expressed
concerns about Taiwan’s handling of the student-led
Sunflower movement protest against a trade deal with China
in March last year.
It said more than
200 protesters were summoned for questioning under the
Criminal Code and Assembly and Parade Act (集會遊行法), and that
they remained under threat of prosecution.
◎
★
London-based
Amnesty International
, 2-11-2015
London-based
AI expressed Taiwan must
cancel the prosecution against
Sunflower movement protest students, and
urged Taiwan to modify
the
Criminal Code and Assembly and Parade Act (集會遊行法)
and related laws to meet international standard.
/ source: 大紀元2015年02月11日訊
◎
★Paris-based <Reporters Sans Frontieres> (RSF,
Reporters without Borders),
Feb. 13,
2015
Taiwan
fell 1 place (2015's ranking: No. 51) from the ranking in 2014's report,
according to World Press Freedom Index 2015 released yesterday by
Reporters Without Borders (RSF).
Top 21 : Finland, Norway, Denmark,
Netherlands, Sweden, NZ, Austria, Canada, Jamaica, Estonia, Ireland,
Germany, Czech, Slovakia, Belgium, Costa Rica, Namibia, Poland,
Luxembourg, Swiss, and Iceland. Besides, Spain No. 33, UK No.34,
France No. 38, USA No. 49, HK 70, Italia 73, Rus No. 152, China
No.176
◎
★
United Daily, Taiwan, 2-25-2016
according to a latest survey, 78% think media monopoly
problem in Taiwan is serious.
◎
★The US Country Reports on Human Rights Practices
for 2013, released at Feb. 27, 2014
Censorship or Content Restrictions:
Pressure from China
and from local businessmen had led to some self-censorship.
Local
academics and media activists alleged that self-censorship occurred due to
influence by local businesses and the PRC.
They pointed to a study released in April by
a National Taiwan University professor,
which found two of Taiwan's leading
newspapers published more favorable news
stories on visiting PRC officials than their
competitors. In addition, they alleged that
the state-run Central News Agency decided
not to publish a news story about a Gallup
poll that found Taiwan people were
pessimistic about their daily life. (ps:
speech and the press were generally free)
◎
★<Freedom House>,
USA
( a
Washington-based think tank
),
May 2, 2014
Taiwan's
media freedom declines again
(BBC: for consecutive 3 years) -
Taiwan
fell 1 places from the 2013's report.
Taiwan has been ranked 48th in the world for media freedom and labeled "free" by
the US-based NGO Freedom House.
◎
★
Washington Post, 3.25.2014
State Department spokeswoman Marie Harf said
Monday the U.S. supports Taiwan’s vibrant democracy, and hopes that its
discussion over the trade agreement can be conducted “peacefully and civilly.”
(Political protests in Taiwan are common, but violent confrontations relatively
rare, reflecting the high level of civil discourse resulting from the transition
from one-party dictatorship to robust democracy in the mid-1990s. The
United States has welcomed steps taken by China and Taiwan to reduce tensions.)
◎
★
The International Federation of
Journalists
, 3.26.2014
Journalists Obstructed as Police Use Force at Taiwan Student
Demonstration
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) joins
its affiliate the Association of Taiwan Journalists (ATJ) in
condemning the restraining of media reporting on a
student-led demonstration in Taiwan which led to a violent
confrontation between police and protestors earlier this
week. This week, the ATJ issued a declaration on the
infringement of coverage with calls for police education in
the wake of the heavy-handed police response.
◎
★Paris-based <Reporters Sans Frontieres> (RSF,
Reporters without Borders),
Feb. 13,
2014
|
Taiwan’s
ranking for press freedom fell three
notches from last year to 50th. |
Paris-based <Reporters Sans Frontieres> (RSF),
a press freedom watchdog body Feb. 13,
2014 |
according to the World Press
Freedom Index 2014 released yesterday by Reporters Without Borders (RSF).
The retreat in Taiwan’s global ranking
reflected China’s growing economic clout, which has allowed Beijing to extend
its influence over the media in Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macau, “which had been
largely spared political censorship until recently,”
|
Finland retained the top position in the overall
list, ahead of the Netherlands, Norway, Luxembourg and Andorra. |
◎
★
BBC,
5.1.2014
After a series of protests against TW government, Taiwan
limits Taiwanese' freedom of speech on the net. Taiwan policemen are
trying to search an internet poster to scare many.
(details pls refer to BBC
"台灣收緊網路言論自由"
full text)
◎◎
★<國家通訊傳播委員會>(Taiwan
NCC government, http://www.ncc.gov.tw ), 3.17.2014
According to NCC's latest annual report regarding Taiwan's media
communication survey, the most complaints (about 37%") go to "untrue/unbiased
content" (2014, 2013, 2012, 2011), among these, Taiwanese most complaints go to
TV news report.
◎◎
★
<Freedom
House>,
Washington D.C., USA
, the Freedom of the Press
world survey report, issued
on May 1, 2013
|
With an overall score of 26 on the
annual report’s zero to 100 scale,
Taiwan dropped one
score
from 2012 as well as 2011.
Taiwan's ranking (No. 8) in Asia &
Pacific
slipped one spot
from last
year (No.7).
|
<Freedom House> 2013 report
May 1, 2013 |
In the Freedom of the Press world survey Washington-based watchdog organization
Freedom House.
The main
reason Taiwan's freedom of press falling
one point from last year's 25 because of a worse legal environment,
(Taiwanese
government has put off approving a license for the establishment of a new
television station whose owner's financial status turned out to be unsustainable,
so must give up the plan ).
Political polarization, self-censorship and indirect Chinese influence limit the
diversity of opinions represented in Taiwan’s mainstream media, according to a
new report from the US-based watchdog Freedom House.
|
Freedom House, a Washington-based
non-governmental organization that supports the expansion of freedom
around the world. Taiwan
was judged to have a “free” press with an overall “freedom score” of 26
points, just one point less free than the previous year. |
◎
★
<Freedom
House>, Washington D.C., USA , issued
on May 31 (US time), June 1, 2013
(eastern time)
Taiwan media reflect diverse perspectives and report sayings of
government's corruption and government policies.
However, Taiwan media
show a strong preference/bias on some political party, some candidates.
◎◎
★
<Reporters Sans Frontieres> (RSF,
Reporters without Borders), France,
Jan
30, 2013
Taiwan
ranked 47th in the world in terms of
press freedom, Taiwan
fell two places from the 2012 in
the global rankings. the watchdog was
concerned about the protests in Taiwan last year against the Want Want China
Times Group’s (旺旺中時集團) bid to buy into another media group.
Taiwan remained at the top in the region, ahead of South Korea in
50th place and Japan at 53rd.
◎
★
<Amnesty
International>, London,
UK, 2013
report
(
http://www.amnesty.org/en/region/taiwan/report-2013
)
Concentration of
ownership of media outlets
raised concerns about
freedom of expression and
editorial independence. In
July, the National
Communications Commission
(NCC) conditionally approved
Want Want China Times
Group’s acquisition of a
major cable television
channel and, in November,
acquisition of newspaper
giant Next Media. In
December, the Taipei High
Administrative Court ruled
that the NCC had the
executive power to revoke
the Group’s acquisition of
another cable television
channel because the channel
had failed to meet the
conditions set by the NCC.
◎◎
★
<The
Taiwan Foundation for Democracy (TFD )
>
& SHU, Dec.
10, 2013
2013 Survey shows a
"F" score (rating 2.7/5.0points) on
Taiwanese communication privacy and freedom.
◎
★
<Freedom House>
( a
Washington-based think tank
& human rights organization
), USA, May 1, 2012
Taiwan was tied with Poland, Slovenia and Trinidad and Tobago for
47th in
Freedom House's 2012 Freedom of the Press rankings,
Among Asia-Pacific countries, Taiwan ranked seventh.
Taiwan received a total score of 25 points, the same as in 2011.
Taiwan scored an 8 for its legal environment (1 point worse than last year's
survey), a 9 for its political environment (no change), and an 8 for its
economic environment (1 point better than last year).
Other concerns include
the use of criminal defamation laws against a journalist and blogger as well as a
proposed merger that could reduce media diversity."
incidents of news content produced by China's state-run media outlets appearing
in Taiwanese newspapers "under less than transparent conditions."
......
◎◎
★
<Amnesty
International>, London,
UK, May 24, 2012
Taiwan's
Restrictions on freedom of assembly
remained, with no progress made towards
a relaxation of existing, stringent
laws. The authorities did little to
protect the housing rights of farmers
across the island, at times colluding in
their eviction.
◎◎
★
<Reporters Sans Frontieres> (RSF,
Reporters without Borders), France,
Jan
25, 2012
|
Taiwan's rank on Freedom of Press ( freedom
of Information) : 45th. ps:
Taiwan declined - Taiwan ranked
no. 36 in 2008. |
Press freedom Index : Finland No.1, Norway No.1
New Zealand
No.13, Japan No. 22, Australia No.30, South Korea
No.44,
Taiwan No.45, USA, No.47, HK No.54 US extra territorial No. 57, China
No.174
|
Apple Daily News, Jan. 26, 2012
Taiwan's rank in 2011 : No.47 |
◎◎
★
<Taipei Times>, Dec. 11 2012
The
Democratic Progressive Party: The erosion of human rights
under KMT's administration, in particular regarding the judiciary and media, has placed
Taiwan’s proud democracy in jeopardy
and requires attention from the international community, ...
applying a three-part strategy to monopolize
local media by first “paralyzing the public television system
and controlling the Chinese Television System,” then following up
with Want Want China Times Group’s (旺旺中時集團) “vertical integration of
a cable television service and horizontal integration of its pending
merger of the Next Media Group.”... Implementing the Assembly and
Parade Act (集會遊行法) was the most glaring example of Ma’s
noncompliance with the covenants,... there were two major
crises in Taiwan: first, people’s suffering from the sluggish
economy; second, the backsliding of human rights and the
re-emergence of authoritarianism.
◎
★
<China Post>, Dec. 11 2012
The Democratic Progressive Party
(DPP) chairman: Taiwan currently faces two major human rights
crises: prosecutors that abuse their powers to persecute the
people, and private interests that wield dangerous power over the
media, Su said, pointing to China as one of the big players in the
monopolization of Taiwan's media.
DPP's Policy Research Committee: a recent poll indicates that
62.3 % of Taiwanese are dissatisfied
with the government's protection of
human rights.
◎
★
<Apple Daily>, Dec. 5, 2012
Taiwan's freedom of speech is in
retreat, scholars worry about Taiwan's democracy doesn't work well ...
Acording to "2012
Taiwanese Human Rights index survey" (conducted by 中華人權協會), 17.9% Taiwanese
think Taiwan's overall human rights in progress, 36% think it is in retreat, 76%
Taiwanese don't satisfy Taiwan's economy human rights.
◎
★ <Taipei Times>,
Dec. 8, 2012
Public feels
human rights deteriorating
DISSATISFACTION:
Official corruption, the government’s inability to fill people’s needs and
media independence were top
public concerns, according to a survey of public opinion by the
government-affiliated Taiwan Foundation for Democracy (conducted by Shih Hsin
University),...
Corruption was the target of the greatest public dissatisfaction, scoring 1.9
points. It was followed by the government’s ability to respond to people’s
needs, which garnered 2 points, and external interference in judicial rulings,
at 2.1 points.
◎
★
<Apple Daily>, Dec. 6, 2012 , <Sing Tao Daily> Dec. 5,
2012
Tsinghua University student Chen Wei-ting in the Legislative Yuan
was impolite to Taiwan's Education Minister led to a controversy -
Education Minister
did not listen properly to the demands of the students so
he deserve an impolite speech VS. "the behavior of Chen
led us to think of the Cultural Revolution in China, in which the
red guards scolded society's elite."
We should focus on protestant students' main demand - the issue that
Taiwan's government permitting the Next Media buyout, and Education
Minister used the
extraordinarily
sensitive phrase "care"(
「關心」or
concern), which is overtones
word that in the martial law era (戒嚴時期)
garrison the headquarters interviews and intimidation of dissidents.
(警備總部約談並恐嚇異議人士時也是使用「關心」這個有弦外之音的語詞。)
★
<Central Radio Station>, Taiwan, Aug. 16,
2012.
ROC (Taiwan government) Foreign Ministry spokesman
expressed the behavior of some Hong Kong citizens who carried the national flag of
the Republic of China (Taiwan R.O.C.) as well as the flag of People's Republic
of China and boarded the Diaoyu
Islands (Diaoyutais 釣魚台/釣魚島) belongs to "the freedom of expression". Japanese government has
been insisting that Diaou islands (
Diaoyutais
) belongs to Japan and arrested those HK people
.
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★
<the Liberty Times>, Taiwan, April 21, 2012
DDP said Taiwan's
first human rights report released yesterday is full of empty boasts
and obfuscations ... During DDP's administration,
Taiwan's press freedom status went from 35th up to 32nd place, but in KMT time,
Taiwan's press freedom status dropped from 42nd down to 48th place.
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★
<the China Times>, Taiwan, March 10, 2012
On Mar. 8, 2012, pig farmers
across Taiwan
voiced their opposition to the
government's possible decision to relax import restrictions on beef containing
ractopamine (Paylean drugs) with a protest rally in front of the
Legislative Yuan and the Council of Agriculture (Taiwanese
government) , Taiwanese police arrested
them for their violation of the Assembly and Parade Law,
...... they scolded this had a contempt for
international human rights conventions.
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★
2011 Human Rights reports <USA
Country Reports on Human Rights practices> , issued
on April 8, 2011
Taiwan's authorities increased their placement of advertisements
packaged as news reports in local newspapers and television.
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★
<Freedom
House>, Washington D.C., USA
, the Freedom of the Press
world survey report, issued
on May 2, 2011
|
With an overall score of 25 on the
annual report’s zero to 100 scale,
Taiwan dropped one spot to
48th
from 2010.
Taiwan’s scores
have declined
three years in a row.
|
<Freedom House> 2011 report
May 2, 2011 |
In the Freedom of the Press world survey Washington-based watchdog organization
Freedom House.
Taiwan's press freedom in 2010 was
ranked 47th
among all nations, slipping three
spots compared to 2009.
Taiwan's
rank :
2008 - 32nd ,
2009
-
43rd ,
2010
-
47th ,
2011 - 48th
|
Freedom House, a Washington-based
non-governmental organization that supports the expansion of freedom
around the world. |
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<Freedom
House>, Washington D.C., USA, Jan. 21, 2012
(1) complaints about unfair competition and concerns about
Beijing's interference were present throughout the presidential election
campaign.
(2) some criminal law is kept and
can be used for suing reporters and internet blog writers, may against Taiwan's
press freedom.
(3) Taiwan's overall rating remained the same as last
year 2011 and
the Washington-based group pro-democracy watchdog highlighted
Taiwan's presidential elections in its Freedom. (Liberty Times head-page, Taipei
Times, 1/21/2012)
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★
<Amnesty International>, London, UK, annual report The State of the
World's Human Rights 2011, May 13, 2011
Taiwan was criticized over issues to
do with the death penalty,
freedom of expression (The report also criticized Taiwan's government for what it said was its
failure to deliver on promises to amend the Assembly and Parade Act (集會遊行法) that limits citizens' rights to assembly and free speech.),
justice and migrants' rights.
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★
<the
Christian Science Monitor
>, USA - Jan
3, 2011
|
For the past two years, Freedom House has downgraded Taiwan's
rating in its annual report on global press freedom. Critics say
it's common for government propaganda to masquerade as 'news.'
|
▼
...many observers say
that the glitter of the island republic’s free press has been
overrated, especially in a highly commercialized news culture
that is both deeply partisan and prey to political favors. For
the past two years Freedom House has downgraded Taiwan’s rating
in its annual report on global press freedom.
▼The placement of advertising as news is only the “tip of the
iceberg,”
▼One example of creeping government influence is the media's
minimization of criticism of government policies and
exaggeration of its achievements, says Guang, who teaches
journalism at National Chung Cheng University.......“Taiwan’s news media are not yet independent,” says Guang.
“Can the public really accept this?”
|
reported by
Taiwan's most popular newspaper, Apply Daily, at Jan 5, 2011
|
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★ <
Reporters
Without
Borders
>
, Paris France , Oct. 21, 2010
Press Freedom Index (2010):
Taiwan ranks No. 48, other Asia & Pacific
countries like New Zealand (No. 8）,
Japan（No. 11）, Hong Kong（No. 34）, South Korea（No. 42）.
Top 5 are Finland, Iceland, Holland, Norway,
and Sweden. USA ranks No. 20, China No. 171.
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★
<Freedom House> - Washington D.C.
, USA - 2010
Taiwan's press freedom
declined
，...
Taiwan ranked 43th last year, 47th in 2010...
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★
<Freedom House> - Washington D.C.
, USA - Jan. 13, 2011
the report rated Taiwan's freedom of the media lower than the
previous year, on the basis of a controversy surrounding the country's
Public Television Service (PTS).
The heads of PTS were removed in last September amid concerns about the
independence of publicly-funded media. |
Freedom House 2011 report
Jan 13, 2011 |
Freedom House, a Washington-based
non-governmental organization that supports the expansion of freedom
around the world. |
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<Apple daily news> ,
Taiwan, head-page,
Jan. 19, 2012
Four days after the election, the reporter of
"Taiwan Times," Jiang W.S. (江文兟),
was serious hurt by four masked man, resulting in
his hands and left foot fracture. His articles
in newspaper favored DDP's candidate (邱議瑩) ,
instead of KMT's (鍾).
Reporters group and scholars condemned
violence, and hope the police to clarify the case as
soon as possible, otherwise will harm the freedom of
the press, and will result in a retrogression of
democracy.
◎◎
★ <Reporters
Without
Borders >
Paris, France, Oct. 1, 2010
Reporters
Without
Borders believes that a
democratic government should take pride in defending the
state-owned media’s independence. Protecting their
independence is essential in order to guarantee a really
democratic political system, one that allows all political
parties and all sectors of society to make their voices
heard.
...We
urge ... to ensure
that PTS's (Taiwan's
Public Television Service) editorial independence
...
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|
No.1
on Yahoo by keyword "Freedom of speech in
Taiwan" in Chinese, test at 1.12.2015
No.1 on Google Chinese keyword "freedom of speech(expression) in Taiwan"， test at May 14,
2011Eastern time, No.2 at 1/11/2012
|
|
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★
<Taipei Times> ,
Taiwan,
May 1, 2010
Taiwan's press freedom
declines
SELF-CENSORSHIP
Freedom
House cited softening criticism of Ma and China
after the China Times Group was bought by a
businessman with interests in China
Press freedoms in Taiwan have declined for a
second straight year, according to a new report
released by a US-based non-profit watchdog.
..., a revival of
‘embedded marketing’ amidst economic
difficulties resulting from the global financial
crisis, actions by media owners and government
influence over the editorial content of publicly
owned outlets posed challenges for media
independence during the year.”
... a controversy concerning board members
at the Public Television Service (PTS)
and
personnel changes the government made at
state-owned media that “have raised concerns
that their aim is to influence the editorial
content of the nonpartisan outlets.”
... 2009 that
criticism of the government in the Central News
Agency’s [CNA] coverage appeared to have been
markedly toned down since the end of 2008, ... deputy
president and CNA staff reported receiving
editorial directives to alter certain content,”
the report said.
... Tsai Eng-meng
(蔡衍明),... purchased the China Times Group... softening criticism of the Ma
administration, Beijing or improvements in
cross-strait ties. This also raised concerns
over the potential direct or indirect influence
of the Chinese government on free expression in
Taiwan,”...
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★
<Apple daily news> ,
Taiwan,
public editorial, Oct. 12, 2011,
"Protect
our speech freedom!"
by professor Cheng, NTU.
Some
financial groups with huge
money & political power are going to involve in mass media circle
...
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★
<Freedom House/IFEX> - Washington - September 27, 2010
