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freedom of speech & expression in
Taiwan
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press/news "credibility deficit"
is "a real Achilles heel of Taiwanese democracy"
★ world No. 1
in
2020~25,
2017~19,
2016,
2015,
2014,
2013,
2010~12
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Top since 1998 ★
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fights
for rights |
Taiwan |
Taiwan
free expression
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in
poor shape |
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★ Reporters
Without Borders (RSF) Director General
Thibaut Bruttin
called for media reforms to address the lack of
editorial independence in newsrooms, which had undermined the
media's credibility.
The polarized and
politicized media had resulted a credibility crisis in journalism in
Taiwan, citing the Digital News Report issued by the Reuters
Institute for the Study of Journalism.
Only
33 percent of respondents said they trusted most news most of the
time.
Bruttin
described the "credibility deficit" in a recent op-ed as "a real
Achilles heel of Taiwanese democracy";
"freedom is not necessarily something that
sums up what journalism is"
. Taiwan must work on
preventing its journalism industry from being "weaponized" against
democracy, Bruttin warns
against "narratives that are obeying vested interests, either
commercial or ideological, or geopolitical".
rpt. by
CNA (2024-10-20).
★ Country Reports on Human Rights Practices
- Taiwan
, 2024-4-22 state.gov/reports/2023-country-reports-on-human-rights-practices/taiwan/
: Defamation
and public humiliation were criminal offenses. Reporters faced the threat
of legal action under the liberal libel laws. The Constitutional Court
upheld the constitutionality of the law.
On July 21, an opposition party presidential campaign chief filed a criminal
libel lawsuit against the president of Sanlih E-television and two of its
reporters for alleging that the presidential nominee met with
officials of another opposition party to discuss teaming up for the
2024 presidential election. Taiwan journalists reported
difficulty publishing content critical of the PRC.
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Chair of TPP, the third largest
political party, experienced abuses in Taiwan's prosecution |
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