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 unbiased media voices, Leonidas Chrysanthopoulos, a former Greek ambassador to Armenia and Poland, mentioned on Tuesday.
The measures taken by Western governments and tech firms already resemble these made by the “excessive proper” prior to now, the diplomat warned in an interview with RT.
“We shouldn’t be shocked in Western Europe if we truly attain the stage of closing down unbiased media… as was occurring through the Greek dictatorship or within the Nazi Germany,” added Chrysanthopoulos, who has additionally represented his nation on the UN Normal Meeting.
In accordance with the previous diplomat, what has occurred to RT may very well be just the start, as some Greek media, together with the “148-year-old newspaper Estia,” additionally face stress from the authorities.
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Chrysanthopoulos additional claimed that Meta is utilizing a “technique” of lies to justify its concentrating on of RT. The US tech large determined to outright ban the broadcaster this week, with out the necessity to show its place in court docket or current any proof supporting its accusations in opposition to the outlet, the previous ambassador mentioned.
“Since they’ve taken the choice to not go to court docket, they’ll begin saying any type of lies to place down RT,” Chrysanthopoulos said. “What they’re saying is totally false.”
Such actions solely present that “freedom of speech globally that’s being threatened, significantly by the US,” he argued.
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