“China Was Right”: Academics and Democratic Leaders Call For Censorship Of Social Media and The Internet

The dangerous liberal ideas for censorship in the United States.

Below is my column in The Hill on calls for increased censorship on the Internet and social media due to the pandemic. While academics are writing that “China was . . . right”, China was celebrating World Press Day by sentencing journalist Chen Jieren to 15 years in prison for “picking quarrels and provoking trouble, extortion, illegal business operations and bribery.” It is an ironic moment to herald China’s censorship of the media when the evidence mounts that China concealed and censored information on the virus outbreak in January.

Here is the column:

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