President of the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) Philippe Leruth condemned in an interview with Sputnik on Monday the blocking of several Facebook accounts linked to Russia Today television, and described the move as an act of censorship
BRUSSELS (Pakistan Point News / Sputnik - 18th February, 2019) President of the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) Philippe Leruth condemned in an interview with Sputnik on Monday the blocking of several Facebook accounts linked to Russia Today television, and described the move as an act of censorship.Facebook has suspended without prior warning several accounts operated by Maffick Media, an independent media company partially owned by Ruptly, right after CNN ran a report about the company's perceived ties to the Kremlin.
"Closing a Facebook account or any internet link of a media, without prior warning, can be considered as an act of censorship opposed by the IFJ," Leruth said.
" Whenever one considers a media is spreading fake news, he or she should ask for a rectification of the fake information, and if the media refuses, various reactions still exist, some of them on judicial field. Closing brutally any link doesn't respect this normal way of doing, and for this reason, I condemn it as an act of censorship," he stressed.
