The United States condemns China’s decision to ban the broadcast of the British BBC television. This was stated by the representative of the State Department Ned Price during the briefing, the video of which was published in Twitter -account of the department.
Price called the information space in China “the most controlled and least free in the world” and called on the Chinese authorities to provide their people with full access to the Internet and the media. “It is alarming that as China restricts the freedom of media and Internet platforms in its country, its leadership is using the free and open environment of the media abroad to spread misinformation,” said a spokesman for the State Department. p>
The Chinese regulator decided to ban the broadcasting of the British TV channel “BBC” on Friday night. A statement released by the Chinese authorities said the channel violated broadcasting policy because its coverage was not truthful and impartial, and “undermined national interests and ethnic solidarity.”
Prior to this, the Chinese government has repeatedly criticized the BBC’s reporting on the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic in China and human rights violations in Xinjiang, which is predominantly populated by Muslim Uighurs. In addition, a week earlier, the British regulator Ofcom canceled the broadcasting license of the Chinese state TV channel CGTN in the UK.