Re:US to ban transactions with ByteDance and WeChat in 45 days
by Thorncorona on Friday August 07, 2020 @12:59PM
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How is freedom of the press a fundamental right? That is a uniquely American idea.
Looking at Australia, allowing foreign companies (Newscorp) free reign over the press can have incredibly negative consequences.
Re:US to ban transactions with ByteDance and WeChat in 45 days
by will4274 on Saturday August 08, 2020 @11:51AM
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From the universal declaration of human rights:
> Article 19.
> Everyone has the right to freedom of opinion and expression; this right includes freedom to hold opinions without interference and to seek, receive and impart information and ideas through any media and regardless of frontiers.
And the freedom of that media is a matter of basic human rights.
Your argument can be summarized as saying it's ok for China to deny fundamental human rights (free speech) to Americans as long as it is simultaneously denying those same rights to Chinese people because it's "a matter of Chinese sovereignty." I don't agree. Fundamental human rights are just that, fundamental.