Grundsätzlich finde ich die Erkenntnis wichtig dass die ganzen Abwehrreaktionen – hüben wie drüben – in erster Linie Symptome sind. Die Ursache ist das Scheitern des Systems "westlicher Journalismus".
Hier sind es die Bürger, die ihren Medien nicht mehr vertrauen, und mit "Faktenchecks" (meist weder Fakten noch Chescks) malträtiert werden. Dort sind es eher die Politiker, die unseren Medien nicht mehr alles glauben, und ihre Bürger der Manipulation entziehen möchten.
Vermutlich ist es ja kein Zufall, wer jetzt am lautesten jammert:
“The Singapore government could wield the proposed Foreign Interference Act as a bludgeon against activists and journalists with contacts outside the city-state,” said Phil Robertson, deputy Asia director at Human Rights Watch. “The government should immediately withdraw this rights-abusing law, which threatens those not frightened into self-censoring with having their content blocked and being labeled foreign agents.”
https://www.hrw.org/news/2021/10/13/singapore-withdraw-foreign-interference-bill
Singapore’s parliament passed this law by a huge majority at the end of a marathon session on the night of 4 October – just three weeks after it was submitted. Reporters Without Borders (RSF) condemns the rushed debate and hasty vote on a draft law that was the subject of fierce criticism by the parliamentary opposition and civil society.
https://rsf.org/en/news/singapores-foreign-interference-bill-legal-monstrosity-totalitarian-leanings
Responding to Singapore lawmakers passing legislation that seeks to prevent foreign interference in domestic affairs, Emerlynne Gil, Amnesty International’s Deputy Regional Director for Research, said:
“The passing of Singapore’s foreign interference law constitutes a brutal attack on the rights to freedom of expression and association, creating yet another tool that can be used arbitrarily by the authorities to stifle government critics and crush dissent in the country.”
https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2021/10/singapore-foreign-interference-law-dissent/
Der Guardian liefert dieses schöne Zitat:
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I got a taste of what this might be like while watching the parliamentary debates. Partway through his speech, Shanmugam named myself and a former colleague as “chief” among those who had started a disinformation campaign about Fica. He accused us of directly inviting foreign intervention into Singapore’s domestic affairs, and used the fact the media outlet we’d co-founded had received funding from the Open Society Foundation (founded by billionaire philanthropist George Soros) to claim we opposed the law simply because we have a vested interest in receiving foreign money./quote]
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/oct/11/singapores-new-foreign-interference-law-leaves-journalists-like-me-with-an-impossible-puzzle
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gruss. luky