The Committee to Protect Journalists calls on Chadian authorities to reverse a directive announcedon October 9 by Abderamane Barka, president of the High Authority for Media and Audiovisual (HAMA) regulator, to suspend or revoke the licenses of outlets that share online content outside of narrowly defined circumstances.
Dakar — The Committee to Protect Journalists calls on Chad ian authorities to reverse a directive announcedon October 9 by Abderamane Barka, president of the High Authority for Media and Audiovisual regulator, to suspend or revoke the licenses of outlets that share online content outside of narrowly defined circumstances.
Barka ordered the suspension or revocation of licenses of private newspapers that broadcast audiovisual content online instead of written articles and of private outlets that broadcast content on Facebook that was not first distributed via their traditional newspaper, radio, or TV channels. He also demanded that all media outlets only employ journalists who have official press identity cards.
The Chadian Online Media Association said in a statement that the directive appears"to go beyond the existing legal framework" and could pose a risk to freedom of expression, noting that the country's press law states that the online press provides"mainly written and audiovisual" content.
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