LONDON (REUTERS) - As anti-government demonstrations engulfed Hong Kong in August, Reuters broke a sensitive story: Beijing had rejected a secret proposal by city leader Carrie Lam to meet several of the protesters' demands in a bid to defuse the unrest.. Read more at straitstimes.com.
LONDON - As anti-government demonstrations engulfed Hong Kong in August, Reuters broke a sensitive story: Beijing had rejected a secret proposal by city leader Carrie Lam to meet several of the protesters' demands in a bid to defuse the unrest.
The article was one of a growing number of stories that Refinitiv - which until last year was owned by Reuters' parent company, Thomson Reuters Corp - has censored in mainland China under pressure from the central government. As a result, Refinitiv's customers in China have been denied access to coverage of one of the biggest news events of the year, including two Reuters reports on downgrades of Hong Kong by credit rating agencies.
Several US airlines also stopped describing Taiwan as non-Chinese territory on their websites. Beijing considers the self-governed island part of China. The companies have defended their actions. Mr Smith"was very concerned" upon learning about Mr Craig's decision to impose the filtering, said a senior Thomson Reuters official. It is not clear how close the two are to reaching a solution both sides find agreeable, one of the people said.
Refinitiv and Thomson Reuters remain close: Reuters sells news to Eikon, and Thomson Reuters retains a 45 per cent stake in Refinitiv. Prior to the Blackstone deal, when Thomson Reuters controlled the Eikon business, Reuters stories were not blocked in China on Eikon. It argues that in filtering out political stories for its own customers in China, it is following local laws and regulations as required by its operating licence.
The articles were about the 30th anniversary of the bloody suppression of pro-democracy demonstrations in Beijing's Tiananmen Square. The news agency, as it does when it receives any complaint from individuals and institutions it covers, then would determine if there was any reason to correct a published story.
In July, Refinitiv's news platform architecture director requested that a new code be created, called"Restricted News", that could be added to articles. The filtering system is designed to block stories for readers in mainland China but allow them to be accessed in other markets. Eikon users outside mainland China can retrieve stories about the Hong Kong protests by clicking on headlines, or by searching for keywords or codes.
By contrast, between Aug 30 and Nov 20, Refinitiv blocked nearly four out of five such articles that Reuters filed - 196 out of 251.
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