Newsweek
The U.S. government recently announced that it seized “websites used by the Iranian Islamic Radio and Television Union.” The U.S. Department of Justice claimed in a statement that the websites were used by the Iranian government, “disguised as news organizations or media outlets” to attack the U.S. “with disinformation campaigns and malign influence operations.” What happened to freedom of the press?
In all, 33 websites have been blocked, ranging from Iranian state sponsored media outlets such as Press TV and Al-Alam News Network to the unrelated London based Islamic channel, Ahlulbayt TV. Don’t get me wrong, I would never approach any of these websites as reliable news sources, however, being a journalist and a believer in freedom of speech, the freedom of the press must also be protected.
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