Argentina suspends websites and accounts on public radio and television social networks – Jovem Ban

Javier Miley celebrates his victory in the Argentine elections with his supporters

Hey Argentine government On Tuesday (21), it suspended accounts on social networks and social networking sites as part of a “reorganization” process with the aim of “improving (…) the content produced,” in a measure accused of “censorship” by category. This action includes Televisión Pública, Radio Nacional and all their affiliated stations, the educational channel Encuentro and the children’s channel Paka Paka. According to a statement issued by Diego Martín Shaher, the government-appointed public media interventionist, the “director of digital and corporate media only” will be responsible for managing the public television and national radio networks. A statement published on all government media accounts on digital platforms said: “The decision has been taken to temporarily stop all content on social networks and social media sites.”

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This is another measure from the President’s government Javier Miley Against the government press, which the extreme rightist accuses of being a “propaganda” tool and which he included in the privatization bill. This measure took effect at midnight on Tuesday. The statement added: “All types of transmission and/or placement of content on social networks are suspended until changes in standards are determined.” The message appearing on the websites described is identical to one published in March on the website of Telam, the state news agency that the government shut down because, it claimed, it had been “used in recent decades as Kirchnerian propaganda.” an agency”. .

The Buenos Aires Press Association (Sipreba) issued a statement in which it rejected “the silencing by social networks of both media outlets (Radio Nacional and Television Publica)” and accused the measure of “censorship and intimidation that further silence Telam,” a government news agency whose executive director announced the suspension in March. March. Agustín Lecce, secretary of the Buenos Aires Press Association (SiPreBA), announced that this deepens the “emptying out” of public media, a process that began with the measures taken by the executive regarding “Telam.” He added: “They are not interested in restructuring.” And they are not interested in the financial situation of each of these bodies, some of which were profitable and had a good economic situation. The only thing that matters to them is destruction. They are attacking their social role and that is why they attacked the joint responsibilities of the “Telam” and “National Radio” stations, and now they are attacking their power of reach. to social networks. Comment.

In addition to the suspension, the government also reduced overtime and holiday pay at Radio Nacional, meaning the 49 stations in the interior of the country had to suspend weekend programs and programs broadcast from Buenos Aires. Public radio has been operating in Argentina since 1937, and has one of the few stations in the world between the two continents, the Rio Grande station on the greater island of Tierra del Fuego (south), which can also be heard in part of Antarctica and the Malvinas Islands. Televisión Pública was started. It turned broadcast in 1951 and was the first television channel in Argentina.

*With information from AFP and EFE