Pan-green camp lauds NCC decision‘DEFENSIVE DEMOCRACY’: Upholding the freedom of expression does not mean using disinformation to sabotage the nation’s political system, DPP Legislator Lin I-chin saidBy Jason Pan / Staff reporterLawmakers from the pan-green camp yesterday cited the need to protect democracy from fabricated news as they endorsed the National Communications Commission’s (NCC) decision not to renew the operating license of CTi News. People can look up the many cases of CTi News’ violations,” Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) Legislator Lin I-chin (林宜瑾) said. “On the contrary, not renewing the license for CTi News works for the protection of Taiwan’s freedom and democracy,” she said. “Now the NCC has decided not to renew the license for CTi News. Taiwan Statebuilding Party Legislator Chen Po-wei (陳柏惟) said that people have seen the background of the NCC’s decision.

Source: Taipei Times November 18, 2020 15:56 UTC