{"id":141844,"date":"2020-02-15T12:30:24","date_gmt":"2020-02-15T12:30:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bnreport.com\/new-house-bill-aims-at-protecting-americans-from-chinese-censorship\/"},"modified":"2020-02-15T12:30:24","modified_gmt":"2020-02-15T12:30:24","slug":"new-house-bill-aims-at-protecting-americans-from-chinese-censorship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bnreport.com\/en\/new-house-bill-aims-at-protecting-americans-from-chinese-censorship\/","title":{"rendered":"New House Bill Aims at Protecting Americans from Chinese Censorship"},"content":{"rendered":"

A bipartisan group of U.S. representatives has introduced a new bill aimed at safeguarding Americans workers right to free speech against foreign governments, in particular the Chinese regime.<\/p>\n

The proposed legislation named the Preventing Foreign CENSORSHIP in America Act would ban companies from firing or retaliating against employees who speak up about sensitive topics that countries like China seek to censor, according to a press release<\/a> from the bill co-sponsor Rep. Jim Banks (R-Ind.).<\/p>\n

The bill was introduced amid increasing concern over the Chinese regime using its economic clout to stifle free speech abroad.<\/p>\n

During last years pro-democracy protests in Hong Kong, the National Basketball Association (NBA) drew the ire of the regime after Houston Rockets general manager Daryl Morey tweeted an image in support of the protesters. The regime demanded<\/a> Morey be fired, and the NBA lost all its Chinese sponsors as a result.<\/p>\n

Chinese state broadcaster CCTV also stopped airing games, and the NBA has not been on the air in the country since.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe NBA incident is but one of many similar stories of American workers and entities being threatened into silence or self-censorship,\u201d the statement said.<\/p>\n

It added: \u201cWhile most of these stories dont make the news, North Korea famously blocked the theatrical release of The Interview by hacking and blackmailing Sony.\u201d<\/p>\n

The bill, introduced by Banks (R-IN-03), and reps. Yvette D. Clarke (D-NY-09), Tom Malinowski (D-NJ-07), Mike Gallagher (RRead More \u2013 Source<\/a>
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