UK broadcast regulator Ofcom has fined a Chinese state broadcaster a further £200,000 ($273,000) over two programs aired in the UK that contained forced confessions. CGTN, previously known as CCTV, is an international English-language satellite news channel owned by the Chinese regime and directly controlled by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). Ofcom revoked CGTN’s broadcast license back in February after campaigners, angered by forced confessions aired in the UK, pointed out that licensing to corporations effectively run by the CCP could be in violation of UK law. Ofcom also found the broadcaster in violation of its standards for various programs going back several years but had yet to mete out fines for some of the violations. Today, Ofcom announced it was handing China Star Sun Limited two fines of £100,000 ($136,000) each in relation to complaints brought by Simon Cheng, a former UK consulate general employee in Hong Kong, and Swedish book …
-
Recent Posts
-
Archives
- May 2025
- April 2025
- July 2023
- June 2023
- May 2023
- April 2023
- March 2023
- February 2023
- January 2023
- December 2022
- November 2022
- October 2022
- September 2022
- August 2022
- July 2022
- June 2022
- May 2022
- April 2022
- March 2022
- February 2022
- January 2022
- December 2021
- November 2021
- October 2021
- September 2021
- August 2021
- July 2021
- June 2021
- May 2021
- April 2021
- March 2021
- February 2021
- January 2021
- December 2020
- September 2013
- July 2013
- March 2013
- January 2013
- December 2012
- November 2012
- December 1
-
Meta