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UN / TWITTER JOURNALISTS SUSPENSION REAX
STORY: UN / TWITTER JOURNALISTS SUSPENSION REAX
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SOURCE: UNIFEED
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LANGUAGE: ENGLISH / NATS
DATELINE: 16 DECEMBER 2022, NEW YORK CITY / FILE
FILE - NEW YORK CITY
1. Wide shot, exterior UN Headquarters
16 DECEMBER 2022, NEW YORK CITY
2. Wide shot, press room
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Stéphane Dujarric, Spokesperson for the Secretary-General, United Nations:
“We are very disturbed by the arbitrary suspension of accounts of journalists that we saw on Twitter. Media voices should not be silenced on a platform that professes to be a space for freedom of speech.”
6. Close up, journalist asking a question
7. SOUNDBITE (English) Stéphane Dujarric, Spokesperson for the Secretary-General, United Nations:
“The move sets a dangerous precedent at a time when journalists all over the world are facing censorship, physical threats and even worse. And we are remaining in touch with officials at Twitter.”
6. Wide shot, press room
Commenting on the suspension of journalist accounts on Twitter, a UN Spokesperson said, “media voices should not be silenced on a platform that professes to be a place for freedom of speech.”
Briefing journalists today (16 Dec) in New York, the UN Spokesperson for the Secretary-General, Stéphane Dujarric, said, “we're very disturbed by the arbitrary suspension of accounts of journalists that we saw on Twitter."
He continued, “Media voices should not be silenced on a platform that professes to be a space for freedom of speech.”
The Spokesperson also said, “The move sets a dangerous precedent at a time when journalists all over the world are facing censorship, physical threats and even worse."
He also added, “we are remaining in touch with officials at Twitter.”
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