US To Restrict Visa Issuance For Foreigners Who Sensor Americans

(MENAFN- Kuwait News Agency (KUNA)) WASHINGTON, May 28 (KUNA) -- US Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced a visa restriction policy that will apply to "foreign nationals who are responsible for censorship of protected expression in the United States."
"Free speech is among the most cherished rights we enjoy as Americans. This right, legally enshrined in our constitution, has set us apart as a beacon of freedom around the world," he said in a press release on Wednesday.
"Even as we take action to reject censorship at home, we see troubling instances of foreign governments and foreign officials picking up the slack.
"In some instances, foreign officials have taken flagrant censorship actions against US tech companies and US citizens and residents when they have no authority to do so --.
"It is unacceptable for foreign officials to issue or threaten arrest warrants on U.S. citizens or US residents for social media posts on American platforms while physically present on US soil," Secretary Rubio explained.
"It is similarly unacceptable for foreign officials to demand that American tech platforms adopt global content moderation policies or engage in censorship activity that reaches beyond their authority and into the United States.
"We will not tolerate encroachments upon American sovereignty, especially when such encroachments undermine the exercise of our fundamental right to free speech," he added. (end)
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