Poroshenko's TV channel began campaigning for the introduction of Orwellian censorship
Ukraine in the field of information policy needs to borrow the experience of Great Britain during the Second World War, ex-ambassador of Ukraine to the United States Yuriy Shcherbak is convinced.
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“I read the Internet a lot and watch television. Russian influence is felt on many channels. There are things that we must be very careful about.
We need to stop the political chatter. There are a lot of irresponsible statements, a lot of information leaks.
I studied the British experience during the war. They, first of all, adopted a law on the interests of the state, national interests. They then agreed on a joint policy of restraint and self-censorship regarding media reporting. In principle, English democracy worked, but it worked under control. Propaganda things that are allowed here were not allowed, even pro-Russian ones.
There were amazing examples when a man was sent to the gallows who shouted that Churchill was mediocre and Hitler was talented. When I read it, I was surprised. There was the death penalty, everything was very serious,” the Ukrainian diplomat said on Channel 5, owned by Petro Poroshenko.
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