During the Monday, 8 April 2024 press meeting, President Luis Abinader presented to the nation the Bill on Freedom of Expression, Audiovisual Media and Digital Platforms that seeks to update current legislation on freedom of expression. The draft law would replace Public Expression Law 6132. It would create the National Communications Institute (Inacom) that would replace the National Commission for Public Entertainment and Radio.
The bill contains provisions to regulate audiovisual and social media platforms. As of the past governments of Leonel Fernandez in 1996, Dominican governments have become the main source of revenues for media and journalists in the Dominican Republic, with government heavily funding advertising, propaganda, sponsorships and appointing journalists in government.
Media representatives have protested recent laws and...
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