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Austria to fine media outlets up to 50k euros for violating EU censorship rules

Updated: May 5, 2022 at 4:57 pm EST  See Comments

Thu May 5, 2022 – 4:36 pm EDT

VIENNA (LifeSiteNews) — The National Council of Austria has modified the country’s legislation on media and audio-visual content to align itself with European Union (EU) regulations, sanctions, and censorship decisions.  

“Whoever is in contravention of directly applicable EU regulations is guilty of an administrative offense and is liable to a fine of up to 50,000 euros,” reads the text of the new law, which was signed by Austrian president Alexander Van der Bellen and Austrian Chancellor Karl Nehammer on April 13.  

According to German news website Infosat, the aim of the amendment was to prohibit the dissemination of the Russian state media channels Sputnik and RT in Austria in accordance with an EU ban

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