China bans ABC website in online crackdown

Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison is not bothered by China banning the ABC's website for breaking the country's rules.

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The ABC will ignore China's program demands and broadcast a feature on its Uighur population. (AAP) Source: AAP

China has confirmed it has banned the ABC's website, claiming the Australian broadcaster has breached the country's laws and regulations.

The ABC claims its site has been blocked by Chinese firewalls for almost two weeks.

Usually the ABC isn't censored by China.

 

However, Prime Minister Scott Morrison isn't perturbed by China banning the ABC's website.

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Scott Morrison spoke with 2GB this morning.

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"Well, I mean, the ABC is funded to broadcast in Australia so we're in control of that," Mr Morrison told 2GB radio on Monday.

"China's a sovereign country. They make decisions about what happens there. We make decisions about what happens here."

Beijing has not said how the ABC breaches its rules.

Source: AAP - SBS


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