Ouagadougou: The online media, faso.net, was ordered on Wednesday by the Superior Council of Communication (CSC) to respect regulations in the processing of information and the moderation of discussion forums.
Meeting in support of the transition: ‘We do not want to hear about another president, the one we know is Ibrahim Traoré’, is one of the faso.net articles questioned by the CSC.
According to the media regulatory body, this press article published on May 13, 2024, contains violent and hateful remarks, and a call for murder against members of identified political parties.
These comments, which are an incitement to hatred or discrimination through the press, according to the regulator, are punishable in accordance with the provisions of the penal code.
To do this, he ordered faso.net to delete the article in question without delay on all media.
The regulatory body also criticizes the organ in its article ‘Burkina: citizens express their expectations for the 5 years in office of President Ibrahim Traor
é’, of May 28, 2024, for not having moderated the Internet users’ forum.
On this subject, the CSC indicated that malicious and offensive comments were noted there, without the media blocking them.
To correct these shortcomings, the regulatory body has ordered the media to strengthen the moderation system of the article forums under the direct responsibility of the editorial staff.
‘IB and the solitude of power’ is also one of the incriminated articles on lefaso.net.
Published on May 28, 2024, the regulator, after analyzing the content of the publication, said it had detected unverified facts and tending to disinformation. This is contrary to the ethics of the journalist, specified the CSC which invited the media to respect the veracity of the facts in the comment articles.
In the event of similar breaches or non-compliance with deadlines for the execution of obligations cited by the regulator, the online media, faso.net, is exposed to higher sanctions, CSC officials suggested.
The online newspaper, faso
.net, was interviewed by the CSC on June 5, 2024.
Source: Burkina Information Agency