Critics pointed out that Taiwan is being excluded by a UN civil aviation agency from important air safety information. The organization responded by mass blocking them.
The News Lens
Date: 2020/01/31
By: Jeremy Van der Haegen
As journalists and scholars took to social media to confront the organization, ICAO responded by blocking critical voices on Twitter.
The uproar started a week ago after Jessica Drun, a non-resident fellow at Washington-based think tank Project2049, launched the following tweet:
Want to drive the point home that two orgs, @WHO & @icao, refuse to share knowledge w/ Taiwan authorities. This means civil aviation authorities for one of busiest regional airports do not receive up-to-date info on any potential ICAO-WHO efforts. [FULL STORY]