People's Party Chairman Huang Guochang. (File photo)
Meta's communities have recently experienced large-scale suspensions in China. The accounts of Ko Wenzhe, the founding chairman of the People's Party, and the Legislative Yuan caucus have also been affected. The current chairman Huang Guochang jumped out and asked the Ministry of Digital Development to take action. "Don't think of just issuing a press release and that's it." As a result, his post was exposed and was widely criticized, asking why he opposed the "Digital Intermediary Services Law" back then? Many people also dug up relevant reports about Huang Guochang's indiscriminate deletion of the Ministry of Information Technology's budget last year, complaining that "the deletion made the Chinese people feel", and severely criticized it.
The National Communications Commission (NCC) will refer to the EU's Digital Services Act (DSA) in 2022 to formulate a draft digital intermediary law aimed at regulating the responsibilities of online platforms to prevent online fraud, false information and illegal content. However, Blue and White criticized the DPP government for creating a "cyber east factory" and "green martial law", condemned the law as an administrative abuse of power and suppressed freedom of speech, and demanded its immediate withdrawal. In the face of public opinion, then-Executive President Su Tseng-chang immediately "stepped on the brakes". The NCC announced that the controversial public hearings were postponed and the draft was returned to the internal working group for re-examination. The bill has since been stillborn.
Now that Meta's community has been suspended, Huang Guochang came out to increase his presence and posted a message saying, "In the past two days, many people's Meta communities have been inexplicably suspended without warning. Today, when communities have become an important tool for most people to obtain information and communicate with the outside world, it has seriously affected the rights and interests of users. I have asked the Legislative Yuan caucus to report this situation to the Digital Ministry and ask for To protect the rights and interests of users; as more and more people are "suffering", the Digital Ministry must not just issue a press release and think about it. Such widespread and inexplicable suspensions not only seriously affect users, but also affect Taiwan's digital sovereignty, which cannot be arbitrarily violated. The Digital Ministry should take more active actions and require the digital capital giants to provide specific explanations and future solutions. "
After his post was exposed, a large number of comments flooded in, "So why do you oppose the Digital Intermediary Law?", "Why are you blocking the Digital Intermediary Law?", "Why do you oppose the Digital Intermediary Law? Why do you want to cut the budgets of the Ministry of Digital Development and NCC, and why do you still boycott the NCC personnel matter?", "You were spreading rumors about the Digital Intermediary Law in the first place. You are like some kind of monster. Now that your accounts are banned, it’s really 3 plus 1.”, “You are the one who deserves to be banned, you are the garbage account.”, “You are blocking the digital intermediary law, and you are crying when something happens, you giant baby?”, “Thank you, Chairman, for finally coming forward to support the digital intermediary law in 2026. This is what we call truly picking up the past ideals of the Democratic Progressive Party.”
Many people have also turned to relevant reports about the Blue and White teaming up to delete and freeze the central government's general budget at the beginning of last year. At that time, Huang Guochang alleged that the budget of the Ministry of Digital Information and Information Technology was excessively compiled, and the Kuomintang Party wanted to keep a tight check on the wallets of the people. Last year the budget was cut indiscriminately, but this year the Kuomintang and the Kuomintang did not review it at all. Now Huang Guochang has to work for the Ministry of Information and Communications Technology again. Netizens have angrily commented, "Having his head caught in the door does not mean that the Ministry of Information and Information Technology is useless? You are also deleting the budget. What are you asking for? 78 cents!", "Aren't you spending all day long? Saying that the Ministry of Digital Information and Development is a waste? Now your party looks more like a waste." "The budget has been cut, the bill has not been reviewed, and now people have no money to do things and you are relying on them. It is really the most disgusting stain in Taiwan's politics." "You deleted the budget of the Ministry of Digital Information and Development. How dare you post this?"
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For related news, please see: Ke Wenzhe was suspended and Baiying demanded justice from Meta. Lawyer: The negative consequences of the "anti-intermediary law" back then
