Refinitiv blocks Reuters stories on Tiananmen from its Eikon platform

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Source: Reuters

WORLD NEWS JUNE 3, 2019 / 1:11 PM / UPDATED 3 HOURS AGO

Refinitiv blocks Reuters stories on Tiananmen from its Eikon platform

Tony Munroe
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BEIJING (Reuters) - Under pressure from China’s government, financial information provider Refinitiv has removed from its Eikon terminal Reuters news stories related to the 30th anniversary of the bloody suppression of pro-democracy demonstrations in Beijing’s Tiananmen Square.

Refinitiv took the action to block the stories last week after the Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC), which controls online speech, threatened to suspend the company’s service in China if it did not comply, three people with knowledge of the decision said.

Refinitiv’s intention was to block the distribution of the stories only in China, two people familiar with the matter said. However, users outside China also said they could not see the stories. It was not clear why.

Refinitiv was formed last year when Reuters News’ parent company Thomson Reuters Corp sold a 55% stake in its Financial & Risk (F&R) unit to a group led by private equity firm Blackstone Group LP.

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A brutal record on civil rights, trampling on smaller countries as the expand into the South China Sea, currency manipulation, theft of intellectual property and the list goes on but all too often you hear that we can't offend China.