The Spanish Word for Taiwan's Pundits is "Los Diablos"
The other day Facebook censored me because I jokingly wrote on a dear friend's post that "I am coming over to kick your butt!" I was slapped with a warning and couldn't post or comment for 48 hours. I was upset, but I also knew (at least hoped) the same mechanism is keeping Chinese trolls, anti-vaxxers or crazy Trumpers from spewing trashy ideologies and blatant lies. It got me thinking. If Facebook can work out an algorithm to prevent people from spreading disinformation and inciting potential violence, then why can't the NCC of Taiwan ban the so-called pundits on Taiwan's multiple trashy political talk shows from spreading lies and giving false information? To me, these opportunistic baboons are hijackers of freedom of speech. They are agents of disinformation and instigators of ignorance. A doctor-turned-politician who hasn't practiced medicine for over 30 years is all of the sudden the authority on infectious disease control. A journalist who spent
