TBS announcer Shinichiro Azumi (52) appeared live on TBS’s “Information 7days Newscaster” (Sat., 10 p.m.), which he hosts as the general host. He referred to “old media. Photo] Saori Kimura and Shinichiro Azumi posted two unnatural shots with announcer Shinichiro Azumi. The program reported on the case of Takashi Tachibana, the leader of the party that protects the people from NHK, who was arrested on suspicion of defamation against Hideaki Takeuchi, then 50, a former prefectural assemblyman who died in January. It also reported on the case in which Hyogo Governor Motohiko Saito was charged with violating the Public Election Law (bribery and corruption) in connection with last November’s gubernatorial election, along with the female owner of a PR firm called “merchu” in Nishinomiya City, Hyogo Prefecture. After a commercial break, Azumi said, “Since the end of last year, there has been an increase in distrust of old media such as television, and the disorderly nature of social networking services has come under close scrutiny as well. He then introduced Germany’s social networking regulations, including the Network Enforcement Law, which came into full effect in 2006, requiring operators to delete clearly illegal posts within 24 hours, with fines of up to 50 million euros (approximately 9 billion yen) for violations. The EU also has a similar law. Announcer Azumi said, “In response to this situation as well, YAHOO is suspending some of its services in Europe in 2022, which probably means that they have decided that, considering the operational costs of such things, it would be better to stop the services, I think.
