Government Information Office deputy director-general Hong Chong-jan says that the proposed amendments not only say that elected officials or persons holding official posts in political parties may not operate media outlets, but the GIO is hoping to extend the scope of the law to ban any relatives within three grades of relationships (including parents, siblings, grandparents, aunts, uncles, and cousins) from participating in media management.
行政院新聞局副局長洪瓊娟表示，新法除規定選任公職人員及具黨職身分者不得經營媒體外，新聞局也傾向於將限制範圍擴大到三等親內均不得參與媒體經營。