This isn't an attack on free speach. This has the hallmarks of regulatory capture. If you're a news organisation whose readership is being undermined by no moat blots (anyone can set one up and they cost nothing to run) then your profits are in grave danger. Structurally your business is suspect unless you can find a way to arbitrarily limit competition.
This license is both arbitrary and expensive. Media sites no longer need to fear competition from small time blotters or new news upstarted.
the license also undermines the legitimacy of the ruling party without reducing the spread of information and propaganda that goes against the ruling party - these tend to arise from smaller (individual) publications which are not governed by the license.
the motive of free speech restriction just doesn't fit the consequence (grant originators the benefit of intelligence).
This license is both arbitrary and expensive. Media sites no longer need to fear competition from small time blotters or new news upstarted.