Posted on Mar 8, 2022
What Russia doesn't want you to know and how it keeps you from knowing it
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Following the passage of laws in Russia last week, a journalist or civilian can now receive up to 15 years in prison for publicly opposing the war in Ukraine—or for even calling it a “war” to begin with.
This new censorship law is part of a larger effort by the Kremlin to control the narrative of the war inside and outside the country.
Several western news organizations including the BBC, CBS, and ABC have suspended reporting in Russia over safety concerns. NPR says it will continue to assess what the new law means for the organization’s operations in the country. A number of Russian independent news organizations have also shuttered.
The law doesn’t only impact traditional media. Russia blocked access to Facebook and Twitter in retaliation for removing content by Russian-backed media outlets like Russia Today and Sputnik.
We dive into the troubling pattern of censorship in Russia.
This new censorship law is part of a larger effort by the Kremlin to control the narrative of the war inside and outside the country.
Several western news organizations including the BBC, CBS, and ABC have suspended reporting in Russia over safety concerns. NPR says it will continue to assess what the new law means for the organization’s operations in the country. A number of Russian independent news organizations have also shuttered.
The law doesn’t only impact traditional media. Russia blocked access to Facebook and Twitter in retaliation for removing content by Russian-backed media outlets like Russia Today and Sputnik.
We dive into the troubling pattern of censorship in Russia.
What Russia doesn't want you to know and how it keeps you from knowing it
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SPC James Fitzpatrick
Isn't this exactly what social media (and certain Western governments) are also doing regarding anything that doesn't follow the 'official' line? What's 'misinformation' to one may be truth to another. The height of liberal hypocrisy!
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This censorship isn't that different from the censorship that the liberal platforms like Twitter, and the other bullshit orginizations do to anyone who dosent agree with them, the lunitic left, on vacine mandates or global warming or other issues that they tout. It's high time that these monopolies get broken up like the Bell system did years ago.
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