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BBC offices in India raided by tax officials amid Modi documentary fallout

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Re: BBC offices in India raided by tax officials amid Modi documentary fallout

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Post by andreygrehov »

bovermyer wrote: post #41

Is it just me, or are authoritarian regimes on the rise world-wide?

I somewhat disagree. To me, it looks like many countries are trying to diverge from the sphere of influence of the US, and US doesn’t want that happening. When the big media portrays every other country as dangerous, authoritarian, etc., it’s always interesting to seek for motivation behind the claims. As a quick example, Brooklyn is much more dangerous than pretty much anywhere in Moscow. I can’t imagine NYTimes or any other large publication say that. I wonder if China is perfectly safe and less “authoritarian” as it’s shown on prime time.

Re: BBC offices in India raided by tax officials amid Modi documentary fallout

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Post by monetus »

eunos wrote: post #165
vertis wrote: post #149

Earlier quoted context omitted.

We can't let past failure stop the criticisms of genocide and slips into authoritarian behaviour. We all (globally) have to try to hold each other to account.

>We all (globally) have to try to hold each other to account. I'm sorry but De facto it is kinda ridiculous. Since "western" entities almost completely control media and influence. Criticism always occur one way street.

Al Jazeera, scmp, nhk, cna, Hindustantimes, haaretz and even al arabiya are all becoming more common. I'm in the American southeast. Please dont generalize.

> Criticism always occur one way street.

? What kind of sources are you listening to? Even the Rupert Murdoch ones are filled with vitriol critizing their respective regions. A publication having a xenophobic bent, and that being useful to politicians is another tangential thing.

Re: BBC offices in India raided by tax officials amid Modi documentary fallout

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Post by Bhilai »

Government using its tools to silence and pressure the media is a tale as old as any in India. Modi was a persona non grata for many western countries and US would not even give him a visa to enter the country after Gujrat riots. Mostly everyone alive at that time knows about his role in the riots but the fact remains that folks in India are willing to overlook it. Modi has one of the highest approval ratings when compared to other world leaders (amongst their constituents) and so long as people in India dont care, Modi will continue to abuse the Government machinery to silence and discipline dissidents.

Re: BBC offices in India raided by tax officials amid Modi documentary fallout

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Post by ryandrake »

wil421 wrote: post #194
aliqot wrote: post #186

Earlier quoted context omitted.

are you perhaps a teen? that's a magnet link, its used to transfer things via bittorrent. we used to put them in the spokes of our bicycles when we'd ride down to the five-and-dime

When I was riding bikes to the store we had dialup and floppies were giving way to CDs. It’s been over a decade since I’ve used BitTorrent and I didn’t know magnet links were still popular. I hate seeding and there was also a lot of malware hidden in public trackers. Once I switched to Usenet I never looked back. P2P file sharing has never been a good experience for me.

How does one get malware from playing a .mkv or .mp4 video file?

Re: BBC offices in India raided by tax officials amid Modi documentary fallout

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Post by dharmach »

mihaaly wrote: post #81
azalemeth wrote: post #13

Honestly, a lot of the documentary is a mixture of interviews and CCTV camera footage with a fairly even handed narrative on the top – it, by itself, isn't that shocking and certainly isn't presented in a particularly sensationalist way. I'm amazed by the reaction it has generated. Yes, there's some post-colonial history there and it doesn't look great that it's the BBC that has made it, as opposed to, say, a US or c…

Apparently it struck too close to home. Unleashing tax officials on an organization painting a negative picture (well, not, Modi and accoplice paint it, the BBC only presents it) is a failed attempt of masquerading an authoritarian government overstepping their limits of governance. If they were honest and not coward they would simply tell: 'Shouldn't uncover our dirty laundry, get out of here or will get hurt!' They…

Modi is scared of BBC otherwise he should have banned BBC like RT.com in the West.

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Post by [deleted] »

ryandrake wrote: post #204
wil421 wrote: post #194

Earlier quoted context omitted.

When I was riding bikes to the store we had dialup and floppies were giving way to CDs. It’s been over a decade since I’ve used BitTorrent and I didn’t know magnet links were still popular. I hate seeding and there was also a lot of malware hidden in public trackers. Once I switched to Usenet I never looked back. P2P file sharing has never been a good experience for me.

How does one get malware from playing a .mkv or .mp4 video file?

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Re: BBC offices in India raided by tax officials amid Modi documentary fallout

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Post by Laaas »

ryandrake wrote: post #204
wil421 wrote: post #194

Earlier quoted context omitted.

When I was riding bikes to the store we had dialup and floppies were giving way to CDs. It’s been over a decade since I’ve used BitTorrent and I didn’t know magnet links were still popular. I hate seeding and there was also a lot of malware hidden in public trackers. Once I switched to Usenet I never looked back. P2P file sharing has never been a good experience for me.

How does one get malware from playing a .mkv or .mp4 video file?

A sophisticated attacker could make use of bugs in the player to hack the system. This sort of trick is often used against high value targets where the effort needed makes it worth it.

Re: BBC offices in India raided by tax officials amid Modi documentary fallout

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Post by Laaas »

wil421 wrote: post #194
aliqot wrote: post #186

Earlier quoted context omitted.

are you perhaps a teen? that's a magnet link, its used to transfer things via bittorrent. we used to put them in the spokes of our bicycles when we'd ride down to the five-and-dime

When I was riding bikes to the store we had dialup and floppies were giving way to CDs. It’s been over a decade since I’ve used BitTorrent and I didn’t know magnet links were still popular. I hate seeding and there was also a lot of malware hidden in public trackers. Once I switched to Usenet I never looked back. P2P file sharing has never been a good experience for me.

What do you use instead? IPFS isn't very practical compared to Bittorrent I find.

Re: BBC offices in India raided by tax officials amid Modi documentary fallout

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Post by [deleted] »

Laaas wrote: post #207
ryandrake wrote: post #204

Earlier quoted context omitted.

How does one get malware from playing a .mkv or .mp4 video file?

A sophisticated attacker could make use of bugs in the player to hack the system. This sort of trick is often used against high value targets where the effort needed makes it worth it.

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Re: BBC offices in India raided by tax officials amid Modi documentary fallout

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Post by mandeepj »

> so long as people in India dont care

Why you say that and how can you? There are a lot of people in and outside India - that hate him with passion.

> Modi has one of the highest approval ratings

He has a dedicated machinery and apparatus to paint him clean and shiny. Look how he screwed up during Covid and post clean-up act.

These tax raids is the "only" tool up his sleeve that he has against his opposers. Would he raid Adani? Nope. Otherwise India and Indians - would not be this ashamed and looted today.

He's nothing but a low cost and offshore version of Trump; can't think straight. Listen to any of his speeches; it's all mumbo-jumbo. I can't get my head around it: how he continues to make fool of over a billion people on a daily basis? The greatest conman of all time. When the current generation of teenagers would look back after a decade - they are going to surely say - "Wtf was that era! ".

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