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Of course, US media is completely independent and has diverse views. We should all emulate US media. https://theweek.com/speedreads/764546/watch-surreal-video-co...
Are you saying there is a shortage of viewpoint diversity available to Americans because local news is owned by a couple megacorps?
Read "The Gray Lady Winked" by Ashley Rindsberg.
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An example, not current, is that the US Government censored all access to wikileaks in 2010 - enforced for all Federal workers, military personal, etc. You can certainly argue that this was ineffective censorship that could be evaded, but it was, in fact, censorship by the US Government. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Censorship_in_the_United_State... It's the same across the world, countries that routinely censor mat…
That is a pretty tiny straw to grasp at considering we are talking about Russia blocking international media because they don't want people to know about homosexuality and SMO casualty numbers.
The GP comment asked for examples of censorship in the US. Examples were provided.
Incidentally nobody in Russia can read that article because they already banned the BBC and 80 other EU media outlets. And Facebook. And Instagram. And Twitter. And Discord. This is standard Russian censorship of western media and news.
Everybody in Russia who is not a complete idiot already has a VPN that allows to circumvent censorship (for now). Source: I'm in Russia now. In the end it'll likely end with whitelists of allowed IP addresses, and that will indeed insure that nobody would be able to access banned resources.
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you are offtopic, but I will entertain your comment because I'm so confused/amused by what you say and what means "idiot" in your world. - are you saying people forced to sign up for the war by force or rapists who do it to get out of jail in Russia are idiots? - are you saying being pro putin/pro war is like being an idiot in Russia? - are you saying russians in tech are saints and all like one are "not idiots" agai…
I'm saying the vast majority of people who support Putin are idiots, just like the vast majority of people who support Trump are idiots, and the religious rural fundies of Iran are mostly idiots. There's a lot of idiots out there and they don't like to think. It causes them pain to think hard. So they like people who tell them simple lies. Others are immoral or evil smart people. Unless you're working to undermine yo…
americans voted for trump because they are tired of democrats looking down on them. in other words, people with your attitude are to blame. until you seriously start trying to understand people and why they do stuff (it is not because they are idiots) you will keep making them do the opposite of what you think is good.
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Putin's approval rating is genuinely that high, around 80%. Nobody cares about opposing candidates, because Russia has had one or two free elections in its entire history. Far more important is that Putin has flooded the lower classes with money. People who were used to surviving on a few hundred dollars a month are now receiving tens of thousands in sign-up bonuses alone, plus military wages and compensations. Absol…
This is absolutely delusional, but Putin thanks you for serving his cause. Regarding your claim that Putin flooded the lower classes with money, this is simply false. What percent of the population do you think signed up for war? Do you really think that 0.5% (optimistic estimate) that did sign up had spread their wealth with anyone else? Just last week I stayed in the hospital with 2 men, 72y.o and 64y.o. One has pe…
But now you go to war and you/your family gets 200000 monthly. You can buy a cheap car for that money AND buy a flat in a city (first mortgage payment) after first month. Not counting signup bonus.
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Which bans are you referring to?
They’re referring to sanctions - persons/businesses residing in Russia, certain specific individuals and those working for specific Russian entities are locked out of much of the Western economy. I think it’s reasonable personally, but I can understand how a Russian 1000km from the Ukrainian frontline who used to sell jewelry on Etsy would be pissed.
These people were on the Europe's side politically, yet they were targeted by just the passport.
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They’re referring to sanctions - persons/businesses residing in Russia, certain specific individuals and those working for specific Russian entities are locked out of much of the Western economy. I think it’s reasonable personally, but I can understand how a Russian 1000km from the Ukrainian frontline who used to sell jewelry on Etsy would be pissed.
The most affected were not those inside, but the emigrants. MasterCard and Visa blocked Russian banks, and the emigrees couldn't pay with their savings anymore. Some people got shadow banned by banks, their accounts closed, or money transfers rejected. These people were on the Europe's side politically, yet they were targeted by just the passport.
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I live in a country that is in the process of banning TikTok.
I live in a country which banned TikTok. Nothing of value was lost.
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Fun fact, Hacker News is blocked in China
I’m curious how you know this? Did you try to get to this site from mainland and it was blocked? Seems to work fine from a Chinese VPN IP
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That is a pretty tiny straw to grasp at considering we are talking about Russia blocking international media because they don't want people to know about homosexuality and SMO casualty numbers.
No straw of any size is being grasped here. The GP comment asked for examples of censorship in the US. Examples were provided.
Libel isn't media that is censored in the US and available internationally.