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I note this is happening right before Russia is (imo) about to invade Ukraine again. Governments can get-away with outrageous things when there's a war going o
by DaiPlusPlus 5y ago
I note this is happening right before Russia is (imo) about to invade Ukraine again.
Governments can get-away with outrageous things when there's a war going on to distract everyone, and what better way to drum-up support for a war anyway by making it easier to control what people can see online (or least: by making it ever increasingly more difficult to see independent news sources - you don't need to block content outright e.g. by banning Google like China did, just change the defaults: e.g. pass a law requiring all computers and phones sold in the country to have their home-pages set to Pravda.ru or something.
- dragonwriter 5y ago> I note this is happening right before Russia is (imo) about to invade Ukraine again. “Again” implies that Russia had at some point stopped invading Ukraine, which is very much not the case.
- DiabloD3 5y agoRussia has been trying to invade Ukraine since 1991.
- theplumber 5y agoWhat about Crimea? Or you think it was invaded by "patriots"?
- shostack 5y agoAlso, Russia may need the money. Wars are expensive.