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Ukraine banned vkontakte since 2017. Just to add some perspective. "This is different" I guess.
by vbezhenar 5y ago
Ukraine banned vkontakte since 2017. Just to add some perspective.
"This is different" I guess.
- TimTheTinker 5y agoWith Russia actively invading Ukraine at the moment, yeah it's different.
- throwaway894345 5y ago> "This is different" I guess. I should say so. Despite all of its hard-earned criticism, Facebook isn't the social media arm of a foreign invader.
- cutemonster 5y agoAnd Putin was using VK for psychological warfare. It was crazy it didn't get blocked sooner -- letting an aggressive threatening dictator have instant access to spreading targeted propaganda
- slezyr 5y agoIt just happens that VK was hijacked right before taking over Crimea. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VK_(service)#Durov's_dismissal https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VK_(service)#Durov's_dismissal
- kahrl 5y agoIt's different because Russian sites contain ONLY propaganda, and dissent from the state is ALWAYS silenced. Take this this propaganda false equivalence nonsense and shove it.
- pessimizer 5y agoSaying vkontakte is ONLY propaganda is as dumb as saying Facebook is ONLY propaganda. They're social networks, and they also have your aunt's recipes and baby pictures.
- akho 5y agoVk is more of an amplifier than its own propaganda channel. (Like Facebook sometimes) There are also very different people on there. Banning shit like RT or other Russian state media makes more sense.