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Russian Government itself is working hard to isolate their segment of internet so they can control it and firewall it Chinese style to push their propaganda unr
by vl 5y ago
Russian Government itself is working hard to isolate their segment of internet so they can control it and firewall it Chinese style to push their propaganda unrestricted. So willfully cutting it off for them is essentially helping the enemy.
There used to be Radio Svoboda to counter Soviet propaganda. Nowadays West need to be working hard to ensure there is internet in Russia and news and communications are available, so regular people cans see non-government news sources and dissidents can securely coordinate. I don't understand why it's so hard to comprehend.
- mikob 5y agoThey've had open access to the internet until now and look where we've gotten. Having open access to the internet was not convincing enough Russians to condemn their government. So maybe getting people inconvenienced enough to show them the world condemns their actions is a better shot.
- sodality2 5y ago>Having open access to the internet was not convincing enough Russians to condemn their government. But they have been - there has been an unprecedented amount of protests in Russian cities..