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Russian-run sites like RT are banned through the whole EU. However, such spikes cannot be seen in other EU countries such as France.
by Xeophon 3y ago
Russian-run sites like RT are banned through the whole EU. However, such spikes cannot be seen in other EU countries such as France.
- commandnotfound 3y agoI just opened rt.com on my home connection with no tor or VPN and everything worked. I'm physically in the Czech Republic if that matters.
- ChatGTP 3y agoI just read on Al-Jazeera that Putin is back in control, that's why :)
- jd_paton 3y agoSource? I’m in NL and I can access it just fine. I use Cloudflare for DNS though
- mkl95 3y agoI would say this is the best solution. I live in another EU country where ISPs also block it via DNS.
- PrimeMcFly 3y agoNo excuse for that censorship honestly.
- flangola7 3y agoEliminating enemy propaganda is extremely common and a long running practice. It's less censorship and more self defense.
- PrimeMcFly 3y agoLooking at it from that perspective it makes a kind of sense, although I think it is less defensible in modern day with the internet.
- flangola7 3y agoIt's more defensible! Propaganda is far, far, less effective as a blind radio broadcast or air pamphlets than micro-targeted interactive sessions intricately engineered to maximize neurological reinforcement loops. Absolutely insidious.
- PrimeMcFly 3y agoNo, it's far less defensible, because people have the internet to look up and verify things as needed. This kind of censorship is just nannying, which I'm generally against. Then again, given how inept people are at thinking for themselves, maybe a nanny state is what's best.
- flangola7 3y ago> No, it's far less defensible, because people have the internet to look up and verify things as needed. Actual it is far more defensible, as I already clarified earlier. Propaganda remains effective regardless if there is the ability to verify it or not - and that is assuming everything can and will be checked by every person, which isn't realistic. > This kind of censorship is just nannying, which I'm generally against. It's not nannying at all. It's basic national self defense. Pen is mightier than the sword and all that. Brainworms are an insidious contagion.
- PrimeMcFly 3y ago> Actual it is far more defensible, as I already clarified earlier. You didn't clarify, you just gave your opinion. One I disagree with. > Propaganda remains effective regardless if there is the ability to verify it or not So you claim. Even so, the correct approach is for the government to fight propaganda with corrective disclosures. Censorship is not the answer. > It's not nannying at all. It's basic national self defense. It is certainly the former, even if it is the latter also, something I'm skeptical of. The two are not mutually exclusive. > Brainworms are an insidious contagion. You fight them with truth, not censorship.
- the_mitsuhiko 3y agoMight also depend on how it’s enforced. The blocks in Austria basically do not exist because they are only done by carrier DNS servers. Use 1.1.1.1 or 8.8.8.8 and you would not know.
- lxgr 3y agoThe vast majority of people use their ISP’s DNS server, though.
- the_mitsuhiko 3y agoI don’t think that is relevant here. If in one country you need a VPN to bypass blocking but others you only need a different DNS server I would expect most users to go for the latter if given a choice.
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- mr_mitm 3y agoI can open rt.com just fine in Germany. (Not using my ISP's DNS server though. It's true that rt.com won't resolve when using it.)
- beebeepka 3y agoLies. I just tried rt.com on my home connection and it opened without a problem