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RT, Sputnik and related Russian state media outlets are subject to sanctions in the EU, their broadcast licenses have been revoked and their channels have been

RT, Sputnik and related Russian state media outlets are subject to sanctions in the EU, their broadcast licenses have been revoked and their channels have been removed from terrestrial, cable and satellite broadcasts. Their accounts on all major social media platforms are blocked. Their apps are no longer available on the Google or Apple stores. Europe doesn't have a Chinese-style Great Firewall, but EU countries have taken every reasonable step to prevent Russian state media from reaching EU audiences. https://www.politico.eu/article/russia-rt-sputnik-illegal-europe/ https://www.politico.eu/article/russia-rt-sputnik-illegal-eu... https://www.ofcom.org.uk/news-centre/2022/ofcom-revokes-rt-broadcast-licence https://www.ofcom.org.uk/news-centre/2022/ofcom-revokes-rt-b... https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2022/03/01/youtube-tiktok-facebook-state-media-ban/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2022/03/01/youtube... https://www.reuters.com/technology/exclusive-google-blocks-rt-sputnik-play-app-store-europe-2022-03-02/ https://www.reuters.com/technology/exclusive-google-blocks-r...

medo-bear 2y ago
> Europe doesn't have a Chinese-style Great Firewall, but EU countries have taken every reasonable step to prevent Russian state media from reaching EU audiences. Because they think the EU audiances are stupid?
- guappa 2y ago
  Because they don't like anti-government point of views to become too widespread. In Italy the current defence minister is personally earning considerable amount of money by sending weapons to Ukraine, because he's also an owner and manager of companies that make said weapons. Do you think they'd want to favour open discussions? No. In fact besides RT being banned, they want to be able to block any website, giving providers 30 minutes to implement the ban, no appeal and no oversight from a judge (https://stop-piracy-shield.it/ https://stop-piracy-shield.it/)
  - pigpang 2y ago
    > In Italy the current defence minister is personally earning considerable amount of money by sending weapons to Ukraine, because he's also an owner and manager of companies that make said weapons. FUD is the reason why Russian liars are banned from EU.
    - guappa 2y ago
      Well italy allows the openly racist newspaper "libero" to be open. I don't think FUD is a main concern when blocking websites.

medo-bear 2y ago

> Europe doesn't have a Chinese-style Great Firewall, but EU countries have taken every reasonable step to prevent Russian state media from reaching EU audiences. Because they think the EU audiances are stupid?

guappa 2y ago
Because they don't like anti-government point of views to become too widespread. In Italy the current defence minister is personally earning considerable amount of money by sending weapons to Ukraine, because he's also an owner and manager of companies that make said weapons. Do you think they'd want to favour open discussions? No. In fact besides RT being banned, they want to be able to block any website, giving providers 30 minutes to implement the ban, no appeal and no oversight from a judge (https://stop-piracy-shield.it/ https://stop-piracy-shield.it/)
- pigpang 2y ago
  > In Italy the current defence minister is personally earning considerable amount of money by sending weapons to Ukraine, because he's also an owner and manager of companies that make said weapons. FUD is the reason why Russian liars are banned from EU.
  - guappa 2y ago
    Well italy allows the openly racist newspaper "libero" to be open. I don't think FUD is a main concern when blocking websites.