#notmywar

Robert said:
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How did they survive? Could it be ... White Privilege? Not saying it doesn't suck for them but this sort of thing happens daily around the world. What do people need to do to get on the BBC when it happens to them?
Why do we focus on individuals sometimes and other times treat people as faceless collectives? As Joe Stalin is said to have said (though probably didn't), one death is a tragedy; a million deaths is a statistic.
 
Putting here and not the Muskrat thread, because I actually agree.

Elon Musk says SpaceX's Starlink won't block Russian news sources 'unless at gunpoint'​

SpaceX CEO Elon Musk said Saturday that his company won't block access to Russian media sources on its Starlink internet system despite requests from some governments.

"Starlink has been told by some governments (not Ukraine) to block Russian news sources," Musk wrote on Twitter Saturday (March 5). "We will not do so unless at gunpoint."

No censorship! People need to grow the {bleep} up and actually know propaganda when they see it. We need sentient beings, not NPCs. SJWs and religious nutters are 2 sides of the same coin. Censorship is never the answer.
 
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These are the people who tell you they are your betters and you should listen to and follow them..

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redrumloa said:
Censorship is never the answer.
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A Taste of Their Own Medicine: Russia Blacklists Facebook, Twitter​

The Russian government has reportedly blocked access to Facebook and Twitter completely in the country in response to the social media Masters of the Universe placing restrictions on Russian state media.

The Guardian reports that Russia has blocked access to Facebook and Twitter in retaliation for the platforms placing restrictions on Russian-state media such as Russia Today and Sputnik. Breitbart News previously reported that Facebook (including Instagram), YouTube, and TikTok have completely banned Russian media outlets like Russia Today and Sputnik throughout the European Union.

Now, the Russian state communications regulator, Roskomnadzor, has announced that both Facebook and Twitter will be restricted in the country. Roskomndazor alleges that there have been 26 cases of discrimination against Russian media by Facebook since October 2020. The regulator has accused Facebook of violating the “rights and freedoms of Russian nationals.”

As Russia continues its invasion of Ukraine, the country has called on tech giants to take action against the aggressor nation. European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen commented on the effect of Russian media, stating: “The state-owned Russia Today and Sputnik, and their subsidiaries, will no longer be able to spread their lies to justify Putin’s war.”

Facebook President of Global Policy Nick Clegg stated that the company had received requests from a “number of governments” as well as the European Union to restrict Russian state media. “Given the exceptional nature of the current situation, we will be restricting access to RT and Sputnik across the EU at this time,” Clegg said.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1498395147536527360

Breitbart News also previously reported that Twitter claims to have banned over a dozen accounts linked to Russian disinformation operations. A Twitter spokesperson said in a statement: “On Feb. 27, we permanently suspended more than a dozen accounts and blocked sharing of several links in violation of our platform manipulation and spam policy. Our investigation is ongoing; however, our initial findings indicate that the accounts and links originated in Russia and were attempting to disrupt the public conversation around the ongoing conflict in Ukraine.”
 
FluffyMcDeath said:
What? A government trying to control what its people can see (or post) on social media? The horror.
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Remember the predictable reaction, even largely here, to Alex Jones getting deplatformed? Then remember the reaction to the then sitting POTUS getting deplatformed in much the same way? Most of the people you will see complaining about Russian censorship and gov propaganda are either hypocrites or straight up NPCs.
 
redrumloa said:
Then remember the reaction to the then sitting POTUS getting deplatformed in much the same way? Most of the people you will see complaining about Russian censorship and gov propaganda are either hypocrites or straight up NPCs.
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That cuts both ways. I thought Twitter deciding to remove Trump was a bad move and said so on here, but plenty of other folk who disagreed with it don't appear to have any concerns about government mandated censorship, even with potential gaol sentences for violations. I'm not so much complaining about Russian censorship as pointing it out. There's undoubtedly a stench of hypocrisy around it on both sides.
 
Robert said:
I thought Twitter deciding to remove Trump was a bad move and said so on here
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I do seem to remember you specifically saying so here about Trump. That slope was greased long before Trump though. There was no resistance to Alex Jones here AFAIR except me and Fluffy. There were many, many, MANY other examples in-between that were not high profile. Censorship of certain ideas and political leanings became the norm.
 
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Not technically war related, but could influence her outcome. Everything I've heard is she was busted with a vape pen loaded with "cannabis", presumably marijuana vape.

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