The US government requires government-funded & controlled outlets like @RT_America to register with @TheJusticeDept as foreign agents.
@Twitter & @YouTube label them.
In Germany, YouTube went further, suspending 2 RT channels for spreading medical misinfo:
theguardian.com/technology/202…
@Twitter & @YouTube label them.
In Germany, YouTube went further, suspending 2 RT channels for spreading medical misinfo:
theguardian.com/technology/202…
Now Russia is threatening to block @YouTube entirely unless it restores the 2 RT channels:
washingtonpost.com/world/2021/09/…
Frustrated that @washingtonpost put “misinformation” in quotes.
It reports clips with “misleading info” about “unproven COVID-19 treatments were on RT channels.
washingtonpost.com/world/2021/09/…
Frustrated that @washingtonpost put “misinformation” in quotes.
It reports clips with “misleading info” about “unproven COVID-19 treatments were on RT channels.
At a meta level, it’s fascinating to see @RFERL report on RT & the escalating conflict between Russia, and US tech companies: rferl.org/a/youtube-dele…
RFERL noted the US & EU have “accused Russia of spreading false info about COVID-19 & vaccines” — without confirming that truth.
RFERL noted the US & EU have “accused Russia of spreading false info about COVID-19 & vaccines” — without confirming that truth.
It says something ugly about news & 2021 that @Apple & @Google removed @Navalny’s voting app under pressure from Russia & yet escaped widespread condemnation: nytimes.com/2021/09/17/wor…
Need @POTUS @SecBlinken to lead more here. The Splinternet is growing.
Need @POTUS @SecBlinken to lead more here. The Splinternet is growing.
https://twitter.com/navalny/status/1441065558267633666
The @NYTimes reports after Russian authorities threatened to prosecute local employees, naming specific individuals, @Google removed @Navalny's app, crippling Russia's opposition party during parliamentary elections. @Apple declined to comment, but needs to talk more about this!
As @DavidKaye told the @NYTimes, in taking down @Navalny's app @Google & @Apple “are de facto carrying out an element of Russian repression. Whether it’s justifiable or not, it’s complicity and the companies need to explain it.”
He's right.
Where are @Tim_Cook & @SundarPichai?
He's right.
Where are @Tim_Cook & @SundarPichai?
As @lilyhnewman reports, removing a voting app during an election is a troubling precedent: wired.com/story/russia-a…
After Russia successfully repressed an opposition party, we can & should expect other autocrats to try.
This @WhiteHouse needs a strategy:
After Russia successfully repressed an opposition party, we can & should expect other autocrats to try.
This @WhiteHouse needs a strategy:
https://twitter.com/digiphile/status/1439974452306096133?s=21
It's may be too much to expect @Google & @Apple to stand up to the Kremlin's demands if there are local staff in jeopardy, but should the companies now stay? Should U.S. corporations remain in nations where the hidden cost of their profits is complicity with digitized repression?
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