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Gladly. Since the beginning of the war, Germany and the EU as a whole have pushed to ban Russia Today and other state press it deems dangerous [0]. More worryingly, Germany has one of the most repressive social media censorship laws ("NetzDG") in place [1]. Through this act, they have attempted to prosecute Telegram from giving Germans access to pro-Russian content [2]. It has also issued a draconian rule, where any German posting pro-Russian content - in this case, the "Z" symbol - would be prosecuted [3]. You might think that this is alright but legitimate political discussion is also being banned under the same premises - here is an example of that [4].

[0] https://www.politico.eu/article/russias-rt-sputnik-ban-raise...

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Network_Enforcement_Act

[2] https://www.politico.eu/article/russia-rt-media-telegram-ukr...

[3] https://www.politico.eu/article/germany-to-prosecute-use-of-...

[4] https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2022/03/30/pers-m30.html



Some call it censorship, others call it blocking enemy war propaganda. One can argue it's the same, yet I cannot understand or accept the freedom in advocating killing me and my family.


It's still censorship, whether or not you agree with it.


Sometimes one simply cannot make the difference anymore between propaganda trolls and ivory tower nerds...


With the amount of online and offline inquisitors ready to pounce at the slightest divergence from the official EU and US party line, those trolls and nerds stand no chance.

Just like truth, neutrality, free speech, etc don’t either.




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