Just crazy what is happening

  • Someonelol@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    21 days ago

    Why can’t the US do the same to Russia’s social media sites? Let them have some political upheaval for a change.

    • TheGrandNagus@lemmy.world
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      21 days ago

      Russia is very locked down. They regularly ban outside media.

      On top of that, Putin arrests/assasinates political competition, and puts in place a controlled opposition.

      And finally, their elections are fake.

    • Maalus@lemmy.world
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      21 days ago

      Because Russia controls these sites and wouldn’t let any sensible opposition in. Putin is trying to be a dictator for life with illusions of democracy (you need to give ambitious people the illusion that they could do something).

      • ECB@feddit.org
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        18 days ago

        As much as many people will dislike the idea: it seems like ‘not letting in foreign sites’ is currently the winning strategy