This new EU court ruling is part of an anti-democratic epidemic spreading around so-called 'liberal democracies'
  • Wildmimic@anarchist.nexusEnglish
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    6 days ago

    RT salty that their propaganda isn’t welcome, unveils the Canary as the next russian propaganda outlet that needs to be banned.

    • Salah [ey/em]@hexbear.netEnglish
      143·
      6 days ago

      Whatever you think about Russia or RT, this is a wildly authoritarian law that will not stop at RT or Russian propaganda. EU has proven itself to be a bad judge of truth, by supporting genocide on Palestine and actively suppressing reports on Nazism in Ukrainian military as well as in other European militaries. You should be worried that the same EU is now starting to criminalise sharing news that doesn’t fit its narrative.

          • Honytawk@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
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            4 days ago

            The part where you go for the slippery slope fallacy.

            The part where you go for the appeal to ignorance fallacy.

            But mostly the part where you blatantly propagate Russian misinformation.

            So basically, your entire comment.

            Russia has more fascist than Ukraine and has the same imperial mindset at the Nazis, but somehow Ukraine is Nazi-riddled? Like, how easily manipulated can someone be?

            Tell me, how many countries has Ukraine invaded since they became independent of the USSR?

            • Salah [ey/em]@hexbear.netEnglish
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              4 days ago

              This article is about a ban on RT news videos. Do you even know what RT publishes? They have a higher journalistic standard than the largest newspapers in Germany and The Netherlands (Bild and Telegraaf), both of which publish fascist bullshit and Palestinian genocide denial on a regular basis. That should tell you something about the arbitrary nature of this ban.

              This discussion is not about whether Russia or Ukraine has more nazis, it’s about EU providing weapons and other types of material support to nazis in Ukraine and labeling al newspapers with original reporting on this as pro Russia propagandists.

              Edit to clarify: RT is not the only newspaper reporting on Ukrainian nazis getting material support from the EU. Local independent European newspapers report on it as well but are very quickly labelled as pro Russian propagandists by EU officials, even if these newspapers consistently state that Russia is the agressor in this war. You may call it a slippery slope fallacy but personally I do not think it’s unreasonable to worry about the EU further criminalising reporting on the Russian-Ukrainian war that doesn’t fit EU’s narrative.

              RT is not the reason why EU support for Ukraine is losing popularity under the European population. It’s because EU governments use it as an excuse for extreme austerity measures that will kill disabled people and make education and healthcare a privilege for the wealthy. Once the EU realises that the RT ban is not delivering the anticipated results, they will have to think of new, more authoritarian ways to control the masses.