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FlyingBears
on Aug 9, 2024
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Signal messenger blocked in Russia, says Roskomnad...
Russia is trying to follow China's example to shed dependence on West controlled services and grow domestic alternatives. Which is long overdue since they don't have equitable access to these services.
mechanical_bear
on Aug 9, 2024
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Cutting yourself off from civilization is not the hallmark of a society that is growing in a positive direction.
type0
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Russia considers itself to be its own kind of civilization, separate from Western, Chinese and others. It's all in a doctrine "Russian world"
lostmsu
on Aug 10, 2024
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You mean Russian government. I don't think people, trees, houses, and rivers care much.
bilinguliar
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I would speculate that growing local products is not the prevailing reason. An automated detection and detention of free thinkers is.
thriftwy
on Aug 9, 2024
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Russian domestic alternatives grew just fine without any blocking. Blocking stuff just angers people and teaches them to use VPN.
alamortsubite
on Aug 9, 2024
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How does expelling foreign journalists fit into this plan?
trallnag
on Aug 9, 2024
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Russians can host videos on YouTube that get nuked on Russian alternatives
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