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It will not. Don't know about China, but Russian citizens already have almost unfiltered access to information. The only major western media outlet currently b
by alterego2 3y ago
It will not.
Don't know about China, but Russian citizens already have almost unfiltered access to information. The only major western media outlet currently blocked in Russia is BBC. Anyone can read pretty much anything else - Reuters, Newsweek, CNN, whatever - right from their phones.
Access to information is not the problem (at least for now). It is trivial to get access to uncensored news for anyone with a modicum of desire to do so.
- drak0n1c 3y agoLinguistic and cultural barriers are far stronger than informational barriers. Which may be an upside considering how other potentially self-destructive fads and attitudes spread so rapidly with the internet. We've seen the beginnings of that with the Arab Spring, and various culture wars across English-speaking western countries. If the world were even more homogenous the whiplash from such polarizing movements would be even more severe.
- rany_ 3y agoAlso I think the only reason why the BBC was banned in the first place is their BBC in Russian service. See https://www.bbc.com/russian https://www.bbc.com/russian
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- concordDance 3y agoInterestingly, most (all?) UK providers block RT, so it's pretty symmetrical.
- KomoD 3y agoJust on DNS level, or?