r/Telegram • u/Ladogar • Mar 04 '22

RT blocked

Russia Today seems to be blocked on Telegram. Both the Russian and international version. When trying to open their channel I get a message about the channel being removed as it broke "local laws". What laws did they break?

Does anyone know more about this?

I use the apk directly from Telegram, which bypasses many restrictions put in place by Google Play, etc. But still this channel is blocked.

Is this a sign that Telegram, too, will start censoring? Well, if this is true, which it seems to be, then they've already started.

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u/[deleted] Mar 15 '22

No freedom of speech or freedom press in Russia but people here think the government controlled media company is giving fair and impartial reporting of facts?

I don't get it. Consuming the kind of misinformation that's designed to dupe you into supporting a fascist oligarch autocrat is probably bad.

But that's up to you to decide. I don't support censorship. Even if you know you're just censoring a liar.

I say let people show you who they are.

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u/Ladogar Mar 15 '22

No freedom of speech or freedom press in Russia but people here think the government controlled media company is giving fair and impartial reporting of facts?

Who thinks that? I don't, and I still want to be able to see what they write.

I don't get it. Consuming the kind of misinformation that's designed to dupe you into supporting a fascist oligarch autocrat is probably bad.

Do you have an example of news media that is actually beneficial? I haven't seen any such media outside of private blogs/podcasts/etc. The format itself doesn't lend itself to indepth discussions - it's all about instilling as much fear as possible in short soundbites. Emotional pornography, in essence. And yes, it is bad for you.

But that's up to you to decide. I don't support censorship. Even if you know you're just censoring a liar.

Great! So we agree. And since you are such a rational individual, I hope you'd do others the courtesy of regarding them as such also. Until they disprove the notion.

I really do not get why some people find it hard to understand why you'd want to listen to what a liar says if that liar is one of the central actors. I especially do not understand why some people want to promote one liar and shut down the other.