[asats]

Two out of the last three remaining somewhat independent media that were still operating in the country (already under major restrictions) were also shut down, TV rain just did their last transmission and walked out of the studio crying:

https://youtu.be/e4an0MlF27k?t=11397

Twitter and facebook are being blocked. Youtube and group chats in telegram/signal/etc are the only things left right now.

7670 people have been detained so far.

[snek_case]

Very similar to what China has done. Seems that it's unfortunately pretty effective. Control the information the people are fed and they control public opinion.

[redisman]

My hunch is that works fine with 10% GDP growth every year. Without it? To be seen.

[throwoutway]

I’ve been saying that this is starting to happen in the United States (there’s currently a public debate on this) and it could swing full authoritarian.

I hope the citizens realize it can be just as bad in the West if we give governments and corporations more control

[ilyagr]

The New York Times had a nice article about this.

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/03/world/europe/russia-ukrai...

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30550572

[madaxe_again]

They ended with swan lake, which is rather apt.

[okareaman]

> Twitter and facebook are being blocked

This is the silver lining as people on Reddit are reporting a marked decrease in right wing trolling in all their social media

[csee]

Are the blocks that Russia is implementing avoidable with a VPN?

[quasse]

This is something I'm very interested in. Is the average Western consumer of COVID misinformation, racial hate-baiting, etc. seeing a sudden decrease in new "content" to share?

Does anyone know of any organizations studying the ongoing levels of creation and engagement with that type of content?

[okareaman]

This was shared on Reddit by someone to back up the claims

https://securingdemocracy.gmfus.org/hamilton-dashboard/

[BitwiseFool]

Which country do we have to sanction to cut down on all the left-wing trolling and astroturfing on reddit?