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by mikrotikker 450 days ago
Banning /foreign/ influence and propaganda? Why would a country want to do that I wonder?

We should bring back RT while we're at it then eh?

4 comments

Yes. Human rights to free expression don’t end at the border, and are not contingent on citizenship.

If you only believe in human rights for passport holders, you don’t believe in human rights.

Furthermore, if you think your enemies having the right to publish whatever they like is a national security threat, you don’t believe in the nation or its founding principles as outlined in the US constitution.

State censorship is much more of a national security threat than foreign propaganda.

I think a lot of people don't consider the implications of foreign powers acting against their nation, not a corporation in that country but the actual government using it's vast resources to undermine other countries.
That Facebook/whatsapp/instagram arent ‘foreign’ is an illusion. They are controlled by the same entity, the capitalist elite.
You give me your take on, quote, Trump banning voice of America, unquote?