Putin
signs law enabling sanctions on Facebook and other U.S. social media that
restrict and censor Russian content
By Julio Severo
The power of Facebook, Twitter and other
U.S. social media giants is so big that they restricted even posts by President
Donald Trump in 2020. In turn, Trump tried to approve measures to restrict the
excessive power of these giants, but their efforts were not approved by the
U.S. Congress.
That is, Facebook and other U.S. social
media giants are more powerful than the U.S. president.
Yet, Russia is reacting against the power
of Facebook and other U.S. media platforms that promote Russophobia and
restrict and censor Russian content.
According to WND
(WorldNetDaily), one of the biggest conservative websites
in the world:
“Russia’s Vladimir Putin just punched back
against major U.S. social media platforms like Twitter and Facebook for prior
censorship targeting Russia, including shadow banning and labeling Russian
sources like RT News as 'state media' while at the same time giving Western state-funded
media a free pass.”
Russophobia, or opposition to everything
from Russia, is a characteristic
of Neocons. When Russia was the Soviet Union, it was correct to restrict
its communist content. But now that Russia and its government are more conservative,
with strong stances against sodomy and pro-family stances, it does not make
sense to censor Russian content. U.S.
left-wingers do it. Facebook do it. Neocons do it.
According to WND, Putin approved new
legislation “which essentially holds foreign social media companies to their
same standards. If a company like YouTube or Twitter, for example, exercises
censorship for reasons related to ‘nationality, language, and origin’ the new
bill gives Russian authorities the ability to impose punishments or restrictions.”
According to ZeroHedge,
Thus foreign platforms in Russia could
face fines, regulated or slowed web traffic, or possibly up to total blockage
inside the Russian Federation.
Russian officials and media have long
condemned the double standards and clear hypocrisy which seems to single out
Russia.
For example neither BBC nor Voice of
America come with "state-affiliated" labels; and often Turkish state
sources like TRT World or other NATO member state media don't come with the
labels either.
So by all indicators any ally of
Washington seems to get a free pass by the US tech and social media giants.
While abortion activists and gay militants
get a free pass on Facebook, Twitter and other U.S. platforms, conservatives,
especially Christians, are victims of blocks, shadow banning and other acts of
virtual violence and censorship.
Everybody would like to strike back against
such censorship. Trump was unsuccessful in his measures. He could not counter
the U.S. censorship giants.
In
my case, for years I have been victim of the
infamous 30-day blocks on Facebook, culminating in the termination of my
official personal account
just before the U.S. election. I have no power to counter Facebook’s virtual
dictatorship.
If Russia has a power that I and even
Trump have not, Putin and Russians should use it. Facebook and other U.S.
censorship platforms should not go unchallenged and unpunished for their virtual
violence against conservatives and Christians.
Whoever has the power to do to Facebook
and other virtual dictatorship media what they do to others — blocks,
restrictions, shadow banning, censorship —, use it.
Portuguese version of this article: Putin
assina lei que permite sanções contra o Facebook e outras mídias sociais dos
EUA que restringem e censuram conteúdo russo
Source:
Last Days Watchman
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