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kurthr on March 11, 2022 | parent | context | favorite | on: Russia opens criminal investigation of Meta over d...

Note, this is exactly as true of Chinese media/propaganda (CGTN etc). They are all over Tiktok, Twitter, Youtube, Facebook etc... but if you see someone posting from there, you can assume that it is likely state sponsored. It is illegal for a national to use a VPN to access those sites, and dangerous to do so if it upsets anyone in power.

trasz on March 12, 2022 | [–]

Not true; everyone uses VPN. It’s as illegal as smoking weed in Berlin.

chupasaurus on March 11, 2022 | [–]

Well Russia doesn't penalize for use of VPNs yet

lazide on March 11, 2022 | [–]

Give it a few days

chupasaurus on March 11, 2022 | | [–]

It's been 5 years or so since the idea was mentioned in the parliament, but I've made an accent on the word "yet" for this reason.

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