Voice of Europe, RIA Novosti, Izvestia, and Rossiyskaya Gazeta were recognized as such that spread and supported Russian propaganda and the war against Ukraine.
  • young_broccoli@fedia.io
    516·
    1 month ago

    it’s highly important to minimize the extent to which such platforms can be used to manipulate the outcomes of elections.

    But this isnt doing that. This is only changing who is allowed to manipulate the public through propaganda.

    • Unruffled@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
      142·
      1 month ago

      Lol, that’s the whole point of the bans, isn’t it? But there’s still a lot more western media outlets banned in Russian and China than vice versa, to be fair.