The censorship that wasn't: blocking as a weapon in the information war
A message was not deleted but blocked: this is how Russia's propaganda war is waged in digital spaces over Ukraine.
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The deletion that never was: when hiding a critic dresses up as censorship
In a corner of the internet devoted to geopolitics, a censorship complaint turned into a rehearsal for the information war. The warning was serious: a message had vanished, a victim of the enemy. The denial was immediate: it wasn't censorship, it was the ignore function; the message was still there for anyone not on the blacklist. The misunderstanding lasted exactly as long as it took for the insults to arrive.
Blocking, the censorship of those who accuse others of censorship
The irony of the episode is that those who shout loudest against censorship are the first to use blocking as a tool. They accuse others of reading only Kremlin-approved Russian channels, while openly admitting to being pro-Russian activists. Coherence is not this trench's strong suit.
The miracle vaccine as war propaganda
The next act belongs to Russian propaganda. The TASS news agency, according to the messages exchanged, announces vaccines against cancer, against allergies and against ELbichito; the tone is satirical: if you believe it, Russia is already living in 2067. The vaccine issue thus becomes a weapon to throw back and forth between manipulators.
The practical conclusion: the deletion never peine, the blocking did. And between blocks and insults, the war in Ukraine is also being fought on digital walls, with the same doses of propaganda and paranoia as at the front.
In a corner of the internet devoted to geopolitics, a censorship complaint turned into a rehearsal for the information war. The warning was serious: a message had vanished, a victim of the enemy. The denial was immediate: it wasn't censorship, it was the ignore function; the message was still there for anyone not on the blacklist. The misunderstanding lasted exactly as long as it took for the insults to arrive.
Blocking, the censorship of those who accuse others of censorship
The irony of the episode is that those who shout loudest against censorship are the first to use blocking as a tool. They accuse others of reading only Kremlin-approved Russian channels, while openly admitting to being pro-Russian activists. Coherence is not this trench's strong suit.
The miracle vaccine as war propaganda
The next act belongs to Russian propaganda. The TASS news agency, according to the messages exchanged, announces vaccines against cancer, against allergies and against ELbichito; the tone is satirical: if you believe it, Russia is already living in 2067. The vaccine issue thus becomes a weapon to throw back and forth between manipulators.
The practical conclusion: the deletion never peine, the blocking did. And between blocks and insults, the war in Ukraine is also being fought on digital walls, with the same doses of propaganda and paranoia as at the front.
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