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March 10, 2022

Australia

As published at the official website of Austalian Foreign Ministry:

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has been accompanied by a widespread disinformation campaign, both within Russia and internationally. Tragically for Russia, President Putin has shut down independent voices and locked everyday Russians into a world characterised by lies and disinformation.

The addition of sanctions on those responsible for this insidious tactic recognises the powerful impact that disinformation and propaganda can have in conflict.

The Australian Government is sanctioning 10 people of strategic interest to Russia for their role in encouraging hostility towards Ukraine and promoting pro-Kremlin propaganda to legitimise Russia’s invasion.

This includes driving and disseminating false narratives about the "de-Nazification” of Ukraine, making erroneous allegations of genocide against ethnic Russians in eastern Ukraine, and promoting the recognition of the so-called Donetsk People’s Republic and Luhansk People’s Republic as independent.

The Australian Government continues to work with digital platforms such as Facebook, Twitter and Google to take action to suspend the dissemination of content generated by Russian state media within Australia. [...]

So there you go. It's only 10 people now, but you never know where this is going to end, and at what moment saying anything not approved will become punishable in Australia.

Some are already taking sides. Pixy was trawling Instapundit comments, shitposting for Ukraine and globohomo. That is a serious problem for certain Meenuvia residents.

Posted by: Pete Zaitcev at 07:42 AM | Comments (2) | Add Comment
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1 Maybe I'm just really out of the loop, but aside the fact that Putin has invaded Ukraine, I don't know if *anything* coming out about this conflict is true, or to what degree.
The amount of vitriol I'm seeing online (from both Team-U and Team-R) doesn't seem justified given the uncertainty of the information available.
Me, I'm more concerned about the issues here in the States that are being conveniently ignored right now. Border security, Epstein's Island, Inflation, crime, racial tensions, etc.

Posted by: jabrwok at March 21, 2022 08:30 AM (iyhH7)

2 The government of Australia silencing and debanking is also true.

Posted by: Pete Zaitcev at March 21, 2022 11:04 AM (LZ7Bg)

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