[E. Pluribus Unum]

So?

They’ll eventually define any news outlet they don’t like as “Russia Propaganda.”

It’s what they do.

You either believe in freedom of speech or you believe in shutting the people up you don’t like.

There is no third door.

[MeganC]

Banning state media from an hostile nation is a rational act...even if it’s the Europeans doing it.

Case in point:

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/3/4/russia-restricts-access-to-several-western-media-websites

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/04/world/europe/russia-censorship-media-crackdown.html

https://www.reuters.com/business/media-telecom/russia-restricts-access-bbc-russian-service-radio-liberty-ria-2022-03-04/

https://www.cfr.org/in-brief/russia-censoring-news-war-ukraine-foreign-media-are-trying-get-around

https://www.csis.org/analysis/russias-crackdown-independent-media-and-access-information-online