I have friends in Europe that told me video links I sent them do not work and that they get a "this video is not available in your region" message. Is this kind of censorship common in Europe? Are you seeing the videos in Europe that we see in the U.S. from people like Gonzalo Lira, Scott Ritter and Patrick Lancaster that dispute the official narrative on Ukraine?
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That message was present for certain websites long before the Ukraine conflict, mostly as a result of various licensing deals (or lack thereof). That said, a few European ISPs were more than eager to go beyond the official ban on barely a couple of Russian websites, but typically this results in a "server did not send any data" or similar messages.
I still find it hilarious that it takes about two clicks to bypass the ban on RT and Sputnik, while actual Russian state mouthpieces like Pravda and TASS aren't even blocked to begin with.
Only censorship of that type in Sweden is one ISP, Telia, who blocks one domain, thepiratebay.org, through DNS, so it only affects those who use their pre assigned DNS servers. So I guess no, other than that I've seen a few fake news media outlets linked from here.
American sites which blocks visitors from Europe because they don't wanna comply with GDPR, too much trackers probably. Anyway, despite being a block at the host, it's easy to bypass.
So are people there listening to reports from people like Patrick Lancaster and Gonzalo Lira?
Don't know much about them, but they aren't blocked so anyone who want can do it.
Unless the corporation in question has sanctioned Russia because it's the new Current Thing, it's an old GDPR issue.
Yes im from EU. Its not censoring from EU. Its the host not wanting us to see it. Or they do it to limit site connections, who knows.
Sorry I meant this question for non-morons who keep an open mind and try to listen to everyones side of a story or argument. You would probably fit in better if you posted comments in one of those European tabloid newspapers that cater to the brainwashed masses.
Haha. Seems your brain has had a pass through the washing mill.