Timeline for Why does Germany ban RT but not France24 or Voice of America?
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| Sep 30, 2022 at 14:52 | comment | added | wonderbear | "Ideally" people wouldn't get access to information that makes them "question their own governments"? While this is certainly a worldview you can have (certainly not one very much in line with the principles of liberal democracy), it appears to be expressing your personal opinion, not providing a fact-based answer. | |
| Jun 21, 2022 at 19:22 | comment | added | prosfilaes | Realpolitik is naive here. In a democracy, large parts of the government have a vested interest in getting voters to question the powers that be, thus removing Team A from power and putting team B into power. Moreover, if the populace believes in free speech, actions against it can be a lever against Team A. Democracies aren't monolithic systems. | |
| Feb 7, 2022 at 16:13 | comment | added | user28580 | Jan, the popularity of RT can be researched from online sources. Given how new RT is, the performance in terms of popularity is rather astounding. As far as your second point, again the text is based on realpolitik. The stated technicalities would not prevent the government from acting if it decided to do so (see also my above comment). Finally, while I’m not entirely sure what you imply by the “spin on this one”, you can draw your conclusions regarding my statement from the frequency at which RT is mentioned in conversations with groups opposing the government, like the Yellow Vests. | |
| Feb 7, 2022 at 15:54 | comment | added | user28580 | Gerrit, as indicated in my first statement, the conjecture was based on realpolitik. Legality would only be a short-term obstacle. It would not prevent the government from shutting down RT if politicians decided to proceed. It would be easy enough to pass a law targeting RT as most MPs would be happy to approve such move. | |
| Feb 7, 2022 at 10:28 | comment | added | Jan | Downvoted for: 1) 'very popular'? 2) 'Germany using' implies it was a government policy which would need pretty strong evidence because in general offices in Germany operate without the government interfering. 3) 'excels at making readers and viewers question their own governments' ... wow, the spin on this one is incredible. | |
| Feb 7, 2022 at 9:08 | comment | added | gerrit | The only reason we don't shut down RT is that it would lead to Russia shutting down our channels in Russia — might there be another reason, that shutting down RT would be illegal? | |
| Feb 7, 2022 at 2:42 | history | answered | user28580 | CC BY-SA 4.0 |