Meta, YouTube, and TikTok block Russian state media in Europe
Business InsiderAPR 2022
This is the best option for tackling Russia's misinformation and lies, but the crisis in Ukraine presents a terrible dilemma for social media companies. On the one hand, these Apps are a powerful resource for voices of dissent within Russia, but on the other hand they can easily become a tool for spreading propaganda in the hands of the Russian state news media, which must be stopped.
Western governments and internet giants are aligned in a witch hunt that amounts to a direct persecution of Russian journalists.
This is a mistake. The issue isn't with Russian media's right to speak, but with our right to hear. Ideas must fight for themselves, and having insight into the propaganda is the first step in defending against it. Besides, banning Russian state media will only play into the hands of Putin by giving him retaliatory pretext for banning Western media.